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OPEN SOURCE: Questions a Reporter Asks Himself - Anthony Shadid
From: Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Anthony Shadid, foreign correspondent for the Washington Post and New York Times. He won two Pulitze...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
OPEN SOURCE: Writing Wall Street's Collapse - Michael Lewis and James Kwak
From: Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Christopher Lydon in two conversations on the Wall Street collapse. In the first part of the hour Chris is with Michael Lewis, author of "The Big ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Americana Pulls up its Roots
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: trumpeter Jon Hassell
Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland American sounds from folk, blues and country. But recently, Americ...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Interconnect: Anne Rice, From Vampires to God
From: John Hingsbergen
Series: Interconnect
Caption: Author Anne Rice
From Vampires to God, Guest: Anne Rice.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
Interconnect: Joseph Priestley: Science, Religion & Politics
From: John Hingsbergen
Series: Interconnect
Caption: Cheri Lawson & John Hingsbergen
Joseph Priestley: Science, Religion and Politics

  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
Interconnect: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
From: John Hingsbergen
Series: Interconnect
Caption: Cheri Lawson & John Hingsbergen
Guest Elizabeth Lesser, Co-founder and Senior Advisor with the Omega Institute

  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: The Dalai Lama in Our Time (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours
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PEACE TALKS RADIO explores how the Dalai Lama's life and philosophies might inspire our own search for personal and global peace.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Half a Life Time Ago
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Dancers at the march for the disappeared, Credit: Beatrice Murch
What was happening in the world thirty-three years and half a life-time ago?

  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 09:39
On Insects and Humility
From: Paul Messing
Caption: The Mystical Mantis, Credit: Paul Messing
NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy interviews Joanne Lauck, author of "The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Revisioning the Insec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
Call Me "Mister"
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WUFT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
America Receding
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch
The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
Crash Course in Islam: Do Muslims Believe in Jesus?
From: WFIU
Series: Crash Course in Islam
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Crash Course in Islam debunks common myths about the Islamic faith in brief, informational segments.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 01:40
September Storms
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Returning to the US and the storms brewing.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
A Critical Economic Stimulus
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
More than one million Americans are facing loss of their badly needed Unemployment Insurance benefits.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
The Legacy of Dr. Jung
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Born July 26, 1875, Carl Jung's psychological theories are once more en vogue. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," looks at th...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
The Children of Immigrants
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Many immigrant and refugee families often experience a serious culture clash between parents and children--whether they hail from Afghanistan or Za...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
What if ...? Counterfactuals examine what might have been.
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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If Hillary hadn't had that emotional moment in New Hampshire, how would this have affected her campaign? Counterfactual reasoning helps us better ...

Bought by KCPW


  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by WGDR and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2008
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WPSU-FM and more


  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 6
Arctic Bay Internet
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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The Arctic Bay's Inuti Tribes struggle to keep their culture alive using the internet.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and KVMR


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 3
Revisiting Literary Lives: William Faulkner and Zelda Fitzgerald
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Exploring the lives of William FAulker and Zelda Fitzgerald

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:37
Electro-cellist Jami Sieber's "Unspoken"
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An electric cellist goes global

  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
We Will Not Be Silent
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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Protesting a war can be confusing, is it worth it?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1