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We discuss the implications of Colorado's Concealed Carry Act. We Interview Virginia Tech Massacre survivor and gun control advocate, Colin Goddard...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 12:01
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Summary: Radio Curious visits with California Democrat, Rep. Sam Farr to discuss the 113th congress.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
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The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private...

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


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 3
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We thought we finished our series on the ATC Charter Story, but...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:34
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In this show, we attempt to finish the ATC series...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:39
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This story is about ATC, the Academy of Technology and the Classics charter school which decided to leave the building that many thought would be i...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 20:39
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Mancos High School students Lauren Kramer and Jake Driver join Jeff and Gail to talk about their perspectives on education and how it could be fixed.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:09
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Nebraska Legislation LB800 combats truancy.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
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In 2011, the University of California system sustained budget cuts up to $750 million. It marked a true financial turning point for the schools. St...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:33
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The outer bounds of the right to free speech, on this episode of BeyondtheBlackLetter. How does the law tolerate speech that calls for lawlessness?

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  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Good teachers are akin to saints, so do they need a union contract to protect them?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Yes we need quality teachers...but do we really know what that means?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
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On Valentine's Day, more than 400 students and parents from across Pennsylvania held a rally for public education at the State Capitol. This action...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Learn more about the Civic Commons, a citizen engagement effort underway in Northeast Ohio.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:34
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UNC students, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, discuss ways in which they raise awareness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus and be...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Speaking at a school board meeting is kind of like entering a twilight zone. Here's a discussion about why

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
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KUNM Youth Radio Programmer Lucia Martinez interviews Cecilia Frescas about coming to America and her experiences in the public education system.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 12:12
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The political silly season is upon us -- and, once again, politicians are talking to us in childlike sentences and short, little words. Here's the...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
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NEA president Dennis Van Roekel talks with John Merrow about teacher evaluation; should we judge teachers based on how they teach or on what their ...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A protester with a bullhorn outside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, Credit: www.oaklandnorth.net
We continue our series, ‘How We Survive’. This week? It’s a time of crisis in higher education. And as administrators cast an eye toward privatizat...

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  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jim Leach, Credit: National Press Club
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28
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Do high-school drug tests prevent student drug abuse… or pry into privacy?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC


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  • Length: 04:35
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1