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Where is Amarildo de Souza?
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: Amarildo de Souza, Credit: Facebook
Missing laborer in Brazil highlights disappearances amid police crackdown in favelas

  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Taste Florence
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Antoinette Mazzaglia of Taste Florence in the Sant’Ambrogio market describes various salami that her tour group will sample. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Italy, particularly Florence, is a popular vacation destination. They come with an appetite, eager to sample Italy’s renowned cuisine, yet they’re...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:32
Slow Wine
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Salvatore Angelica and Susanna Bianco of Gigi Bianco winery explain their various Slow Wines at a Rome tasting, Credit: Nancy Greenleese
The Slow Food movement has changed how we eat in the last quarter century. The Italian organization encourages us to dine on flavorful and health...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
Sailing The High Seas 2.0
From: Jason Albert
Caption: Wing sails on San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jason Albert
90% of the world's goods are carried by cargo ships. And the oceans they sail on are streaming with wind: High tech wing sails used on America's Cu...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 5
MN Church Celebrates Easter in Cabaret After Tragic Fire
From: Radio K
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
Letterboxing - Hide and seek for the young and not-so-young
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: The Hartigan family’s journal is full of stamps and memories of their letterboxing outings in Virginia, Ireland, the Pacific Northwest and other destinations. , Credit: Nancy Greenleese
There is a breed of modern day treasure hunters who need the Internet, a knack for orienting and solving puzzles, and a sense of adventure. They w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Gelato Museum
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Gelato served from a Carpigiani-made gelato truck at the Bologna fair in 1958, Credit: Gelato Museum
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...gelato. The first museum dedicated to gelato has opened in Italy.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
Italian Tailors: An Age-Old Tradition Unravels
From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now
Caption: Paola Gueli is one of a dwindling number of tailors in Italy, a country renowned for its tailoring tradition. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
Italian Artisans: Shuttered Workshops in the Renaissance’s Birthplace
From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now
Caption: Italian Negar Azhar Azari makes a ring by hand in the centuries-old Florentine tradition. , Credit: Maurizio Rufino
Italian artisans craft exquisite objects with their hands, particularly in Florence. Yet aging artisans crippled by Italy’s bureaucracy aren’t abl...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Italian Bakers: Mafia Slicing Into Profits
From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now
Caption: Baker Salvatore Raccuglia rolls the bread as bakers have done for centuries in Sicily. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Italian breads and pastries are favorites among foodies. But Italian artisan bakeries are shutting down. Changing eating habits, the crisis and t...

Bought by KUOW, KLCC, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Sound of Blindness
From: Radio K
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Cooking Cajun Style
From: Radio K
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Minneapolis and New Orleans may be an entire country apart, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the feasts of Mardi Gras in our own way. Cul...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
A Little Dinner Music
From: Radio K
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Of our five senses, sound and taste might not seem to have that much in common. But if you ever find yourself at a fast food joint that blasts the...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
South Florida's farmers deal with freeze
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The agricultural area in Southern Miami-Dade County has been declared a federal disaster area following January's freeze: but from farmers to the g...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
Haitian immigrants and the South Florida Economy
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With around 80,000 Haitians expected to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that will allow them to legally work and live in South Florida, ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
Out of Step
From: War News Radio
Caption: Two Afghan boys sit together in their village that was suffering from a shortage of food and water, Monday July 29, 2002 in Qiqay, 32 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Khost, Afghanistan., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
SOS Criticizes President's Six-Month Failure to Appoint Full Government
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: HRR Speaking at New CFR Facility in DC, Credit: CFR Room Feed via GBG to PRWW
SOS Clinton speaks out publicly against the President.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: :12
This Week In April In History
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: Voices This Week In History, Credit: SLG
Week of April 12 to April 18 in History - FDR dies - HST becomes President

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 06:40