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New Navy ships are years behind schedule, because manufacturers can't find workers to build them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Shipyard workers look on as the Navy unveils the USS Massachusetts nuclear submarine during its christening May 6, 2023., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KRPS, WRFA-LP, KUT, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
The military wants to contract with more small businesses, but the process can be overwhelming
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Craig Brooks looks through a microscope for fractures on a metal part fastened to a hydraulic press in his company's shop in St. Louis. Brooks is the president of AP/ES Inc., which develops ways to determine how long aircraft fleets will last., Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio
Smaller companies can offer unique solutions to problems the military faces, but they can struggle to break into a defense industry that can be fru...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, KPBS, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
In hot real estate markets, buyers using VA mortgages can have a hard time competing for homes
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Real estate agent Leslie Alford said the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”, Credit: Courtesy Leslie Alford
Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Mallory Moench - San Francisco Reporter Discusses "Rampant Shoplifting"
From: Ray Samuels
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Mallory Moench, City Hall reporter for San Francisco, California, discusses the alarming trend of "rampant shoplifting" in the city.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 11:40
2018’s Priority Guidance Plan from the IRS and Treasury
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Beth Shapiro Kaufman breaks down what wealth advisors need to know about the IRS and Treasury’s release of the 2018 Priority Guidance Plan.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 17:31
Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream
Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk
Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish
Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
What happens when the Great Lakes shipping season ends?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Building tug Cleveland at Great Lakes Towing, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
During the 10-week break between shipping seasons, ships undergo repairs and crews are laid off from their work.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 4
Hawking Campaign Swag: How I spent my summer vacation
From: Leslie Griffy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
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
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
United States of Debt
From: KALW
Caption: "Hello, my debt is..."
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it’s clear that this a special kind of conference. On the welcome table is a stack of nam...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded
From: StateImpact Oklahoma
Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz
The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
Cashing In on Fear
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Struggling Company Goes Out of Way to Help Laid Off Workers
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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