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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
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
Eating local is environmentally friendly, but it’s hard to find local meat in the supermarket. Producer Reid Frazier went to find out how some are ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: May 14, 2015
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever felt like you had to be perfect? Maybe it was a job interview, a speech, a meeting you were leading, a performance review, a conflict...
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 44:21
Pregnant with options. There’s the stroller, the crib and the adorable baby clothes. And, for more than 50,000 women each year birthing plans also ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 17, 2015
- Length: 14:17
- Purchases: 1
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
Lisa Raffael's wedding cakes are the center of attention only briefly before they're cut and eaten. But the time she puts into them – that's anothe...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 04:37
Interviews with Darryl Jones and Juan Rodriguez. Darryl was an Assistant State's Attorney based at the jail, and Juan Rodriguez has run a food tru...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 14:05
“Passages: Treasures of the Bible,” currently is in Springfield, Mo, the fifth stop on a national tour. Learn more about the traveling exhibit here...
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 08:16
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
A tight knit group of queer cowboys has found a way to live the country and Western lifestyle in their own way. Producer Vanessa Rancaño brings us...
Bought by KVNF, Marfa Public Radio, and Wild Planet Radio
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...
- Added: Apr 30, 2014
- Length: 05:10
Keep it short and sweet this Valentines Day. XOXO says so much! But what does it really mean?
- Added: Feb 11, 2014
- Length: 01:49
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
Comedian and writer H. Alan Scott talks about being diagnosed with testicular cancer and going through chemotherapy while maintaining his career in...
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 01:08:15
Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...
Bought by KSKA
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 01:20
- Purchases: 1
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
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
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
Stef Adkins competes in his very first Drag Competition as Barbie Que, juggling issues of identity and boundaries.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 26, 2012
- Length: 05:01
- Purchases: 2
Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.
Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 4
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
