With Good Reason

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With Good Reason is an eclectic blend of engaging features and interviews exploring the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, and business.  Each week the latest in research as well as the curious and whimsical provide the grist for these lively shows. 

All episodes of this award-winning show are free on PRX.  For more information visit withgoodreasonradio.org or contact Elliot Majerczyk (434-924-3855) emajer@virginia.edu or Kelley Libby (434-924-6895) kll6r@virginia.edu.


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Lincoln's Assassin
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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The house where John Wilkes Booth sought refuge after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln will be auctioned next month. Over the last 150 years...

Bought by KUOW and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
From: With Good Reason
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Learn why you should have more children and not stress about parenting.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
The Kids Are Alright
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Learn about why you should have more children and not stress about parenting as well as about toy libraries.

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Arctic Ice Melt
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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In recent years, sea ice in the Arctic has been melting at an alarming rate, and scientists are asking why. The science community has recently take...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Confederate Outlaw
From: With Good Reason
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The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...

Bought by WDVX


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care of the Living
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When the American Civil War ended, Southern veterans faced the same shattered family lives and economic hardships that U.S. war veterans face today.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
Shyness
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A multiyear study begun at Harvard follows shy babies into adulthood. As producer Kelley Libby reports, 15 to 20 percent of us grow up to be shy.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Unlocking the Hidden Messages of Our Dreams
From: With Good Reason
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What are our dreams trying to tell us?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The marketing of the Lone Ranger
From: With Good Reason
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A Hollywood remake of The Lone Ranger is in the works, with Johnny Depp playing Tonto. An author of a new book says the Lone Ranger series was an e...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Selling the Silver Bullet
From: With Good Reason
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How the Lone Ranger became a widely recognized trademark.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Real Men
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What's the harm in using anti-feminine taunts, like "You play ball like a girl!" to motivate athletes?

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hazing
From: With Good Reason
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An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
The poet Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
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Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
Furious Flower: Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
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A conversation with award-winning poet Sonia Sanchez, who broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Grave Matters
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Discovering cultural attitudes about race and class--through burial practices.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Grave Matters
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People once buried their dead in small family plots. Now we can have our ashes turned into diamonds--or shot into space. What do our burial practic...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Horses and Water in the Civil War
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Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
A Game Changer for the Chesapeake Bay
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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The Bay Game is being called the best watershed management tool in existence.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
Radio Emergency
From: With Good Reason
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How far is a ham radio signal's reach? Try outer space.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Horses and Water in the Civil War
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Horses, water, and the weather: forgotten causes of the Civil War's outcome.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 28:59

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