All Pieces for Todd Melby

 
A Fresh Start
From: Todd Melby
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Elsie Ejismekwu is a trucker and cabbie in Watford City, North Dakota. Divorced and a mother of five, she moved to the Bakken oilfields for the wor...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
Fight Night in Crude Country
From: Todd Melby
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A visit to the Williston Basin Blowout, a night of mixed martial arts fights in Williston, North Dakota. For 30 bucks, attendees witnessed 10 fight...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
They're Like Packs of Wolves
From: Todd Melby
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When Nathina St. Pierre moved to Watford City, North Dakota, she received lots of attention from men. “It was flattering at first,” she said. But i...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 2
They Call Us 'The Sardines'
From: Todd Melby
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To make it in the Bakken boom, North Dakota newcomers need to work hard and make sacrifices. But what exactly are those sacrifices? Black Gold Boom...

Bought by PRX Remix, WTIP, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 3
Nowhere To Lay My Head
From: Todd Melby
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They arrive in oil country by train, bus and automobile looking for work. Or if they're like Robby Reid, they shove everything they own into a back...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
Bryan Johnson: Oil Boom Traffic is Worse Than LA Rush Hour
From: Todd Melby
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Bryan Johnson lives in Spearfish, South Dakota, and sells fire-retardant clothes to oil workers in Watford City, North Dakota. Before moving to Spe...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Karpe: You Gotta Be Careful Out There
From: Todd Melby
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While other boys were working on paper routes or not at all, Richard Karpe labored on drilling rigs. Today, he supervises a truck operation near Wa...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Bobcat John. He Sells Knives To Oil Workers.
From: Todd Melby
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Bobcat John is a 57-year-old man from Idaho who came to the oil patch with his pickup truck and a trailer full of knives. His mission: Sell knives ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Gotta Be An Eight
From: Todd Melby
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Jayce Mitchell and Logan Bice moved to North Dakota to clean oil tankers. The pair were practicing their roping skills on a dummy steer, a plastic ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
Tattoo Your Ride, Not Your Hide
From: Todd Melby
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James Goeres sells pickup truck stickers from a mobile home. His motto: "Tattoo Your Ride, Not Your Hide."

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Shane Osborne: It Ain't Working Out Too Good
From: Todd Melby
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Shane Osborne arrived in North Dakota looking for work. He found it. But housing in the oil patch is so expensive he's living in a trailer.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
How Oil Leaves North Dakota — For Now
From: Todd Melby
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Roughnecks, truckers and entrepreneurs of every stripe are cashing in on North Dakota’s oil boom. So is an industrial giant from the 19th century: ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Homeless in the Oil Patch
From: Todd Melby
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North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. And the nation knows it. People are flocking to the Peace Garden state for jobs in the...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dreaming of Sleep
From: Todd Melby
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Rough­necks and other oil field work­ers make big money. But that money doesn’t come with­out sac­ri­fice. Many work­ers are sep­a­rated from fam­i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, PRX Remix, WTIP, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
McGregor: It's a Huge Change
From: Todd Melby
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Western North Dakota’s oil rush has meant big money for roughnecks and truckers. But it’s also meant big headaches for local residents.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
Highway of Hope
From: Todd Melby
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In the oil patch of western North Dakota, there aren’t many restaurants. So when truck drivers, construction crews and oil hands get hungry, they o...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
When Minnesota Nice Goes Wrong
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Maybe You Should Die owners, Credit: Todd Melby
A profile of a pair of foul-mouthed Minneapolis crafters.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
No Brother of Mine
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Most sex offenders like Michael are released back into society. What then?, Credit: Diane Richard
“No Brother of Mine” offers an unflinching look at U.S. sex offender policy that reaches beyond the headlines and into the lives of real people. Re...

Bought by PRX Remix, WNIJ, WGBH Radio Boston, WNYC, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 17
Death's Footprint
From: Todd Melby
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A documentary exploring the environmental consequences of traditional funeral and burial practices.

Bought by Prairie Public, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
Honk for Tibet
From: Todd Melby
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Students for a Free Tibet encourage drivers to "Honk for Tibet" from a Minneapolis bridge.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1

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