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The Garbage Gourmets

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Climate conscious cooks turn discards into delicacies.

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Episode 78: The Botanist

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In 1993, a man in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was found dead in his home. He’d been burned with a stun gun, hit with a shovel, and shot several tim...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and PRX Remix

Alaskan "Can Do" Spirit

From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska

Champion dog musher Brent Sass gets sprayed in the face with bear spray and then nearly eaten by a bear and Bill Schnabel tries to raise pigs but c...

Southern Fried Baked Alaska (Gravy Ep. 28)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

Caption: Oysters Mornay., Credit: Image courtesy of Ship Restaurant & Bar.

What do the restaurants of your childhood say about the place you grew up? In Jack Hitt’s case, the Oysters Mornay and Escargots Bourguignonne of h...

Bought by KVLU, KVLU, and WABE

Zhong Zi

From: Joy Yang
Series: Bite Bytes

On this episode, we will discuss Duan Wu Jie, or the Dragon Boat Festival.

Life of the Law #43 – There Oughta Be A Law

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

Bought by PRX Remix

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Eating Out" in Old New York

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Hilda Baumol (left) and Monte Malach (right)., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Longtime New Yorkers recall a bygone era of NYC when eating out was a rare luxury, and eateries that vanished long ago -- automats, Nedick's (hot d...

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Cooking In" in Old New York

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner (left) and Debra Klaber (right)., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Longtime New Yorkers recall cooking and food shopping in NYC's bygone era of milk and ice delivery men, ice boxes, horse-drawn fruit and vegetable ...

The Sour Taste of Potlucks

From: Lauren Ober

My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing — potlucks are the pits. Produced for the 2013 ShortDocs Challenge.

Bought by PRX Remix

Between Two Buns

From: Andrew Norton

For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix

No Bills: Get the Bread Before You're Dead

From: Nick Yulman
Series: No Bills: Stories of North Brooklyn

Caption: no bills installation view, Credit: Katie Denny

Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...

Nugget Man

From: Marion Kane

The story of the late Dr. Robert Baker, famous food scientist at Cornell, who invented the chicken nugget.

DIY Disasters

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

All about do-it-yourself projects gone wrong.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUOW, WYSO, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more

Daily Rituals

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

People observe all sorts of small rituals, sometimes on a daily basis. But what separates these activities from daily routines, like brushing your ...

Journey of the Asian Carp

From: Long Haul Productions

The impact on the Asian Carp on people living in rural Illinois and plans to stop it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and KVSC

Malort

From: Robin Amer

You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL