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Bonnie's Budget
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Bonnie has raised three daughters on less than twenty thousand dollars a year but according to Bonnie, she is anything but poor.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
Mariachi Corner
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Foklorist Hal Cannon reports on the business of Mariachi in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:06
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
Do the Right Thing - Pt. 2
From: CONTACT Radio
Series: CONTACT Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 2 of a two-part series - business owners apply ethical standards to their business practices and decisions.

  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:07
Do The Right Thing - Pt. 1
From: CONTACT Radio
Series: CONTACT Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This show is Part 1 of a two-part series on the application of ethical and moral standards to business relationships and decisions - how do you kno...

  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:07
Consuming Desire
From: Todd Melby
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Enter the world of passionate collectors and compulsive shoppers to find out why people spent money on objects they don't need.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WGBH Radio Boston, Marfa Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 25, 2005
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 6
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Niche
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich documentary about the efforts of traditional societies to find a niche in the global marketplace, with stories from Peru, Canada, Scot...

Bought by KUNM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 27
Wal-Mart in China
From: BBC
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The world's largest retailer -- and the world's largest buyer of Chinese goods -- has jumped with both feet into the rapidly expanding Chinese market.

Bought by WGVU, WBST, KCLU, WBEZ, WILL and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2005
  • Length: 12:19
  • Purchases: 8
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Chilling Inspiration: How Clarence Birdseye Launched Frozen Foods
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Traveling to the Territory of Alaska as a biologist, Clarence Birdseye observes how the Natives preserved food, inspiring a revolution in the food...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Bells From Everest
From: Tina Antolini
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jeff Clapp makes bells fashioned from oxygen canisters collected from Mount Everest.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16
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
The Power of Song
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Athens, Ohio the ATCO Sheltered Workshop for developmentally disabled adults is making money - and art! Their 'outsider art' made $100,000 last ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Bible Salesman
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Former door-to-door Bible salesman Jim "The Rabbit" Baker, featured in the classic 1969 Maysles Brothers film Salesman, explains the secrets of his...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WYBC, KSUT, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 5
"Diamond" Jimmy Roy
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Once, Jimmy Roy owned half the businesses in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a steel town just outside Pittsburgh. Braddock's decline paralleled Jimmy's. B...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 1
Working the Night Shift
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Night shift workers share their perspective on life after dark, family obligations and the big question -- when do they sleep ?

Bought by KMSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KZYX, KFCF FM, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 32
A Night at the Spa
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment we visit the 24-hour spa, where working nights can be...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:40
Late Night Action
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV news checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, we catch up with a television film crew working ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:45
Baking Through the Night
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, some bakers in Lower Manhattan burn the midnight oil...

Bought by WCQS, Prairie Public, Here and Now, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 5
Night Shift Headlines
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City night shift workers. In this segment, we hit a local newspaper as they put together the morn...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:24

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