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In lacrosse's beginning stages, the sport remained largely in the northeast. But, recently, lacrosse has expanded all over the United States and pa...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:11
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Chicago is often thought of as the most violent city in America, which can partly be attributed to the city's drill rap music scene, which glorifie...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
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America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: From left to right, Chris McGlynn, Billy Sickles, Matt Weintraub, Jibran Meiser, Dan Wickens, Tyler Finkler all played high school Ultimate under Ryan Belline. Now all of them play professionally.  (c) 2016 Tricia McGlynn, Credit: Tricia McGlynn
This is a personal story of how a lack of officials has come to define the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and how the sport is evolving now that it has ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
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When refugees come to a new country the language barrier that they face can be problematic. One challenge they face is being able to report crimes ...

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
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Dr. Christopher Emdin, associate Professor of Math, Science and Technology at Teachers College of Columbia University) speaking about his new book,...

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  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: On The Bus
From the Mississippi Delta, the call for Black Power electrified the nation in the 1960's. For some it was an affirmation of hope and strength, a p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
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This is a story about a startup company called Storelli Sports. They are a small company started in Brooklyn, New York that is engineering a new ty...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
Caption: The Onondaga Nation is located at Nedrow, New York.  © 2015 Laura Molina
The Onondaga Nation started a program to save their language and their culture. Right know, many native American languages are endangered due to th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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As combat positions will now be open to women in the military, one woman opens up about her trials and experiences in the military.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:40
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IU performs Jean Anoilh adaption of Sophocles' Antigone

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
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Typically turning 18 has also meant aging out of the system. So no more reimbursements to subsidize care. Studies show foster youth lacking financi...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Julius Robinson had killed for revenge before, and so when his sister was brutally murdered in her sleep last year, he says he planned to “get” the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 1
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They are supposed to mold and inspire minds, but that may some argue that will be difficult while 80% are white.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Music-induced hearing loss and the shifting borders between noise and music.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Officer Denise Cookie Boulden is a Detective for the Seattle Police Department. She’s well known for her work with youth and the elderly. Detecti...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
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A selection of mother related messages from callers to the Kitchen Sisters' NPR phone-line. For Mother's Day 2011

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Who are the kids who are left out, excluded? How does this play into bullying?

Bought by KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Senior girls in Grafton, ND organize to mentor younger girls.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:53