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Speaking Truth To Power in the Kingdom Called Home
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Those who grew up in the era of Richard Nixon knew a time when "The Kingdom" took an especially frightening aura of power and glory. One speaking t...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KUHF, WKSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WGCU, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 109
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Start the Year Off Right (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WJCT, KMXT, Troy Public Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Start the Year Off Right (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WCNY, Troy Public Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 4
Filmspotting ARCHIVE Show (01/10/14): Sacred Cow review of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Top 5 Films of 1981
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Harrison Ford in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
The box office champ of 1981 -- and for many that year’s best loved film -- was Steven Spielberg’s "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Back in the fall of 2...

Bought by WOUB, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Two Guys on Your Head: Money and Happiness
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explain the relationship between money, security, opportunity, memory, an...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
On The Road With Marian Call
From: Caity McCardell
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Caity McCardell interviews folk geek culture singer-songwriter Marian Call.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 40:22
Good News for Women – It’s an Election Year
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Love it or hate it, we're now in an election year. This is good news for women, because they are the majority of voters, and candidates know it.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Political Junkie 1-7-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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2014 is an election year, with control of the House and Senate at stake. Host Ken Rudin talks to political analyst Stu Rothenberg about what to wa...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tongue-Tied America (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WCNY and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
An Interview with Andrew R. Graybill
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Andrew R. Graybill talks about and reads from 'The Red and The White: A Family Saga of the American West,' in which he writes about Malcolm Clarke ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Battling Images
From: KALW
Caption: Sandip Roy, Credit: Sandip Roy
The image of India has changed in American eyes, yet so has America's image... in Indian eyes.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
254: Intangible Cultural Heritage
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Country Fried Rock #1401: Interview With The Devil Makes Three
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: I'm A Stranger Here, Credit: Album Cover
The Devil Makes Three‘s fourth record, I’m A Stranger Here, brings on board some serious heavyweights for the band’s New West Records debut. Produ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KHNS, KFOK-LPFM, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 736: Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott and Ron Block with Sierra Hull
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Tim and Darrell performs on WoodSongs.
Roots music titans Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott make their return to the WoodSongs Stage. Also, Ron Block, an accomplished musician from Alison Krau...

Bought by WVRU, KAAD-LP, WVRU, and WRGY


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Can We Talk?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Can We Talk?, Credit: Seth Shostak
The evolution of language, “Dr Bugs” on chemical messaging among ants, and mirror neurons that communicate with other brains without you saying a w...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, WPSU, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Nicky Mehta
From: Brian Bahouth
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Brian Bahouth chats with co-founder of the dynamic folk trio, the Wallin’ Jennys about their most recent recording, Bright Morning Stars, and more ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 20:16
Mean-spirited Is A Political Issue
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The mid-term elections are almost upon us. Now that Obama care is working, what political issues might be nearby? What will help us make good choic...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:13
Filmspotting BONUS Show (01/03/14): Inside Llewyn Davis, Her
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Oscar Isaac in Coen brothers' new film, 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Not so fast, 2013! There are two year-end releases Adam and Josh just COULDN'T let pass them by without a proper review. This week on the show, F...

Bought by WOUB, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Two Guys on Your Head: Sugar and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Why is it hard to have just one of those delicious slices of pound cake over the holidays? Well, it turns out it has less to do with the creamy but...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
BRAIN Initiative -- Groks Science Show 2014-01-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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Partha Mitra offers background and insight into the BRAIN initiative.

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


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 35:13
  • Purchases: 3
An Interview with Jamie Ford
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jamie Ford talks about and reads from his second novel, Songs of Willow Frost. He also talks about west coast Chinese culture in the early 20th cen...

Bought by WCWP, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
PROMO - Heaven on Earth: A History of American Utopias
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: New Harmony, as proposed by Robert Owen, 1838.
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Heaven on Earth: A History of American Utopias," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/d...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
253: Year-End Review
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Man casting net from a boat, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2005, Credit: Mangrove Action Project | Marine Photobank
2013 was an incredible year for the World Ocean Observatory. We celebrated many successes and reach a wider audience than ever before. In this epis...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:10

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