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Of Parents and School Boards
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
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Over the past few years, school board races have become more heated and more political — and books have become the center of that political storm. ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 26:32
Blaire
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Blaire, a DACA a student at Humboldt State University and a long-time resident, speaks of her frustration of not having the same privileges as her ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Juan on DACA
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Juan, a DACA student at Humboldt State University talks about his struggles with learning English. He not only did learn English, he now has an ins...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Brenda - State of the Union
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Brenda of Centro del Pueblo gives her own State of the Union address concerning immigrants, legal or otherwise.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
Charter School Myths
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Inequality
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A sociologist of education breaks down some common myths about charter schools and offers her advice for newly appointed education secretary Betsy ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: 15:08
Episode #3: "The Ladies in His Life"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Betty Dowd, Marco Acosta & Anita Acosta at the SF Latino Film Festival , Credit: Marcos Nájera
The women in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers. The ladies speak up and out about Oscar Zeta Acosta. From his spark-light sister...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 31:40
Episode #2: "Hunting for Buffalo in Arizona"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: ASU Professor Luis Mendoza holds up an original copy of Acosta's book., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Nájera travels home to the Southwest to visit Latino scholars from ASU’s Transborder Studies department. The first of its kind in the nation. Chica...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:40
California Innocence Project: A Bad ID Leads to Wrongful Conviction - episode 3
From: KHSU
Series: California Innocence Project
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On this episode of the California Innocence Project, Guy Miles shares his story about a bad identification leading to wrongful conviction -- and 18...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
Civics 101: Executive Orders
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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You may have heard of executive orders, but how about executive memoranda? Today, we talk about the different tools of executive action that the Pr...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Civics 101: The National Security Council
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What's the purpose of the National Security Council? When was it created? Who serves on it? And why is Steve Bannon's appointment to its principals...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 2
Civics 101: Calling Your Congressperson
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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We're often urged to call our elected representatives to voice opinions on the issues, but what happens after that call is made? Where does the me...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Civics 101: White House Press Corps
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What's it really like for a journalist stationed at the White House? We go inside the press briefing room with NPR's Senior White House Corresponde...

Bought by KRPS and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Civics 101: Chief of Staff
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
A Student's Two Lives
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Teachers give academic and (most importantly) life advice to students. This is the story of a teacher, Melanie Mac, who is way out of her depth in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 2
Lifting Scores Lowers Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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What we actually learn from school and why it might be at risk.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 1
Education gives us hope, BUT...
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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The purposes and expansion of the educational system.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 2
#37 MIW Jakada Imani - Director of the Center for Spiritual and Social Transformation
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Jakada Imani on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, this episode of Making it Work we will chat with spiritual leader Jakada Imani about the importance of the Bay Are...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 25:32
  • Purchases: 1
Show #8: Too Young to Vote, but Not to Volunteer
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Today's show is about getting involved. First, Kat Beame interviews young people involved with Darcy Burner?s Congressional campaign. Then, Ann Kan...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
Future Docs 5: Are We Training Enough New Doctors?
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Resident Brian Drolet examines a patient's burned arm., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
The nation spends billions of dollars every year training future doctors. But health care experts worry we’re still not training enough doctors to ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:07
Future Docs 9: Teaching Medical Ethics, as the Ground Shifts
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Brown University medical ethics and emergency medicine professor, Jay Baruch, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Some of the toughest decisions any of us will ever make will take place in a doctor’s office. But before those decisions ever come up, doctors must...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
Adlai Stevenson: A Candidate in the Age of Television
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 6
Part Three: in the home
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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Kids at home are off policy makers' radars

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:42
Part Two: the Ratings Game
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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Childcare funding structure is broken

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:11
The Artist as Activist (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Host Suzanne Kryder talks with actor Kathryn Blume (pictured above), star of her own one-woman show called "The Accidental Activist." Blume discuss...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Life Stories - Friendship
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUER, WFAE, KPVL, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 15