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Tender shoots grow on the roofs of the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's toughest neighborhoods. By tender shoots we mean fifth graders, who are l...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 13:55
This podcast talks about the many versions of Cinderella told around the world and the different kinds of footwear she wore to the ball. My persona...
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 21:08
In this episode, Conor takes a tour of the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair with Nate Kogan.
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 07:15
The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 05:05
In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2012
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
From the Washeteria II Corp laundromat, Jeannette Peña, has a unique vantage point on her neighborhood in Queens, New York.
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 06:15
In this episode of Happy producer JP Davidson drops into a Laughter Yoga Club. The first one started in the mid-90s in Mumbai. Now there over 8000 ...
Bought by Radio Catskill and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2012
- Length: 08:38
- Purchases: 2
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 26, 2012
- Length: 01:08
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 4
He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
On one block in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, an unnamed baker whips up artisan sourdoughs to sell to his neighbors.
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...
- Added: Apr 01, 2012
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 2
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 05:16
For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.
- Added: Dec 31, 2011
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 5
Celebrate America's independence the Island way, with pranks, potato-spoon races, and pie eating. But remember, cheaters never prosper here.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and Delta College Public Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 02:47
- Purchases: 3
Every town has its troublemaker. But Normie Burns is not a troublemaker. Normie wouldn’t hurt a fly. But he does like to stir things up once in a w...
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 01:37
The softball players on Swan's Island were more than a team. They were a family.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 04:41
The Portland Fruit Tree Project harvests fruit that would otherwise go to waste and gives it to area food banks, where fresh produce is scarce.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Sep 01, 2011
- Length: 05:16
- Purchases: 1
His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Brazilian musicians Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, and Maucha Adnet discuss Samba Jazz and the Bossa Nova.
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 09:09
- Purchases: 4
Paul Simon and producer Phil Ramone go deep inside the making of Simon's new album "So Beautiful or So What." Download audio for full one-hour spe...
Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Wyoming Public Radio, and KSUT
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 54:44
- Purchases: 4
In 1919 his grandfather founded Maine Memorial Company in South Portland and the business has been in the family ever since. Paul used to be a ban...
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 05:31
- Purchases: 2
It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2011
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...
- Added: Jan 11, 2011
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 2
