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Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Green Jobs in Charlotte: Reality or Hype?
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Charlotte officials are touting the region's potential as a green energy hub. But so are hundreds of other cities. Is there any substance to the ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
Cashing In on Fear
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
I-40 Rock Slide Causes Holiday Slump for Tourist Towns
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Thanksgiving weekend is usually a big one for tourist towns in the North Carolina mountains. But the rock slide that has shut down I-40 is hurting...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:55
Non Profit Mergers
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: A tour guide at Carnton Plantation explains the home's role in the Civil War Battle of Franklin, Credit: Blake Farmer
Economy Pressures Some Non-Profits to Merge

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Struggling Company Goes Out of Way to Help Laid Off Workers
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...

Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
LItigation training
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: Brian Iverson examines a witness as part of Bass Berry & Sims litigation training.
One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.

Bought by WLPR and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
Amid Recession Arts Groups Struggle to Pay Rents
From: Grace Hood
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Affordable space is key for many arts organizations trying to make it through the economic recession. KUNC's Grace Hood reports on the efforts of o...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Recession Complicates Divorce for Some Couples
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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The recession has certainly changed the way many of us live our daily lives: second-guessing that impulse purchase at the mall, perhaps opting for ...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Turning to a Mediator to Break Up in Tight Times
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Even the business of love is being hit by the recession. Or, actually, the business of... the break-up. As fights over finances, layoffs and fore...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
Festival Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Uptown Butte, MT, Credit: Emilie Ritter
National Folk Festival brings millions to Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Pine Beetle Epidemic
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Dead Pine Beetles, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Pine Bark Beetles are turning green trees red

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
Montana Timber Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Sun Mountain Lumber, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Many timber operations are fighting to stay in business.

Bought by Topics Education


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
"Facing the Mortgage Crisis" in Colorado
From: Grace Hood
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Denver's Rocky Mountain PBS is one of 32 PBS stations across the United States trying to reach out to troubled homeowners facing foreclosure. Calle...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
Insurance Scams in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Autos Katrina
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: "Autos Katrina" are taken into Bolivia from Chile, Credit: Ruxandra guidi
Over the last 6 months, cars damaged by Hurricane Katrina and discarded by the U.S., have been ending up in Bolivia.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Follow the Money
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the economic forces that push the Purepecha from home and pull them toward Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
Rural Issues: Rural Entrepreneurship
From: WILL
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How small-town entrepreneurs are trying to establish themselves, and what presidential campaigns want to do to help them

Bought by KOSU, KRZA, KBIA, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 44:09
  • Purchases: 5
Ethanol Part 1: Running the Well Dry?
From: The Environment Report
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Ethanol production requires a lot of water.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
The Future of Plastic Packages
From: The Environment Report
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Higher oil prices might mean more recycled plastic.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Decoding Plastic Recycling
From: The Environment Report
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Recycling plastic is a lot harder than it needs to be.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
Major-league mariners
From: John Ryan
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A midnight run on a giant oil tanker

  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
Ads Use Nature to Sell SUVs
From: The Environment Report
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Car commercials use nature to sell big SUVs.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:40