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Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Daniel Kammen: The Perils of Deep-Sea Mining
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kammen
Most of us have never been there but according to a quick Google search, some of the things you might see at the bottom of the ocean include sea sp...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Is Sports Fandom Good for America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most Americans are sport fans. But is all of that obsession with wins, losses and rivals good for us? How sports fandom could be the antidote to is...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - How Native Americans are Reclaiming Their Narrative
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Native Americans are reclaiming their narrative. A new wave of research, activism, and representation is changing the conversation.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WXDU, KOWS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Immigration and America's Labor Shortage – Are Guestworkers the Solution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We are reframing the debate about immigration. We think of immigration of being exclusively a permanent thing. Most of it, in fact, is intended to ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Who Owns Our Cultural Heritage? — Museums, Repatriation, and Appropriation
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Who should decide how stories and artifacts of a cultural heritage are shared? What's the difference between appropriation and appreciation?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Why Do We Insist on Proper English — and What Does That Say About Us?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We all have English pet peeves (and judge people who break the rules). Why do we insist on proper English — and what does that say about us?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Facing Our Fear of Grief
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Death and loss are a normal part of life, but American culture is uncomfortable with intense grieving. How can we face our fear of grief?

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, WVTF, KSTK, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Adoption from the Adoptee Perspective
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A lot of us think about adoption as a happy ending for a child and a new family. But many adoptees have a different take. We're assessing our assum...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

Bought by KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, and KSTK


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Ethnocide -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Barrett Holmes Pitner discussed ethnocide.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Free Expression
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We cherish the right to free speech in America. But words can also cause real harm. Where is the balance between free expression and protecting the...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, KTNA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - How Can We Help More Kids Thrive in America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many children in America are really struggling. We are dealing with kids that are in a different space mentally than we've ever experienced before....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Should Being a Bystander Be a Crime
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why do some people help when others stand by? Every heroic act starts with paying attention to what other people need. Resisting the urge to stand ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
2023-03-24 Yes, Happiness and Climate Action Can Go Together
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Our brains have evolved over millions of years to deal with immediate and direct challenges, but they’re not so great at processing large existenti...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
20230324: Yes, Happiness and Climate Action Can Go Together, 3/24/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Our brains have evolved over millions of years to deal with immediate and direct challenges, but they’re not so great at processing large existenti...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
Lisa Song: Hard Pass on The Gas
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
Frequent Sea Change Radio listeners have known for a while about the drawbacks of gas stoves - it turns out they're considerably worse for both the...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - The Art of Activism
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to be an activist? Does it mean being someone who stands in front of a tank, gets tear gassed or gets arrested? If we expand our ...

Bought by KOWS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUHF, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - D&D Therapy, Halfway Home, 5 STAZ
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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D&D Therapy, Halfway Home, 5 STAZ

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK, WYAP and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KTNA and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6