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Caption: Children attend a class at the Muniki Centre Basic School in Muniki Payam, a sub-district of Juba, capital of Southern Sudan., Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2007-0862/Cranston
Looking to the future in Southern Sudan: Greater access to education can bring opportunities for peace and prosperity in a new nation.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:49
Caption: Open Books program director Anna Piepmeyer and second grader Jayla Mercado. , Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Some nonprofits in the region that rely on government funding are in trouble. As a result, many are now looking at how they can get other sources o...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:14
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How far is a ham radio signal's reach? Try outer space.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
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UNICEF Radio moderator Amy Costello speaks with Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire about the importance of education in the peace-building pr...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
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Using shellfish to build confidence in middle schoolers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, KUT, Public Radio Remix, WAMC and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 6
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Two young women build a robot.

Bought by WMPG and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 2
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Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Podcast #40: Safe schools and education can reduce the impact of disasters

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 11:19
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Russian classics like War & Peace and Crime & Punishment were written in another country, and in another century. But a new program is testing how...

Bought by KGNU and KRUA


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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Podcast #38: The role of education in empowering young Egyptians to shape their future

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 10:41
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Edward R. Murrow called them “ The Lost Class of 1959”. The kids who had nowhere to go when some Virginia public schools closed their doors rather...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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When Jonathan Dickinson’s father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease--a fatal neurodegenerative disorder--Jonathan decided to take him on an ep...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Neal Bascomb profiles a FIRST robotics team in the New Cool.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Coastal Studies for Girls is a hands-on marine science and leadership program for sophomores in high school. But for 15-year-old Laura, it’s more ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tenzin Seldon, a Tibetan student from Stanford who created a class in critical thinking for Tibetan Students
What does it mean to have an opinion on a controversial topic? Stanford student Tenzin Seldon, who is Tibetan, created a class in critical thinking...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Martha and Grant discuss unintentionally funny headlines. Also, Quiz Guy John Chaneski composes a holiday-song quiz. And the hosts settle a grammat...

Bought by WCNP-FM


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 40:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters
A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Caption: SOPUDEP school in Morne Lazarre, a poor hill town outside of Port-au-Prince, Credit: Amanda Thieroff/Learning Matters
Most Haitian schools suffered at least some damage in the January earthquake. If they weren’t completely flattened, they’ve since been deemed “stru...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: By stevendepolo @ flickr
"Sew Spot Sew" is an audio piece by Sergio Gonzales, who strongly advocates DYI -- Do It Yourself, a movement that began in the late '50s. Since th...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Graffiti, Worchester Military Recruitment Center, Credit: Mike Benedetti, Flickr
Stretched by fighting two wars, the US military has stepped up efforts to recruit teenagers and young adults. Guest host Anna Sussman hosts a roun...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 19, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Sun Valley" at the 2010 Shanghai China World Expo, Credit: Daniel Foster
On 10/6/2010 research firm Clean Edge released "Clean Tech Job Report 2010." Ron Pernick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Clean Edge.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
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What happens when a 24-year veteran teacher is suddenly rated "ineffective" and loses her job?

  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 13:01
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It's back to school for those left unemployed by the recession, and lots of people are signing up for green job training. Schools are turning out o...

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What do you say if you have guests over and someone in your family has a stray bit of food left on his face? In some households, the secret warnin...

Bought by WCNP-FM, KFOK-LP, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on "A Way with Words," it's the language of love. Martha and Grant talk about words for kisses, and why the phrase "I-bracket-three you" ...

Bought by WCNP-FM and WRVO


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2