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Can trauma be healed with architecture and design? Eric Molinsky looks how Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech have changed.
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 09:42
For our sixtieth (but far from the last) episode, we speak with Leslye Obiora, PhD, a person committed to community and women’s equality. Law profe...
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 28:02
Jim Sturgess talks music, metaphor, and suffering for his art.
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 10:49
Mira Nair talks multiple identities, defining fundamentalism, and creating dialogue.
- Added: Mar 16, 2013
- Length: 13:14
In this week’s show, we commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the war in Iraq through a look at the country’s past, present and future and the imp...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 29:06
Pablo Larrain talks the perspective of time, the metaphor of equality, and why politics are always personal.
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 17:28
South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn talks with his granddaughter Sydney Reed about his career in politics.
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 02:50
Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:28
San Francisco has long been known as a city where you can let it all hang out. Nudists from all over the world flock here to participate in events ...
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 04:51
Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby a...
- Added: Jan 10, 2013
- Length: 09:56
Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 07:51
In June of 1880, a series of extraordinary events began to unfold that sent a man most of the country agreed was completely unqualified to be presi...
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 15:33
Josh Peck talks silence, pratfalls, and being forced to choose.
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 13:29
A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.
- Added: Nov 17, 2012
- Length: 04:20
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 13:10
A look at the career of the legendary saxophonist
- Added: Nov 06, 2012
- Length: 06:00
There are many ways to support your candidates- or propositions-of-choice before voting on November 6. You can obviously give your time, by volunte...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:59
If you’ve got a mailbox, chances are that at this point in the election season, it’s stuffed with campaign literature. You might be so sick of it t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 03:37
What kind of power did ancient Athenians have over elected officials? Eligible voters screened candidates for several positions before they took th...
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 04:11
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 07:12
Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 2
The Brave New Workshop has helped launch the careers of humorists such as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the first head writers for Saturday Night Live...
- Added: Sep 15, 2012
- Length: 05:01
Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 03:27
One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 07:48
This episode has NO "conventional" wisdom, but you'll hear music with more about life's realities than anything heard at both political convention...
- Added: Aug 30, 2012
- Length: 58:28
