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"The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began just as we were learning of the death, on February 7, of the bold and brilliant labor leader, K...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 21:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Anderson
Interview by Ken Winkes: Dr. Anderson discusses her book “Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (And Why We Don't Talk About It).”

  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Regional Apprenticeship Pathways
Interview by Gary Kanter: Paul and Nate describe the Regional Apprenticeship Pathways (RAP) program.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: ILWU Local 142 Mural (section)
The story of Hawai’i, as told through the voices of Karl Malden, Ed Asner, Carroll O’Connor, Congressional members Patsy Mink, Neil Abercrombie and...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
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You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class. I...

Bought by 'The Sea', Interlochen Public Radio, WOSU, WMUU-LP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
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Texting may help stop "summer melt," which is when students who graduate from high school intending to go to college in the fall never show up. And...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Graduation time is here, but graduates can't be sure of good jobs despite their education.

  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
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Activists gathered in Sacramento Monday as part of a weeklong demonstration against budget cuts to schools. Sixty-five protesters were arrested for...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
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For the sake of the country's future, teachers are one group of public employees we must all support.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:11
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How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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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
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Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
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Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 07:11