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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
Steffi’s passion, dedication, and strength contributed to achieving her goal of playing softball at a collegiate level.
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 04:24
Between being the iconic play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodger's baseball team, to being the announcer for countless historic events, V...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 04:28
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School Fall 2014
Series: Martin Middle School Fall 2014
This sound-rich essay looks into the spirit & teamwork that the Martin Middle School girl's volleyball team embodies.
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 03:32
Two skydivers died in a fatal tandem jump. The men’s parachutes didn’t open completely. A month later, what happened to the man who found the parac...
Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 08:51
- Purchases: 3
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
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Cousins Juliana & Jacob explore hunting in this piece. Hunting seems to be a family tradition-stemming from their granddad who killed goats on his ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 07:52
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
In this short piece, Miguel reminisces about watching the 2010 soccer world cup on a day that his mom was off from work-something that doesn't happ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 02:21
High adventure does not scare this 4-year old! Bikes, and boating are just part of his life. However, listen to find out the one thing that’s even ...
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 04:05
Gabriel Vaughan and Piper Goodeve have set upon a singular mission: to revive the sport of croquet in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where it once thri...
- Added: Jul 09, 2014
- Length: 12:59
They say a smart athlete will use their head. But what if using your head cost you everything? That's a question being asked in locker rooms the wo...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jul 07, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Four very different Crises appear at four very different scales in this episode, affecting a person, a species, a city, and a human body.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:24
- Purchases: 2
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
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 06:58
- Purchases: 1
No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 41:06
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
Is playing basketball worth the sacrifices this high school student he has to make?
- Added: Apr 08, 2014
- Length: 04:45
One day in 1994, Steve Davies lived the dream of every soccer fan. He was plucked from the crowd by Harry Redknapp, the manager of his favorite tea...
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 25:12
Jim is a young man who has everything in the world but direction.
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 17:10
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
Being passionate about all things Porsche, Magnus Walker is giving a new interpretation to the classic Porsche 911’s of the 60’s and 70’s. Magnus’s...
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 05:46
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 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
American turn-of-the-20th century author Jack London was one of the founders of serious American sport fiction. Stemming from his own love of spor...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1