American Public Media

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American Public Media is one of the nation's premier public radio producers, bringing you over 20 national public radio programs and specials. 14.7 million people listen to American Public Media programs each week.

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Cheryl Rogowski: Farm-to-Plate Innovator
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
Caption: Cheryl Rogowski, Farmer and MacArthur "Genius"
Where does our food come from? Since we pay close attention to so many aspects of food in the holiday season, host Majora Carter visits Cheryl Rogo...

Bought by North Country Public Radio and WUIS


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marla Spivak: Think Like a Bee
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
Caption: Marla Spivak, Bee Researcher and MacArthur "Genius"
When you sit down at your holiday table, thank a bee. A third of the food on your plate is made possible by these pollinators, whose numbers are be...

Bought by KZYX, WCPN, and WUIS


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by KZYX, WFIU, and WUIS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sharon Hanshaw: Leading Out of the Ruins
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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Before Katrina, Sharon Hanshaw owned a beauty salon and lived in a house on a tree-lined street. All that all changed when the hurricane hit Biloxi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, New Hampshire Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, KOSU, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Reimagining a New Way of Life
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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New Orleans East is home to the most-dense ethnically Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. In the Gulf region, about 80 percent of Vietnamese ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, KGNU, Vermont Public Radio, WTIP, KOSU and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Wilma Subra: Chemistry of the Aftermath
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. Since the Deepwater Horizon...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, KOSU, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, New Hampshire Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KOSU and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Kyshun Webster: Reaching for Greatness
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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Dr. Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done. Now the founder and executive director of Oper...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Vermont Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Put to the Test
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by KZYX, KWIT, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Rising by Degrees
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Early Lessons
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by KUNM, 90.5 WSNC, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Testing Teachers
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford
Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by KZYX, WBEZ, 90.5 WSNC, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 4
State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
From American Public Media
Caption: White students protest integration at the University of Mississippi in 1962. No state in the South was more resistant to the struggle for black equality. , Credit: Photograph by Flip Schulke/CORBIS
Mississippi occupies a distinct and dramatic place in the history of America’s civil rights movement. No state in the South was more resistant to t...

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
From American Public Media
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"Say It Loud" traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the poli...

Bought by WCQS, Northstate Public Radio, KERA, Essential Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Winona LaDuke
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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Winona LaDuke has spent decades working on issues of renewable energy, health, and environmental justice on northern Minnesota's White Earth Reserv...

Bought by KVMR, WCAI / WNAN, Vermont Public Radio, WRVO, WRNI and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 7
John Francis
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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John Francis spent two decades walking across North and South America, spreading a silent message of respect for the earth. He takes host Majora Ca...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Vermont Public Radio, WRVO, WRNI, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Brenda Palms Barber
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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Brenda Palms Barber is driven by a certainty that "people deserve second chances and you can choose to turn your life around." Brenda started a tra...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Vermont Public Radio, WRVO, WRNI, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Audrey and Frank Peterman
Series: The Promised Land
From American Public Media
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If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Vermont Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WRVO, WRNI and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 8

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Staff of American Public Media

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Chris Kohtz (Admin)
Director -- American Public Media www.apmstations
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Nick Kereakos (Admin)
Managing Director, Broadcast Production and Operations
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Chris Kohtz (Admin)
Director
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Ellen Guettler (Admin)
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Sasha Aslanian
Producer/Reporter
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Annie Anderson (Admin)
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Emily Torgrimson
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Steve Griffith
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