All Pieces for Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

 
Smoke it Out
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Melanie Maloney suffers from chronic pain, and is now trying marijuana for pain relief.

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Land of Oppotunity
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Janice Sage is hosting an essay contest with her Center Lovell Inn as the award.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
A Subject of Universal Interest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Hundreds of New England towns honor their oldest resident with a cane when the previous town elder dies. Some recipients celebrate; others feel cur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry behind bars
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Prisoners aren’t known for being emotional. But a program at a Maine jail has inmates sharing personal poems with each other.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
I Pledge
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is optional in Maine schools, but Lily SanGiovanni says not all of her classmates know that for sure.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
Why Protect a Pest?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Man and wolf have long had a fraught relationship; in medieval Europe the wolf was the defiler, the destroyer, the devil, and that narrative hasn’t...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:11
Help Wanted: Poet Wanted
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Poet Laureate of Belfast Maine is trying to make a difference in his community—one poem at a time.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Into the Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It’s not everyday that family pets and enthusiastic retirees get together to find dead bodies—unless you belong to Maine Search and Rescue Dogs.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
Searching for Work
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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While advocates and politicians seek an alternative, more integrative model to the AbilityOne program, Gladys, a disabled worker wonders if the Abi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1
Counting Numbers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Finding the right number to raise Portland’s minimum wage is proving to be hard.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
Go Fund Yourself
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Personal fundraising sites like Kickstarter are taking off. But in a small town in Maine, a crowd-funding campaign went very wrong.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Game Changers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Over the years, female gamers have found ways to combat sexism in video game culture.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
Dead Ringer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Legend has it they were all set to put Dennis Limeburner’s grandmother in the ground, but then she moved.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
One More Boat
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sophie Spurr supports her husband, Pete, who has a degenerative brain disease and has started talking about taking his life.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Goodbye
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Wilton Town Hall Theatre owner, Dennis Markaverich reflects on his job and contemplates the grim future.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Crime Cycle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Penobscot County in Maine tries to resolve the endless cycle of incarcerating people who can't afford to pay their criminal fines.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up Painlessly
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Robyn Tucker is an especially overprotective mom. But when your daughter has a rare condition, you have to be.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 2
Down. Set. Mom.
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Northeast Rebels are a group of women who are not afraid to tackle the opposition.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Hotwiring Habits
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Neuroscientist Kyle Smith is using lasers, mazes and rats to figure out how the brain controls habits, and how habits are controlling you.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 4
One Foot Over the Fence
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dan Lister's experience with the opiate addiction "miracle drug" Suboxone cast it in a less than miraculous light.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1

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