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Eating fish from Great Lakes is risky, immigrants learn
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016, Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016
An environmental group in Western New York is trying to help area refugees and others learn about the danger of eating contaminated fish from the G...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WSKG, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp
Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters
From: Great Lakes Today
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 5
Insurance Rules Can Be An Obstacle To Recovery From Opioid Addiction
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Recovery: Obstacles & New Approaches
Caption: When used in conjunction with psychological therapy, Suboxone strips placed under the tongue, doctors say, can help ease opioid cravings and other withdrawal symptoms in people trying to quit a heroin or painkiller habit., Credit: Jake Harper/Side Effects
When used in conjunction with psychological therapy, Suboxone strips placed under the tongue, doctors say, can help ease opioid cravings and other ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 3
How One Hospital Works To Improve The Lives of Violent Crime Victims
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Keith Smitherman works as a violence intervention specialist for Prescription for Hope. The program is run out of Eskenazi Hospital and connects victims of violent crime to social workers who help connect them to career and educational opportunities. , Credit: Jake Harper/Side Effects
Violent crime is on the rise in Indianapolis. And research shows that poverty is often a factor. But a hospital in the city is working with young...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
As Indiana Governor, Mike Pence’s Health Policy Has Been Contentious
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Indiana governor Mike Pence is in the spotlight this week as the man Donald Trump has chosen as his running mate. In his three years running the Ho...

Bought by KCUR, WILL, and WNIN


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota Native News: Concerns Over Drugs Used to Treat Opioid Addiction
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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The national opioid drug abuse crisis is hitting Minnesota American Indian communities especially hard. In 2015, Minnesota had more American India...

Bought by KMSU, KSRQ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KQAL and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 16
Hawking Campaign Swag: How I spent my summer vacation
From: Leslie Griffy
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Selling campaign hats, t-shirts and buttons is big business. The guys behind the sales are having summer adventures - and their politics may surpri...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Year After Indiana's Historic HIV Outbreak, Addiction Treatment Options Lag
From: Side Effects Public Media
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It’s been a year since Governor Mike Pence declared a public health emergency in response to the historic HIV outbreak in Scott County, Indiana. Th...

Bought by WABE and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
New Access To Federal Funds For Syringe Exchange Is Welcome Support For Rural Areas Facing Addiction
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Fayette County is like a lot of other rural counties these days, where rates of injection drug abuse and of hepatitis C are on the rise, but fundin...

Bought by WABE and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
Indiana ACLU Sues To Demand Medicaid Reimburse For Hepatitis C Drugs
From: Side Effects Public Media
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In the last few years, new medications have come on the market that can cure hepatitis C with a more than 90 percent success rate, but for some peo...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
TaskRabbit takes hold in Bay Area divided by income gap
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
One night with the SF Homeless Outreach Team
From: KALW
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When most people are on their way to sleep, San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team, or SF HOT, is just beginning its graveyard shift.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Supreme Court hears state judicial campaign financing case
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: U.S. Supreme Court building, Credit: Adam Groffman via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons
A news report from Nell Abram in Tampa on Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
Part 7: Behind Bars, Hep C Takes a Toll on Inmates, and Budgets
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Caption: Medium security prison in Cranston, RI, Credit: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Rhode Island’s prisons are grappling with a dilemma. Hundreds of inmates have hepatitis C. New drugs can cure it. But they’re so expensive the depa...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:39
Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
App helps track Ebola spread
From: University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism
Caption: An app designed by university researchers and students helps government officials and health workers visualize the spread of Ebola in Liberia.
Students and faculty from U.S. universities have teamed with the Liberian Ministry of Information and an American tech company to help fight Ebola....

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 2
Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 4
How one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with local gun control
From: Liz Pfeffer
Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'
From: WWNO
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They’re called bunker up north, and Pogies here in the South, and are sometimes referred to as “The Most Important Fish In the Sea”. These are the ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
Bay Area cities expand employment protections for ex-convicts
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A job application asks about past convictions., Credit: Flickr user: Waponi
When you fill out a job application, you expect to answer some basic questions. Things like your employment and education history, and relevant ski...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
The Aftermath of an Ellis Act Eviction
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: San Francisco's North Beach where Marla Knight has lived for 48 years, Credit: Daniel Schwen
Marla Knight is packing up her home of 48 years. She’s been evicted from her North Beach apartment because the owners are converting it to tenancie...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
Dozens in Albany homeless encampment prepare for clearout
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Dan Paul with his sculpture. Paul and the other Bulb residents face eviction soon, Credit: Mary Rees
On the west side of the city of Albany, there’s a peninsula jutting into San Francisco Bay. It’s beautiful there, right on the water, with hiking t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:25