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Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Sara Gottfried
Despite what women are constantly told by their doctors and society – that weight gain, sleeplessness, diminished sex drive, hair loss and wrinkles...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption:  Chicago Kent College of Law indoor baseball player, M. Ryan, 1910, Credit: Library of Congress
Just in time for March Madness, we're taking on the history of college sports. It's a subject that has provided some especially heated controversie...

Bought by WFPL News, WOUB, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Professor Beth E. Richie
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Gustave Speth
Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Joni Mitchell
The story of Joni Mitchell is as convoluted and compelling as her music. She eluded industry clichés, spoke and composed in philosophical twists, a...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
Caption: Alexandre Montegu
“Intellectual property law impacts virtually all modern business,” says Alexandre Montagu. Several years ago he established MontaguLaw , focusing o...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Y" by Leslie Adrienne Miller
Leslie Adrienne Miller is author of six collections of poetry including "Y," "The Resurrection Trade" and "Eat Quite Everything You See" from Grayw...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
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Listen back as KUT’s Rebecca McInroy talks about what it means to be “American” with UT Anthropology Professor John Hartigan, The Department Chair ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:01:51
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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: Golden Holocaust cover, Credit: jacket design by Jackie Drooker
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
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: Philip Warburg
In his book, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability, Philip Warburg takes us behind the scenes of ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:48
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After a recent "New York Times" story on Obama's "kill list" of terrorists, many are questioning the president's counterterrorism strategy. Is it e...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: Mothers' Memorial, Credit: Library of Congress
In this Memorial Day episode of BackStory, we take on national remembrance. By looking at some of our country’s most iconic monuments, we ask what—...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WCSU-FM, WFPL News, WUIS, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Mathew Barrett Gross
In the past dozen years, from Y2K to 2012, apocalyptic anticipation in America has leapt from the cultish to the mainstream. Today, nearly 60 perce...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Caption: Wendell Potter
From Wendell Potter’s Blog: “Since I walked away as head of communications at a top health insurance company in May of 2008, I've worked tirelessly...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:50
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our political and financial class s...

Bought by WMNF, KBRP Community Radio, WGCU, KBYU, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 20
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The euro was once thought to be a symbol of peace and prosperity in post-World War II Europe. As the sovereign debt crisis continues, are we watchi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WBEZ, and WAMC


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 3
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00