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THEY MADE AMERICA: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators, with Sir Harold Evans
From: Sarah Montague
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Sir Harold Evans looks at the lives, times and ideas of the innovators that shaped America.

Bought by WNIJ, WFDD, WFIU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPBS and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Googling Google
From: Merle Kessler
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What happens when you google Google. Don't do it!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Blind Workforce
From: KEDM
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This story explores employment challenges through the candid viewpoints of adults with disabilities and the people who advocate for their employment.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2005
  • Length: 11:33
In Praise of the Intentional City
From: Brian Wright
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This is a commentary calling on cities of all sizes to grow intentionally

Bought by WSHU and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Thrill of the Unmarked Car
From: Dick Meister
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We're all driving billboards -- for free.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland's Port - Community Friend or Foe?
From: Hana Baba
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A long feature on where millions of Oakland Port revenues go and why the ailing City of Oakland doesn't receive a penny of it.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:04
Small Town Doc
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Small town doctor, Mike Lambke, reaches out emotionally to his patients.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
50% Business, 50% Community
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pilot Kevin Waters leads an island flying service on the mid-coast of Maine.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
Let's Get Digital
From: WFUV
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A primer on the controversial intersection between music and the Internet.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, WYSO, KUHB, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Cowboy Campaign
From: KUT
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Modern Texas cowboys in Tin type photos

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 07:53
Is Your Boss Insane?
From: Merle Kessler
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A new test determines if your boss is a sociopath. Discuss.

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 01:49
Grassroots Goes Global
From: WFUV
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A report on grassroots organizations driving change in how big nonprofits raise funds for global causes.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:08
Cafe Rebeldia
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Zapatista co-op sells organic coffee on the growing global "solidarity market."

Bought by KZSC, PRX, KUER, WCOM, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 11
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
Sarah's Dream
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Up, up, and away with 10 year old, hot-air balloonist Sarah Nichols.

Bought by KSKA and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 2
Five Things
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Motivational speaker Bill Picard meets the challenges of cerebral palsy.

Bought by KALW, HowSound, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, American Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 6
Dowser, Consultant to the Universe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Water dowser Glen Johnson makes a mistake.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 4
Smells Like Money to Me
From: Zachary Barr
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Everything you wanted to know about sea cucumbers but were afraid to ask.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
For the Blood Is the Life
From: Julia DeBruicker
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Goat killing chronicles homegrown ingenuity in the mountains of Appalachia

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Apr 02, 2004
  • Length: 09:44
  • Purchases: 1
Outsource This!
From: Merle Kessler
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The downside of outsourcing examined.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2004
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Mascot
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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If you can't make it as a professional mascot, what's your back-up plan?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, SALTcast Podcast, KZSC, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 29, 2004
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
A Family Yarn
From: Rupa Marya
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In the wake of NAFTA, a family of woolen mill workers in Maine salvages their livelihoods by returning the industry of yarn-making to the home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WBST and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 13
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1

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