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Caption: Marco Viola, the CEO of the Viola olive mill and farm, tastes the oil which was named the world’s best by Flos Olei olive oil guide. , Credit: Viola
The health benefits of extra virgin olive oil are widely touted. The condiment offers so-called good fats and antioxidants. Yet how do you differ...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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As of January, there were over three quarters of a million apps available for our smartphones and iPods. Thanks to one occupational therapist, some...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 3
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Participants at the 2013 Conscious Capitalism conference discuss finding alternatives to the “maximizing shareholder value” model and how business ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
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This month on War News Radio, “Forward Thinking”, we first discuss the future of Iraq in light of the ten year anniversary this past March. Then, w...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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Downtown Washington, D.C. is a sea of bollards. Some people love them. Others can’t stand them. Regardless of how anyone feels about this perimeter...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
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In this week’s show, we commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the war in Iraq through a look at the country’s past, present and future and the imp...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:06
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This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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This month on War News Radio, "Back to Work ". First, we examine the problem of youth unemployment in Morocco. Then, we look into the persecution ...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 11:56
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The majority of the Middle East currently faces a youth bulge, which many policy analysts have deemed as the single most important development prob...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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People born at the leading edge of the Baby Boom turned 65 last year, with more and more Americans entering what experts call “young old age.” One ...

Bought by KENW, WXDU, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 4
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For Lincoln native Alex Pickerel, the reasons for dropping out of high school went beyond merely not liking school. A series of bad turns in his li...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:21
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school dist...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
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One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
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Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:57
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Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
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A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:20
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Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:46
Caption: Denis Komakech, 17, a blind student, uses his laptop at Gulu High School, northern Uganda, an inclusive school with a special needs annex for children who are blind., Credit: © UNICEF/UGDA2012-00127/Sibiloni
UNICEF podcast moderator Femi Oke discusses the rights of children with disabilities with Shuaib Chalklen, UN Special Rapporteur on Disability of t...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers
Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Domestic workers in Texas., Credit: Flickr user: Nuevo Anden
With the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic righ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Blake White, outside the Burdine Post Office in Letcher County, KY, Credit: Mimi Pickering
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial crisis, Central Appalachia and much of rural America may be hard hit by pending closures of post offices...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:19