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This piece was produced for the 2nd Annual KCRW 24-Hour Radio Race, by Vanessa Lowe and Kent Sparling. It made it to the top ten finalists out of ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 04:09
Did you know there are currently more cell phones in the world than toothbrushes? Meet Joselyn Miller, co-founder of Global Grins, a philanthropy t...
- Added: Oct 17, 2014
- Length: 04:12
Anita Fineday is an Ojibwe Indian from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. “Blood Quantum” is about how Anita reclaimed her Indian heritage a...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 29:29
The Bahamas is composed of more than 700 islands and is the
nearest resort destination to the U.S. mainland after Cuba.
It has a varied history.
- Added: Jun 07, 2014
- Length: 01:03:57
For most of human history, famine was only a single bad harvest away. Now, thanks to modern agriculture and fertilizers, we’ve almost eliminated hu...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Back in 1958 Popular Science published an article about General Motor’s plan to build self-driving cars guided by electrical cables in roadways. Gi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
The most common element in all accidents is the human element. In the quest to eliminate driver error and make our roads safer, we’ve been searchin...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Believe it or not, electric vehicles used to be more popular than gasoline engines. The first practical electric car in 1884, and for decades many ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
For the past fifty years physicists around the world have been trying to create a fusion power reactor, harnessing the processes deep inside of sta...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 41:06
EU'sCapitalCitiesofCulture, 2014, include Riga,Latvia & Umea, Sweden. Both are known for Art,Music&Dance, Festivals,Historic Sites.
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 01:00:05
Is playing basketball worth the sacrifices this high school student he has to make?
- Added: Apr 08, 2014
- Length: 04:45
Cruising will feature a number of prominent executives who best know
about this exploding market.
- Added: Mar 24, 2014
- Length: 01:01:57
With budget cuts closing many Los Angeles school libraries, students told Hank Rosenfeld about their love of books and what they were currently re...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 1
Many women in the US are still forced to choose between having a career or having children. Some brave women choose to do both. In the wake of Anne...
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 05:02
On December 5, 2013, fast food workers across the country walked out on a one-day strike, demanding fairer wages. But what's really at stake? The G...
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 06:08
David Barclay tells the story of the time he recorded the deepest sounds in the ocean.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 2
Training to become a professional hockey player doesn't come without a price for this teenager. Will countless hours of practice and perseverance p...
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 05:09
For soldiers on a battlefield, a hot meal can be more than just sustenance – it can be a morale booster. Army Veteran, Vic Vinson, shares his exper...
Bought by WWNO
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 07:06
- Purchases: 1
Bobby podcasts from Jersey City Tattoo Co., located in downtown Jersey City, with Jake Kolatis, guitarist of the New York City hardcore punk band, ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2013
- Length: 30:19
Sand art? Sand architecture? As a practicing architect, Greg LeBon lends a unique perspective to the magnificent art of sand sculpting.
Visit A...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 1
LTR's August broadcast,TRAVEL By RAIL, provides a fascinating
overview of passenger rail travel in North America. Started in
1970 by the U.S. gove...
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 01:02:15
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
- Added: Jul 15, 2013
- Length: 01:08:34
Not many aspirational musicians can claim their songs rated alongside groups like Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. But, Jordan Corey can! And, she did ...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 07:00
