With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

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All episodes of this award-winning show are free on PRX. For more information visit withgoodreasonradio.org or contact Sarah McConnell at sbm2p@virginia.edu or 434-825-9432.

Half hour episodes of With Good Reason.


587 Pieces

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Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Extreme Nursing in Bush Alaska (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Nurse Maria DeValpine
There are lots of TV shows about the tough men of Alaska, but what about the tough women? We explore the hardy nurses who came to help out for a w...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Mentored by John Grisham (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker was astonished when world-renowned author John Grisham offered to t...

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, WMNF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Hip Hop, You Don’t Stop (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We trace hip hop’s roots, focusing on how it's expressed in different regions of our country, from California to New York, and even in Virginia. Pl...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Jealous Kind of Love (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Brow Anxiety (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMNF, and WLIW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bible Babel (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Making sense of the most talked about book of all time.

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Evicted from the Mountains (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Imagining Yoko Ono (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beat...

Bought by WJCT, KVNF, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
First in the Family (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly a third of college students in the United States are first-generation—meaning their parents and grandparents didn’t go. For many of these st...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
A Burnable Book (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
New Treatments for Lymphoma and Heart Disease
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Discussions with renowned doctors about advances in both lymphoma and heart disease.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WEZU, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Kitchens of Central America (Half Hour Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WABE, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, WJCT, WFHB, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The River in the Atlantic Ocean
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Gulf Stream was essential to the early exploration of the New World and continues to influence our climate, weather, environment, and shipping ...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WEZU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Furious Love (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...

Bought by WJCT, WMNF, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Mushi, Ticks, and Walking Sticks
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...

Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Who Needs Health Insurance? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WJCT, WCSU-FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6

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