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The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 07:55
'A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran' is a firsthand profile of long-time Soho, London resident Thien Tran. In this poignant piece, Thien discusses the chal...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 10:00
Faith - Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five a...
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 02:50
Destiny - Neal Bennington founded Broadway Sings for Pride, in response to tragic suicides within the LGBTQ+ community. The live concert series has...
- Added: Dec 16, 2021
- Length: 03:18
If you could meet up with one person in the afterworld, who would it be?
This SUPERHUMANS story takes us into the mind of a NASA astronomer as she...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 34:24
If given a do-over in life, what would you do with it?
This SUPERHUMANS story takes us on a beautifully raw journey that displays the courage and ...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 26:36
Today on Making Contact, we present the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. The film takes us on the transformational journey of w...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Feb 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Houda knows a thing or two about having one’s life upended. About sheltering in place. This isn’t the first time she and her family have spent mont...
- Added: May 18, 2020
- Length: 04:35
Most of the Western world has a waste problem, and recycling has been pushed by policymakers as one of the best ways to combat it. In Baltimore and...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 16:41
- Purchases: 1
Driven by a critical lack of skilled technicians, a group of largely German-owned manufacturers in Chicago have launched a new apprenticeship progr...
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 35:03
As a child, Lawrence Lessig was a gifted singer. His church choir director encouraged him to attend a choir camp at a prestigious boarding school i...
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 39:03
Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco returns with songs that are Political with a capital P and where "the feminist diatribes are turned up high"
Bought by KPSQ-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KALW and more
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
Episode 8: Houda & Melanie refer to Houda’s apartment complex in Tucson as Small Syria—16 Syrian families live there today, but a year ago there we...
- Added: May 10, 2017
- Length: 03:36
In 1972, Studs Terkel interviewed hotel piano player Norman "Hots" Michels for his book "Working." Hots was the last live entertainment at the Sher...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 3
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes interviews film maker Dagmar Schultz about her film "Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992"
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 01:00:01
An underground--literally--DIY video game tournament in New York City's Chinatown.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE
- Added: Mar 25, 2015
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 04:03
North Beach Citizens is a community-driven, non-profit organization located in San Francisco, California, that addresses the needs of local homeles...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 02:39
Made in the Transom traveling workshop:
Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 03:59
This is the fifth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 58:15
- Purchases: 1
On the road from The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau, WI. Featuring Frank Montano, Charlie Parr, Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchestra and spe...
Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT and more
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 6
Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s “Segregation N...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 15:54
- Purchases: 1
We take to the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana to ask folks about their connection to the criminal justice system. In the state of Louisiana, ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 50:03
- Purchases: 2
Mikaila Stinar served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011 with Echo Co. 145th BSB attached to the 1-163rd Infantry Battalion. Her unit provided convoy securi...
Bought by KALH, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 3
This is a short profile on a few prominent DIY music promoters in western Massachusetts who host shows in their basements and living rooms.
Featu...
- Added: Dec 15, 2013
- Length: 06:11
