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Caption: Dr. Marina Adshade
Dr. Marina Adshade provides a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power and economic forces is to the most ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eric Toensmeier
This first part of this half-hour is spent with author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist. In his new book, he shows that people are turning to lo...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Suzanne Gordon
Lives could be saved and patient care enhanced by adapting the relevant lessons of aviation safety and teamwork. This is the premise of Suzanne Go...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Renowned musician Jen Chapin joins host Ian Lawton, who muses on the miracle of being alive in each moment. By reframing the eastern idea of "empti...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
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Mitch Skinner goes to San Diego Comic-Con and talks to men who write well-rounded female characters.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
Caption: Steve McIntosh
The debate around evolution is often misrepresented as a simple choice between science and creationism. A primary question posed by philosopher St...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nonsense is a serious business
Why do we believe that many of our problems will get worse or better after the elections? Depending, of course, on whether the better or worse guy ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Shareholder Value Myth, Credit: Berrett-Koeler Publishers
The mantra is that corporations are required to maximize shareholder value. That’s a complete falsehood according to corporate and business law pr...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is-a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and po...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Caption: Angela Davis and Tim Wise, Credit: SpeakOut
Anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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While teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Associate Professor of Education Meira Levinson realized that her students’ were gong to h...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 27:51
Caption: 1999 US Postage Stamp, Credit: Istock photo
Recent controversies surroundings reproductive health issues have sparked outrage among across the country. From the halls of Congress, to Richmon...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Clay A. Johnson
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: Weiser Books
Founder and director of the nonprofit Life of Learning Foundation, Guy Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philoso...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 14:17
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Martial arts lineage, is it important?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:29:15
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: District boundaries in Boston, MA., Credit: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
2011 marks the year for redistricting – the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries that determine your elected officials from local school boa...

Bought by KRUA, KSFR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


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  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Hot yoga is more popular than ever, with more types of yoga turning of the heat. Is it ok to do?

  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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How do we put value on the forests as an indispensable element of our survival? Can we balance market mechanisms with regulations and consumption w...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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I interviewed the staff of the Institute while they prepared some "unmarked" projects.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this time...

Bought by KSFR, KMXT, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 3
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this ti...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and WNYC


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
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My humble quest to eliminate the exploded final /t/ sound from the general American accent.

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  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making

  • Added: Dec 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:29