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Newest

1)  Emperor Norton - The Emperor of the United States
     (13 - 15 minutes long)

2)   Russian Spies: Invisible Ink And Secret Codes
      (17 -21 minutes long)

3)  The Technology Behind Spying
     (4 - 5 minutes long)

4) ‘The Open Boat’ by Stephen Crane : Four men in a lifeboat battle the sea (Part 1)
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

5)  ‘The Open Boat’ by Stephen Crane : Four men in a lifeboat battle the sea (Part 2)
     (13 -16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 60 - 73 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Newer

1)  Seeing Impostors: When Loved Ones Suddenly Aren't
     (7 - 9 minutes long)

2)   'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online
      (8 -10 minutes long)

3)  Does the Internet Help or Hurt Democracy?
     (6 - 7 minutes long)

4) 'The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback
     (7 - 9 minutes long)

5)  Looking Back at the Vietnam War
     (8 -10 minutes long)

6)  The Vietnam War fromThe Viet Cong's Point of View
     (8 - 10 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 44 - 55 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

New

1) The Teen Brain
     
(5 - 6 minutes long)

2) The Aging Brain
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

3) The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
     by Mark Twain (10 - 12 minutes long)

4)  New Work: Balancing Your Work and Your Life
      Part 1   
 
(8 - 9 minutes long)
      Part 2   
 (8 - 9 minutes long)
      Part 3
    (8 - 9 minutes long)
    

(Total listening time = 42 - 49 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

 
Previous
(The Most Recent are Last)
One


1) An American Woman's Startling Tale of Life in Iraq
     
 (25 - 29 minutes long)

2) Secondhand Smoke
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) Student Series: Starting Out
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 41 - 49 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Two


1) That's America to Me
     (33 - 40 minutes long)

2) A Princess of Mars, Part One
     by Edgar Rice Burroughs (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) Student Series: Choosing Between a College or a University
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 49 - 60 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Three


1) "The Audacity of Hope" (Barack Obama)
     
(9 minutes long)

2) Women Have Been Leaders in Science Throughout History
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) A Princess of Mars, Part Two
     by Edgar Rice Burroughs (13 - 16 minutes long)

4) Student Series: Considering an Online Education Program
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 38 - 45 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Four


1) The Story of a Eyewitness
     (13-16 minutes long)

2) A Prairie Home Companion: "When I Dream "
     
(8-10 minutes long)

3) A Princess of Mars, Part Three
     by Edgar Rice Burroughs (13-16 minutes long)

4) Accrediting Agencies Play Important Part in U.S. Higher Education
     (3-4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 37- 46 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Five


1) John F. Kennedy: Civil Rights Address
     (13-16 minutes long)

2) Desegregation Pioneers Reflect on Education Milestone
     
(17-20 minutes long)

3) A Princess of Mars, Part Four
     by Edgar Rice Burroughs (15-18 minutes long)

4) A Prairie Home Companion: "Supper"  (a satire)
     (2-3 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 47 - 57 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Six


1) No Place for a Woman - Part One ("A Man's Job")
     (15 - 18 minutes long)

2) The Californian's Tale
     
by Mark Twain  (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) Taking the TOEFL
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

4) There But For Fortune
     by Joan Baez (3 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 34 - 41 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Seven


1) No Place for a Woman - Part Two  ("A Legal Landmark")
     (19 - 23 minutes long)

2) The Devil and Tom Walker
     
by Washington Irving (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) A Prairie Home Companion: "Graduation"
     (8 - 10 minutes long)

4) Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day
     (3- 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 43 - 53 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Eight


1) No Place for a Woman - Part Three ("The Legacy ")
     (16 - 19 minutes long

2) Insuring the Children
    
(15 - 19 minutes long)

3) To Build a Fire
     by Jack London (13 - 17 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 41 - 50 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Nine


1) American History: Lives of the Plains Indians
     (14 - 16 minutes long)

2) Crazy Horse
     
(14 - 17 minutes long)

3) The Law of Life
     by Jack London (13 - 15 minutes long)

4) Day of the Dead
     (4- 5 minutes long)

5) Halloween Scares up Tricks and Treats
     (3- 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 48 - 57 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Ten


1) "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
     
(30 minutes long)

2) "I wanted to be a hero"
     
(11 - 13 minutes long)

3) Keesh
     by Jack London (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 49 - 58 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Eleven


1) American History: A Clash of Cultures in the New World
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

2) American Heritage: Thanksgiving
    
(13 - 16 minutes long)

3) Thanksgiving Day: Filled With Family Traditions and, Oh Yes, Food
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

4) A Prairie Home Companion: "Butter"
     (2 - 3 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 43 - 53 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twelve


1) Income Inequality
     (19 - 25 minutes long)

2) Helen Keller - Part 1
    
(13 - 15 minutes long)

3) Helen Keller - Part 2
     (12 - 14 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 44 - 54 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Thirteen


1) Michael Moore on "Sicko"
     
(28 minutes long)

2) The Line of Least Resistance
    
by Edith Wharton (14 - 16 minutes long)

3) Dreamcatcher
     (3 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 50 - 59 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Fourteen


1) Cesar Chavez: Commonwealth Club Address
     (24 - 28 minutes long)

2) Christmas in America: Music and Traditions of a Merry Season
    
(13 - 15 minutes long)

3) The Gift of the Magi
     by O. Henry (14 - 17 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 51 - 60 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Fifteen

1) Education City
     (25 - 31 minutes long)

2) Vitamin D Does Alot
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

3) "Luck" by Mark Twain
     
 (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 41 - 51 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Sixteen

1) Information Age, Part 1 - The Way People Communicate
     
 (13 - 16 minutes long)

2) Information Age, Part 2 - The Internet
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) Information Age, Part 3 - Teaching with Technology
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 39 - 48 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Seventeen

1) Where Did the English Language Come From?
     
 (12 - 15 minutes long)

2) How English Became a Modern Language
     (12 - 15 minutes long)

3) The U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
     (12 - 15 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 47 - 59 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Eighteen

1) About a Place Called Gabrielle's
     
(13 - 15 minutes long)

2) Isaac Newton: One of the World’s Greatest Scientists
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

3) All the Years of Her Life
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

4) Mama Tried
     (2 - 3 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 40 - 48 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Nineteen

1) Election 2008:  'At This Defining Moment, Change Has Come to America'
     
(13 - 15 minutes long)

2) Robert Kennedy 1968:  'Recapturing American's Moral Vision'
     (27 - 34 minutes long)

3) The Power of "Hello"
     (4 - 5 minutes long)

4) Hello in There
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 47 - 58 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty
Songs from President Obama's Inauguration Celebration
Beyoncé, Garth Brooks, Shakira, Pete Seeger, Mary J Blige, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, James Taylor, Faith Hill, Sting, Alicia Keys,
(Total listening time = 45 minutes)
Twenty-One

1) The Father of Evolution Turns 200
     
(14 - 16 minutes long)

2) Darwin, Britain's Hero, Is Still Controversial In U.S.
     (11 - 13 minutes long)

3) The Truth About Cats and Dogs
     (13 - 15 minutes long)

4) How To Survive Life's Tests
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 43 - 48 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Two

1) Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
     
(13 - 15 minutes long)

2) Lessons From a 40,000 Year Old Baby Mammoth
     (12 - 15 minutes long)

3) Felix the Cat; Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel
     (13 - 15 minutes long)

4) Sitting on Top of the World   (by the Mississippi Sheiks, 1930)
     (3 minutes long)

5) Passionate About The Passive Voice
     (6 - 7 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 47 - 55 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Three

1) Food, Inc.    ("We're being kept away from knowing what's happened to our food system")
     
 (21 - 27 minutes long)

2) The Diamond Lens - Part 1   (A tale of mystery, murder, and madness)
     (12 - 14 minutes long)

3) The Diamond Lens - Part 2   (A tale of mystery, murder, and madness)
     (12 - 14 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 45 - 55 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Four

1) 'A Pair of Silk Stockings'
     
(12 - 15 minutes long)

2) The Beatles have arrived again
     (6 - 8 minutes long)

3) Raptor rex - a mini Tyrannosaurs rex?
     (18 - 22 minutes long)

4) Going Digital: California's Textbook Project
     (3 -4 minutes long)

5) Going Digital: The Future of College Textbooks?
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 42 - 53 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Five

1) Wombs for Rent?   ("Are babies being bought and sold in the United States?")
     
 (24 - 30 minutes long)

2) Move Over, Lucy; Ardi May Be Oldest Human Ancestor
     (4 - 6 minutes long)

3) Researchers Unearth A Hominid More Ancient Than Lucy  
     (10- 14 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 38 - 50 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Six

1) This I Believe: Finding Freedom In Forgiveness
     
(4 - 5 minutes long)

2) This I Believe: Seeing Beyond Our Differences
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

3) Smugglers In Iraq Have A New Trade: Corpses
     (5 - 6 minutes long)

4) Gay-Marriage Advocates Weigh Next Move
     (4 -5 minutes long)

5) Lessons From The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

6) Short Storyl: Athenaise
     (13 -15 minutes long)

7) Short Story: The Last Leaf
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 45 - 55 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Seven

1) Lost for 12 years, a prodigal father is found
     (29 - 37 minutes long)

2) A Dog's Tale - by Mark Twain  
     (21- 26 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 50 - 63 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Eight

1) Darwin - The Man Behind the Science
     (31 - 38 minutes long)

2) The Boarded Window - a Short Story by Ambrose Bierce
     (13 -16 minutes long)

3) Weighing the First Year of Obama as President
     (5 - 6 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 49 - 60 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Twenty-Nine

1) This I Believe: Finding Freedom In Forgiveness
     
(4 - 5 minutes long)

2) This I Believe: Seeing Beyond Our Differences
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

3) Smugglers In Iraq Have A New Trade: Corpses
     (5 - 6 minutes long)

4) Gay-Marriage Advocates Weigh Next Move
     (4 -5 minutes long)

5) Lessons From The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
     (3 - 4 minutes long)

6) Short Storyl: Athenaise
     (13 -15 minutes long)

7) Short Story: The Last Leaf
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 45 - 55 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Thirty

1) Darwin - The Man Behind the Science
     (31 - 38 minutes long)

2) The Boarded Window - a Short Story by Ambrose Bierce
     (13 -16 minutes long)

3) Weighing the First Year of Obama as President
     (5 - 6 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 49 - 60 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Thirty-One

1) "Avatar" And Scientific Possibility
     (17 - 22 minutes long)

2) The Glass Dog - a Short Story by L. Frank Baum
     (15 -18 minutes long)

3) A Language Dies Every Two Weeks
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 45 - 56 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

Thirty-Two

1) Virtual Investigators Hack The Hackers
     (13 - 16 minutes long)

2) What Doctors Are Doing About Headaches, and What You Can Do
     (13 -16 minutes long)

3) Bullies: Why do they do it, and do they change?
     (30 - 37 minutes long)

(Total listening time = 56 - 69 minutes depending on chosen listening speed)

   

 

 

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