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For generations, farmers in western North Carolina have relied on tobacco as a core crop, their lifeblood. It was more than just income, though: to...
Bought by KVLU
- Added: Nov 17, 2016
- Length: 26:01
- Purchases: 1
Corn is a ubiquitous part of Southern food—from bread to whiskey. But how did it get to be that way? In this episode of Gravy, we go on a hunt for ...
Bought by KVLU and West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 25:21
- Purchases: 2
For most of his adult life Peter Wolf Toth has been on a mission to honor the native American tribes of Virginia. Over the decades he has carved ma...
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 26:08
A quick biopic on the life of Tom Landry with a focus on his finest season.
- Added: Oct 02, 2016
- Length: 04:24
On the Eastern Coast of Nicaragua, palm plantations are taking over land traditionally used for growing coconuts. How are Creole people resisting ...
- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Bail is supposed to allow a person accused of a crime to put some money up as a type of collateral - a promise they will return for their court dat...
- Added: Jul 26, 2016
- Length: 27:06
Jordy Cernik was diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome a few weeks after his first child was born. He went through two pituitary operations, an adrenal...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2016
- Length: 13:36
- Purchases: 1
Thirty-six-year-old twins Carol Enoch and Katy Panek are physically identical in every way but one: Katy was born without ovaries. She never menstr...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUER
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 10:29
- Purchases: 3
During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...
- Added: Apr 01, 2016
- Length: 10:05
Sticky rice. It may not be the first dish you expect to be served in a double-wide trailer in the mountain South, but in Morganton, North Carolina,...
- Added: Feb 12, 2016
- Length: 29:44
- Purchases: 3
In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 23:50
Daphne Shaed talks about what it's like to be a woman with a penis.
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 11:49
Charleston, South Carolina has become the center of discussions about race and violence in America these past few weeks. But a dinner party held in...
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 28:18
- Purchases: 3
It hurts when you know you missed an opportunity. One actor from Dartmouth, Massachusetts knows that feeling. But he just landed the lead role in a...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit judges from openly asking for money to pay for their judicial campaigns. Life of the Law'...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 24:30
Country music legend Willie Nelson says that when he was a child, he heard a heavenly tune that's been under his skin ever since.
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 2
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
You've got to be one brave businessperson to realize your startup is heading in the wrong direction, and do something about it. This week, we talk ...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 05:27
The downtown movie theater has long been a fixture of small town Minnesota. But with advent of multiplexes, DVDs and on-demand viewing, small town ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 1
Understanding your audience goes deeper than simply asking, "Do you like my idea?" This week, we talk about how to figure out what it is that your ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 04:49
Choral music often consists of centuries-old compositions. But one local group—the Singers Minnesota Choral Artists—has premiered more 70 new compo...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 06:03
Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of coffee, and this aromatic elixir continues to be an important part its culture. KFAI’s Allison Herrera met...
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 05:29
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
Hosted by Al Letson, this is a special hour from Life of the Law. We look back over some of our favorite stories from the year: the ones that
left...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 2
Hair loss is taboo and the measures people take to replace hair are rarely mentioned out loud, but for Richard Theodore on Cape Cod, hair replaceme...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 3
