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For the Love of the (Video) Game
From: Jack D'Isidoro
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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
Cowles Center offers distance dance instruction
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
A trip down memory lanes
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Bowling as a competitive sport and family pastime peaked decades ago. The game still exists, but with fewer participants. KFAI producer Bill Lindek...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Sport bikers gather for a wheelie good time
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
Joking
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human we’re investigating how people use joking to create new realities for themselves and the people around them.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 2
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
Pumpkin Chuckin'
From: JP Davidson
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
Waiting for Jim
From: Annie McEwen
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Jim is a young man who has everything in the world but direction.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 17:10
Bike on Bike. Body on Body. Mallet on Mallet.
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Moving By Bike
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Moving all your belongings by bike might sound crazy, but if enough people get involved, it can be both fun and efficient.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mascot Boot Camp: Putting the F-U back in FUN
From: Alexis Kenyon
Caption: Dave Raymond watching Fritz the Cat at Mascot Boot Camp, Credit: Alexis Kenyon
Since retiring as the original Philie Phanatic, Dave Raymond makes his living training professional mascot performers and creating new mascot ident...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:31
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Farewell Season of Rollerdome
From: Radio K
Caption: Lisa Smith and Tad Wagner skate at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
Built in 1982, the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome has seen it’s share of sporting events. Baseball, football, soccer. But off the field, a community o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Basement in Queens
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Arkadiy Aronov., Credit: Photo courtesy of Spartak Sports Club, Rego Park, Queens.
Judo olympians train in humble surroundings at Spartak Sport Club in Rego Park, Queens.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
The Trick That Turned Skateboarding Upside Down
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding
After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Target Shooting
From: Y-Press
Series: Youth and legal uses of guns
Caption: Project Appleseed students take aim. Instructor Kate Bixler is in yellow at right., Credit: Peter Shirley, Y-Press
Indiana youth can attend a 4-H shooting sports program or a conservation camp with the Department of Natural Resources to learn gun safety and how ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
Capoeira Connection
From: Jenna Weiss-Berman
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Martha’s Vineyard is home to three thousand immigrants from Brazil. Some of them have found community in the centuries-old Afro-Brazilian martial a...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Knock Out
From: Jenna Weiss-Berman
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Kaline Medeiros is a professional athlete living in Fall River, Massachusetts. She’s chosen a sport that’s gaining popularity, but is still very co...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
Ball Game Days of Swan's Island
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
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The softball players on Swan's Island were more than a team. They were a family.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:41
Dear Z
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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A love letter to a super-horse.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 5
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Casey Kelly
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The top pitching prospect for the Boston Red Sox cuts his teeth in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Something Left To Give
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 4
Spontaneous Hooplas
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 4
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1