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The Haunting Tale of Why Clara Barton's Memorial Was 60 Years In The Making
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Did Clara Barton's ghost commune with the living?, Credit: National Park Service/Clara Barton NHS
A so-called spiritual medium, Clara Barton’s so-called spirit, and the man whose dedication swayed him to fall for an elaborate swindle.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
Ears Underwater
From: Bethel Habte
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A research team at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is using underwater recorders to track the life, and increasingly, the DEATH, of coral ...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
From Frogs To Wands of Destiny: The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Mother
Caption: Meg Crane's home pregnancy test prototype, 1968., Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 3
Buds on the Tracks: Prehistoric Plants Thrive in D.C.'s Subway
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Witch-hunts are a curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cow...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 26:55
Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
Dustin Hoffman on Duplicity and Famosity
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I carried a knife taped to my leg. I never used it but it was there." - Dustin Hoffman, 1971, from the Pacifica Radio Archives. Listening to this ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: J.B. Gaskill of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Mosque in a Synagogue: Muslims and Jews Unite
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation hosts members of the area's Muslim community for Friday services and meals during Ramadan., Credit: Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
At this Northern Virginia synagogue, Jews and Muslims are sharing much more than just space.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Nonagenarian Duo Shows Rushing To Marry Not Always A Bad Idea
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy is 93. Girl is 90. True story.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 3
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: Journey Under the Sea was the second book in the series.
We dig into the history of the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series and the interactive stories kids are reading today.

Bought by WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 3
Carrots help you see in the dark
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
No. 26 Elcar and Pratt Automobiles
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2007 [2000]
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 25 German Aircraft Industry and Production
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: orig. Airlife Publishing, Ltd., then The Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1998
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 24 The Lexington Automobile
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Publishers 2007
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 23 Sound Barrier
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2006
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 22 Engine Revolutions
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1991
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 21 Manhattan Railway
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 20 Parking Cars in America
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 19 Bravo, Stanley!
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Stanley Museum (2006)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 18 Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, Inc.
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 17 Race Car Vehicle Dynamics
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: SAE International
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 16 Advanced Engine Development at Pratt & Whitney
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: SAE International, 2001
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 15 Flying Wings of Jack Northrop
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1994)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00

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