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The Temperament of FDR
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars gathered recently at a conference in Virginia to explore the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The keynote address fell to a Stanford schol...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Mississippi River Visits the Doctor
From: Mahi Palanisami
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A recent release of an environmental report provides insight in to the Mississippi River's condition.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
After the Blacklist
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

Bought by KENW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
An answer to the American education crisis
From: With Good Reason
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A psychologist and education specialist is finishing up a major study that looks at how teenage brains respond to mental exercises. His findings su...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Economist Morton Marcus: Advice for Hoosier Candidates
From: Indiana News Service
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Indianapolis, IN – A retired Hoosier economist has strong opinions about the State of Indiana, and he has some advice for the gubernatorial candida...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Millenialism -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Richard Landes discussed the history of millenial movements.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, KMXT, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 4
Researcher: Tracers Could Clear Up Fracking Controversy
From: Wyoming News Service
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Want to find the “smoking gun” for domestic water well pollution near fracking in Wyoming? Put a tracer in fracking fluids. That’s one recommendati...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
Bigger than Ever? May Day Protests in WA
From: Washington News Service
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Washington's labor, immigrant and faith communities are promising a large and vocal turnout on Tuesday (May 1) for annual May Day marches and ralli...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
A “Risky Recipe” for New Yorkers with High Health Needs?
From: New York News Connection
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The state has a new proposal to cut costs for New Yorkers with increased healthcare needs, although there are concerns about quality, and whether t...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Equations -- Groks Science Show 2012-04-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Ian Stewart discussed the equations that changed the world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans in the College Classroom
From: With Good Reason
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Advocacy -- Groks Science Show 2011-12-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. John Daly discussed the skills of advocacy.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 23:40
  • Purchases: 2
How to become a National Geographic Explorer
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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Editors at National Geographic Magazine detail the requirements for young explorers to qualify for expedition grants

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
Gamification -- Groks Science Show 2011-11-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Gabe Zichermann discussed gamification by design.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 4
The Occupiers: Corrie Garnet
From: Annie Shreffler
Series: The Occupy Movement: Protester Profiles
Caption: Corrie Garnet, Credit: photo by Annie Shreffler
Corrie showed up at the original meeting to plan Occupy Boston with a sign that read "I am a nurse without healthcare. I am the 99 percent."

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
Hard Time on the Unemployment Line
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
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A look at the challenges faced by out-of-work African American male ex-offenders.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Infinite Beginnings -- Groks Science Show 2011-09-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. David Deutsch discussed the beginning of infinity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, WRFA-LP, KREV-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 27:03
  • Purchases: 5
Absolutely Small -- Groks Science Show 2011-08-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Michael Fayer discussed how quantum theory explains our everyday world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 3
Downtown Food Carts Get Mobile
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Caption: Workers from a nearby office grab a bite to go., Credit: Noel Clark
In 2010, the Minneapolis City Council introduced a mobile food cart program downtown. In a recent unanimous vote, the City Council approved the exp...

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:12
School Choice by Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht of Radio Arte and Y-Press
From: YouthCast
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Reporters Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht follow students' motivations and decision processes in finding which Chicago public school's style best f...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Richard Dawkins discussed The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:28
  • Purchases: 2
Swat Refugees
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Mohammed Sher Ali Khan, Credit: Alex Stonehill
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were already fleeing the Swat Valley before the latest fighting broke out. Sher Ali Khan, 55, is one of them. ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Bonobo Handshake -- Groks Science Show 2010-06-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Vanessa Woods discussed the Bonobo Handshake.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: 22:44
  • Purchases: 2
Schools prepare for H1N1
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
Hot Summer, Broken Air Conditioner
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: Russ Wichterman, an air conditioner service technician in Gilbert, Arizona on the rounds., Credit: Rene Gutel
It's 115 degrees and your air conditioner is busted. Who do you call?

Bought by KVMR and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2