New Hampshire Public Radio

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At NHPR our mission is very clear: To help create a more informed public, one challenged and enriched by a deeper understanding and appreciation of state, national and worldwide events, ideas and culture. To that end, we offer the highest quality news and information and cultural programming that we can achieve within the limits of our resources. We do this through our broadcasts and through our web operations.

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19 Pieces

Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie, Judy Blume, and a wide variety of writers offer advice on living a creative life. You’ll get a quick glimpse of the rituals, distractions, and lessons they’ve learned from years of practice.

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175 Pieces

A podcast refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works.

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5 Pieces

Elections are vital to our democracy. But that doesn’t mean they’re simple. From election security to misinformation to gerrymandering, Civics 101 is your guide to how elections work.

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4 Pieces

Civics 101, the podcast refresher course about how our democracy works, from New Hampshire Public Radio, explores landmark civil rights cases at the Supreme Court. This is a four-part series of broadcast-friendly hour long specials that can both be carried as a series or as stand-alone broadcasts.

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4 Pieces

Add a little humor to your pitch breaks.

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NHPR's Jon Greenberg takes a trip down the Merrimack, uncovering its history and the people who rely on it.

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38 Pieces

Outside/In is a show about the natural world and how we use it. Host Sam Evans-Brown combines solid reporting and long-form narrative storytelling to bring the outdoors to you wherever you are. You don’t have to be a whitewater kayaker, an obsessive composter, or a conservation biologist to love Outside/In. It’s a show for anyone who has ever been outdoors. In short, it’s a show for *almost* everyone.

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20 Pieces

Speeches from the New Hampshire campaign trail

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12 Pieces

Raw audio from the closing days of the New Hampshire primary.

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IPR and NHPR team up to look at how voters are looking at the issues in the first-in-the-nation states.


Latest Pieces

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Two research teams get unexpected results and health advocates see even more reason to get people to give up sweet drinks.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Rymes (l) running in the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, 2011
The smartphone is the newest weapon in the battle against weight -- and for some, it's surprisingly effective.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
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At this New Hampshire high school, it took a professional chef to get kids to eat healthy food.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
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In Part I of our series, Tipping the Scales, we look at how obesity affected one young man's life -- and how he got a grip on it.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
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Author Ben Mezrich reads from his latest book - "Sex on teh Moon" and discusses with host Virginia Prescott his controversial style of writing as w...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 46:59
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David McCullough reads from his book "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" and discusses with host Virginia Prescott why some American intelle...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
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An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
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That's a real job? Yup. A forensic architect finds out what's wrong with old buildings by understanding their history...and using a garden hose.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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NHPR Producer Rebecca Lavoie interviews a computer scientist on his mathmatical model for choosing NCAA bracket picks...and also talks to a fan who...

Bought by WXDU and KRUA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2