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How nurses handle stress in the work place

How nurses handle stress in the work place

Health care providers face numerous challenges in today's changing medical environment. This audio documentary explores how nurses handle work-related stress.

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Audio documentary: The 'Great American Think-Off'

Audio documentary: The 'Great American Think-Off'

Each year hundreds of participants from around the country submit essays answering a big philosophical question. The finalists then appear at a live event in New York Mills, Minn.

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An international town hall takes on countering violent extremism

An international town hall takes on countering violent extremism

Audiences in Philadelphia and Berlin discuss ways to deal with violent extremism and those individuals who support it and recruit others.

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A discussion about nonprofit innovation and creativity

A discussion about nonprofit innovation and creativity

This installment of Chris Farrell's "Conversations on the Creative Economy" features Jodi Harpstead, the CEO of Lutheran Social Services.

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Steven Pinker: 'The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.'

Steven Pinker: 'The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.'

Steven Pinker, author of "The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined." He says we may be living in the most peaceful era in our species existence, and we should show gratitude for the institutions of civilization and enlightenment that have made it possible.

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George Mitchell on education and the 'American Dream'

George Mitchell on education and the 'American Dream'

Army veteran, federal judge, U.S. senator and diplomat George Mitchell of Maine is out with a memoir which he says he wrote as a tribute to his parents. The child of a janitor and a mill worker in small town Maine, George Mitchell ended up as a leading figure on the national and international stage. He now worries that upward mobility is lost in America.

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Joe Dowling's parting thoughts on the value of theater

Joe Dowling's parting thoughts on the value of theater

Guthrie Theater artistic director Joe Dowling was on stage at the Guthrie to share his parting thoughts on a life in theater.

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Future Work documentary: Could a robot do your job?

Future Work documentary: Could a robot do your job?

Documentary, "FutureWork: How Technology Will Redefine the Culture of Work." What kinds of jobs will be available in the next 50 years? Will they be done by humans, or computers and machines? Former Labor Sec. Robert Reich and Susan Hassler of IEEE Spectrum host this National Science Foundation special.

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Intelligence Squared debate: Iran nuclear deal good for America?

Intelligence Squared debate: Iran nuclear deal good for America?

Intelligence Squared US debate motion: Is President Obama's Iran nuclear deal good for America? For experts with extensive foreign policy experience debated. YES: Philip Gordon and Thomas Pickering. NO: Michael Doran and Mark Dubowitz.

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