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When Noah Creshevsky learned he was dying of bladder cancer two years ago, he decided to decline medical treatment. Soon, he and his husband David ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:41
Caption: Online Conspiracies & Virtual Cults Part 2: Celebrity Makes the World Go Flat
Do we live in an age where online conspiracies and cults proliferate ever more frequently and powerfully? We continue to explore this question by f...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:48
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“If you’re listening to this while driving a car, obviously, leave your eyes open.” In this special appendix to our recent episode on psychoacousti...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:35
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Studs Terkel interviews a gravedigger in 1972 for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 4
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A first-person account of being a standardized patient and discovering the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Research Vessel Atlantis
An American scientific research ship responds to a sinking boat full of refugees in the Mediterranean.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: Ken Nerger (Detail), Credit: Emile B. Klein
Surviving cancer, the economy and a haunted house.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:26
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Taste the fruit of a tree that has a placenta buried beneath it... it's tart and crisp. Learn about how the placenta, which connects mother and chi...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:04
Caption: Spring Creek, near Chiloquin, Oregon
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
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Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:30
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Hopeful Future Needle Exchange

  • Added: Aug 04, 2007
  • Length: 13:32
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The subjects breathing pattern is naturally nervous on a exploritive walk through haunted plantation.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 02:16