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Keeping Little League Arms Healthy
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Why little league pitchers are damaging their arms and the new rules meant to protect them

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
Commentary: Baseball's True Believers
From: Dick Meister
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A game it is, but baseball is serious business to many of its young players.

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
Audio Postcard: An Evening with Minor League Baseball's Sacramento River Cats
From: Ben Markus
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Sounds of the game and opinions of fans from a Minor League Baseball game in Sacramento, California

Bought by KISU and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: So Quit Stalling, Baseball
From: Dick Meister
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Major League Baseball is again promising to speed up games, which now drag on for an average of nearly three hours -- but the odds are again again...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:38
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Night Baseball "is Strictly the Bunk"
From: Dick Meister
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Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
Commentarty: Shame on Baseball -- They Left Out Lefty Again
From: Dick Meister
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Despite his extraordinary career, Lefty O'Doul has again been bypassed for admission to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
spelling bee
From: paul sullivan
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A middle school spelling bee described as a boxing match

  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
The Gospel of Lido
From: Miranda Diboll
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04
Nebraska's first Heisman Trophy winner honors another pioneer black Nebraska athlete.
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...

Bought by WTIP and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
B-Side: One of Us
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith visits a high school to talk about the things that bring us together, the things that separate us, what makes someone in, or ...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Turkey Bowling with Nascar Nation
From: Heather Dune Macadam
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A Yankee learns how to bowl frozen turkeys at Nascar

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Will Nebraska Skate Parks Reopen?
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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Many Nebraska skateboarders feel under siege since several public skate parks were closed this fall. Two national experts as well as a Nebraska st...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
The Angel Warrior On His Way to the Top
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Despite the concerns of his family, Mike St. Germain races stock cars to win and for God.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
Alter Ego
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Inside and outside the wrestling ring, Keith Dinsmore gets knocked down and back up, again and again.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:04
In Baseball Anyway, Crime Sometimes Does Pay
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that if pitcher Kenny Rogers did indeed use pine tar to gain an illegal edge on batters in the World Series, he was only doing ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
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Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53
Aiming to Miss - The Art of Knife Throwing
From: Craig LeMoult
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Discovering the the dangerous trials and tribulations of the modern knife thrower

Bought by KUOW, WILL, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
Commentary: The Joy of Losing
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how supporting a losing baseball team -- the Atlanta Braves -- truly builds character.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
Hybrid Race Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Dartmouth University Students invent hybrid style race cars

  • Added: Jun 23, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
From Mexico to the Dodgers
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
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Nelly Castillo tells the story of her son?s dream of becoming a major league pitcher.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
Tricks or Treat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A grown-up version of Halloween includes winning at Pimlico Racetrack

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Logo Logos
From: Merle Kessler
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The capitalism of anti-capitalism, according to Ian.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:11
Before the Bell
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Boxers at the Portland Boxing Club spend months and years preparing for eight minutes in the ring.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5

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