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This second podcast looks at the debacle that unfolded following the CXC's adjustment of school-leaving examinations in 2020 in the face of the pan...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 14:16
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In this episode, we look at the lasting effects of the pandemic on education around the world.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on the show: Because of the Corona pandemic, more than 70 percent of school children worldwide have been affected by school closures- t...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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Three surprising insights were discovered about living a happy life at the 2019 International Positive Psychology Association's 6th World Congress.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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A teenager saves livestock and lions with simplicity.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
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World in Progress: Mental health issues - On this week's show: Find out why it's so hard to get adequate treatment for mental health patients...

Bought by WXDU, KRJF-lp, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5
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A selection of highlights from the past year's programs including reducing political polarization, community organizing for racial justice, peace h...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:21
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Caption: Adeeb Yousif
While most of the international community has forgotten about the crisis in Sudan’s Western Darfur region – human rights’ activist Adeeb Yousif con...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2013
  • Length: 51:59
Caption: Martti Ahtisaari
In this episode, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari from Finland, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter and an interview with the ...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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More and more girls are going to school in Liberia. That’s partly because a female role model – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - inspire...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
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A new constitution in Kenya brings hope of a fresh start to millions. And as schoolkids head back to the classroom, the World Vision report looks a...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: A girl stands before a sprawling tent camp for people displaced by flooding, in Sukkur, a city in Pakistan's Sindh province. , Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1628/Ramoneda
UNICEF Podcast moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the devastating immediate and long-term impacts of the floods in Pakistan on chil...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Six months after the earthquake, moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the the situation for schoolchildren in post-quake Haiti.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 10:25
Caption: Caitlin Friel, Gillian Davis, Mallory Terrence
Food is a basic human right; everyone has the right to be free of hunger. Road of Insecurity: The Global Food Crisis takes an in-depth look at the ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 13, 2010
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Two decades of war left Afghanistan’s educational system in ruins. Today, education is back on the rise, with more Afghan students enrolled than e...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:03
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College students learn how to make corncobs into charcoal and how to spot bacteria in water using baby bottles. In January 50 students from the po...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
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It’s difficult for children in rural China to get a good education. That’s because are few and far between. Many of them have been lured by the h...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Hundreds rallied in West Los Angeles in support of International Women's Day.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Students watch as their teachers--former ping pong champions from China, demonstrate their skills, Credit: Heidi Chang
The Confucius Institute in Hawaii is attracting teachers and students nationwide to participate in a unique summer camp. It's the only camp that t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1