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Starting Over
From: RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: An ESL class, Credit: Sarah Dillard
Hosts Sarah Dillard and Aarti Chandorkar discuss the challenges of turning over a new leaf as we start the final week of Summer Soundwave. Travel t...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
The Art of Kay Capps Cross
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Quilter Kay Capps Cross of Spring Grove, MN, Credit: Anna Flores and Lisa Ostrander
This week on Art Beat, we feature quilter, Kay Capps Cross of Spring Grove, MN. Working mostly in black and white and in a variety of sizes, Cross ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 17:04
Different, Not Disabled: The Perception of My Mind
From: WHJE
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Aspergers, in my opinion, has always been misunderstood due to it being a medical "condition." When you listen to this, I ask that you go in with ...

Bought by HowSound, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, KFAI, KSFR and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 8
Dr. Rich MacDonald: Musician and Educator
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know we introduce Dr. Rich MacDonald. We will get to learn about what inspired him to be a musician, hear stories of w...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
To Go To College
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
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Everyone is told when they’re younger, that they have to be on this path, they have to go to school, that they have to go to college, that they hav...

Bought by KUT, KISU, Public Radio Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 4
Why Do Kids Drop Out of School?
From: KFAI
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 2
Making Peace With Nature After Environmental Disasters [Peace Talks Radio] 29:00
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours
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Reflecting on the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill, three people, who have placed their relationship with nature at the center of their lives, offer their thoug...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 29:08
Experiencing Antarctica
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: A view from the tent, Credit: Cari Corrigan
There are places in Antarctica so thick with meteorites that you can find them like a child would shells on the beach. Others plunge into the ice ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Discouraged Workers
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqis submitting job applications., Credit: Photo courtesy of AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Beyond Resistance -- Groks Science Show 2010-08-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rick Mauer discussed how to institute lasting change.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 05, 2010
  • Length: 24:57
  • Purchases: 1
Irrational Fears
From: RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Curious about the picture? Listen to the Show!
Hosts Devon Dennison and Zoe Sheinkopf explore the difference between rational and irrational fears with help from Ron Kleinknecht, former dean of ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 1
Phenology Plus
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Phenology Show
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus Mary the Kayak Lady on her 1007 lakes paddled, Molly Hoffman on the Scarlet Tana...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:56
Uploading the War
From: War News Radio
Caption: A video uploaded by an American soldier who served in Iraq., Credit: Youtube
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/17/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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LIKE A SIGN SAYS HOUSE IS SOLD...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Stereotype by Any Other Name...
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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Backpack vs. Gangsta, Rap vs. Hip-Hop, Church vs. Secular. This episode will explore the ever changing labels that have divided our culture and why...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
Music effects the way we feel
From: Larry Carlson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music effects behavior and taps into the soul of the listener. Music is a universal language, and transcends and communicates non verbally. As we l...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 03:16
Legislators and Educators
From: Youth Media Project
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Patrick Chavez, of Chimayó, New Mexico, interviews Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish and attends a legislative youth summit while seeking the realit...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 10:13
How Many Catholic Schools Want Lesbian Parents? Nun.
From: Matt Miller
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When Nadine Warner and her life partner, Laurie, adopted a child it never occurred to them that they may one day find the Catholic school system to...

Bought by WBEZ, Vocalo.org, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 3
A Big Change in My Life
From: Children's PressLine
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In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:49
"Postcards from Cuba" #2
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcard from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students offer their views of life in Havana. Part two deals with how average Cubans feel about the United States.

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:22
Life Through a New Lens
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Kady Amundson - "The Mentor"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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University of Tennessee graduate Kady Amundson’s days rarely end when school is over. At the start of her Teach for America assignment, her school ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:16
Colleston Morgan - "The Realist"
From: Learning Matters
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Meet Harvard graduate Colleston Morgan. His first two years as a Teach for America teacher were highly successful. So why did he leave the classro...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Jeylan Erman - "The Perfectionist"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Jeylan Erman graduated from Princeton. She enrolled in Teach for America, worked hard and really wanted to be a role model. So why didn’t she get t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
Lindsay Ordower - "The Go Getter"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:41

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