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Caption: Richard Lester,  Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center and audience members, Credit: Rikki Ward, Photographer
Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are working on better ways of powering the American economy. Some are developing new solar and wind t...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio and KJZZ


  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Greg Dalton, Credit: Rikki Ward, Photographer
Today we look at the global economy and the fuels that run it. After a hundred years of growth propelled by subsidized fossil fuels and cheap credi...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption:  YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Marc Lifsher Los Angeles Times,  Felicity Barringer New York Times, Greg Dalton Host, Credit: Ed Ritger, Photographer
Today we are exploring the nexus of national media, energy and our limping economy. In this hour we’ll learn about news coverage of climate change,...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 4
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Sister Simone Campbell, captain of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour protesting the Romney/Ryan budget, and Executive D...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:37
Caption: Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University, Credit:  Ed Ritger, Photographer
Today we look at what’s driving the extreme weather that’s hitting much of the country. The summer of 2012 brought thousands of heat records, unusu...

Bought by KWMR-FM


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
Caption: Arundhati Roy
Kashmir is one of the least understood, but most important conflicts in the world. This week, we bring you a conversation with renowned author and ...

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  • Length: 29:00
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A 21-year-old woman describes the difficulty of paying the bills while working at a deli and Wendy's. What do the candidates have to say about that?

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Police wrestle with solutions for St. Louis gang problem

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
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A year of in-depth immigration stories produced by NPR's Latino USA.

Bought by KUNM, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Considering the evolution of the American family

Bought by KUNR


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Considering community colleges as a pathway to the American Dream

  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
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Considering how entrepreneurs pursue the American Dream

Bought by Nathan Woodhull


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Considering how the American Dream has changed since World War II

  • Added: Apr 25, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
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NCPR's Jackie Sauter: the 7th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
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Jay Kernis, the senior VP of programming at NPR: the 6th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:27
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Elisabeth Perez-Luna of WHYY: the 4th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 11:46
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1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls her peace work in Northern Ireland and in this 2006 interview talks with host Carol Boss ab...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Eric Nuzum, NPR's director of programming and acquisitions: the 2nd of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:38
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In September of 2005, legislation was introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate proposing the creation of a federal Department of Peace. Peace ...

Bought by WCOM, KSKA, and WSKG


  • Added: Sep 11, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
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A Conversation with Mel Duncan, Executive Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce which sends modestly paid peacemakers into conflict regions.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:03
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Unions embrace undocumented workers

  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 07:09