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Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...
- Added: Oct 27, 2022
- Length: 06:38
This week on the show: Arbitration courts - why citizens foot the bill for big investors -
When foreign investors sue governments for losses ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2020
- Length: 30:00
Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity.
- Added: Oct 18, 2017
- Length: 18:06
"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 1
Teenager Max Gay interviews his classmates about their version of the American Dream. Turns out the new generation doesn't want a white picket fenc...
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 05:05
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 43:39
Provincetown has long been known as a bastion of tolerance, but hate crimes in the late eighties and early nineties threatened the town's reputatio...
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 11:48
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 1
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 06:35
The San Francisco Wave Organ remains one of the Bay Area's most unknown, misunderstood and yet beloved landmarks. After listening, I hope you'll wa...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 05:30
- Purchases: 1
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 03:04
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...
Bought by Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)
- Added: Feb 21, 2012
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 3
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 06:17
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb
says the seeds of his book were pla...
- Added: Feb 25, 2010
- Length: 04:00
Three Purple Heart recipients talk about how they earned their medals.
Bought by The Story, KUT, KRUA, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Feb 12, 2008
- Length: 05:25
- Purchases: 4