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The Pillsbury A Mill
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
Createch connects kids to learning
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
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
San Francisco seniors cross the digital divide
From: KALW
Caption: Computer students John Ryland and Mary Bartholomew at 30th Street Senior Center, Credit: Jen Chien
Getting seniors comfortable with using technology is the aim of SF Connected, the City initiative that administers the class at 30th Street Senior ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
The brave new world of play!
From: KALW
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Children today have a completely different experience on playgrounds than their parents did -- that's because they've changed as the result of new ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
James J. Hill's Minnesota legacy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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James J. Hill is known as the “Empire Builder.” His vision for a Great Northern Railway in the 19th century helped put Minnesota on the map. Produc...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Francis Little House was a Frank Lloyd Wright design
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Francis Little House in Deephaven, Minnesota, was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building and design took some time--l...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Bio-hackers Grow Their Own Ink
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Biohackers grow their own ink from soil-dwelling bacteria., Credit: La Paillasse
What does it mean to live in a world where biotech is done for and by the people? How long might it be until we are all growing our own ink, laund...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 12: Break The Internet
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1999, most of America’s tech hysteria centered around Y2K. But at that same time, a teenager in Canada was messing around in chat rooms, meeting...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 16:26
  • Purchases: 2
Babies on Demand: Reproduction in a Technological Age
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: In vitro fertilization (IVF) in progress. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 40:27
Fair Share
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY teamed up with the Life of the Law podcast to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy and how different cities ...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 20:40
Mother of Invention
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
When Ground Zero was known as Radio Row
From: Radio Diaries
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For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
Evernote and the 100 Year Business Plan: Why Funders Hated it and Users Love It
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 3
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When Evernote came along, it re-shaped note taking by giving us a way to use technology to remember things. Many thought the application would fail...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:21
Five Years of Small Business Saturday: How American Express and Local Retailers Are Changing Small Business Culture
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 3
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It seems odd that a large corporation would launch a campaign that’s neither proprietary nor tightly controlled. So when American Express — a not-s...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:16
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
Stewart Van Cleeve creates YesterQueer app
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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A young Minneapolis historian—Stewart Van Cleeve —wrote “Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota.” He also created an iPhone and Android...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:02
NASA Prelaunch Checklist w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
Caption: NASA Control
Every system must get an immediate "GO!" response to the mission commander. (From 1990s)

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Shuttle landing (condensed) w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A telescoped version of NASA audio as it tells the public specifics about the shuttle as it glides in for a landing.

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
Ready to Work: Reviving Vocational Ed
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student learns welding at a vocational high school in Massachusetts., Credit: Photo by Emily Hanford
Vocational education used to prepare some kids for blue-collar futures while others were put on a path to college. Now advocates say career and tec...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, WHRV, KUHF, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
A Rainbow of Noise
From: marnie chesterton
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There is a rainbow of noise out there - white, pink, brown, blue, purple. We try to recreate a scientifically accurate sonic rainbow and, along the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Hark!, Radio Newark, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 9
Still Rooted in Potatoes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Aroostook County, life still revolves around the potato harvest even though few family potato farms are left.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:16
Duct Tape Dragons
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Duct Tape Dragons are a scrappy robotics team made up of disadvantaged youth from the Portland Boys and Girls Club.  They don’t have the resour...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Inventors Bring A Fresh Approach
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Three stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school. From cats to semiconductors, these ...

Bought by WTJU and KALW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
  • Purchases: 2
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:01

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