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Immeasurable Outcomes -- Groks Science Show 2023-02-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gayle Greene discussed her book, Immeasurable Outcomes.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Practicing Exile: Timothy Brennan on Edward Said
From: WFHB
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Edward Said, a Palestinian American, born in Jerusalem, was one of the most influential literary scholars in the United States, transforming the ac...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Missing Humanities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Homi Bhabha at the Oxford bookstore in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The CEO of Tech Mahindra said that the top 10 IT companies in India only take 6% of the engineering graduates. What happens to the other 94% he won...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Shirley Thompson
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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In this episode, Caroline Pinkston talks with Shirley Thompson, associate professor in American Studies, and associate director of the John L. Warf...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 26:22
The Public Work of Interpretation
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode is open to interpretation.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 04:13
Life of the Mind: Janet Davis
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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Professor Davis discusses how working outside academia made her a better teacher, whether technology in the classroom hinders learning, and her com...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 27:16
Life of the Mind: H.W. Brands
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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UT professor and author H.W. Brands discusses how he fell in love with history while traveling across the Intermountain West as a salesman, whether...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
Marking Stories of Slavery (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WJCT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WABE, WKCC and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Marking Stories of Slavery (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Imagining Yoko Ono (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Imagining Yoko Ono (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Kremlin to Kremlin: The Joseph Roane Story
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The story of Joseph Roane, one of many African Americans during the Great Depression lured to the newly formed U.S.S.R. by the promise of a good sa...

Bought by WJCT, WRPI, XRAY.fm, KRDP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Kremlin to Kremlin
From: With Good Reason
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In the 1930’s, many African-American artists and intellectuals traveled to the Soviet Union, seeking a society free of class and racism. Joseph Roa...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:24
Kremlin to Kremlin: The Joseph Roane Story (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The story of Joseph Roane, one of many African Americans during the Great Depression lured to the newly formed U.S.S.R. by the promise of a good sa...

Bought by WCNY, WCPN, KUNV, WTJU, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Dragons of Inaction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSKG, KMUD, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Telling American Stories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Telling American Stories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KVSC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Three Poems on Winter, the Importance of Pets, and a Mother's Death
From: WTIP
Series: Lake County Journal
Caption: Marl Lake, Credit: Mark Marnocha
Hear about the importance of poetry in our lives, in addition to three original poems by Dr. Mark Marnocha, a clinical psychologist who has publish...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Baptism of Pocahontas, Credit: Wikipedia
The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KWMR, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KRDP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Slaves Waiting for Sale (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The painting that changed minds in Britain at the outbreak of the American Civil War. And more...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Slaves Waiting for Sale (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The painting that changed minds in Britain at the outbreak of the American Civil War. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Let There Be Night (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2