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Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.

Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

Added: Apr 23, 2024
Length: 26:08

Shore Leave Offers a Retreat for Writers

From: Andrew Hiller

Caption: Shore Leave is a place to meet old friends or meet new writers. R2D2 designed by the R2 Builders Club (left) Author Stephen Stephen Kozeniewski (right), Credit: Andrew Hiller

Imagination… the final frontier. These are the adventures of the fan con Shore Leave whose thirty-nine year mission has been to bring together auth...

Added: Jun 29, 2017
Length: 04:41

Ramadan-Intending to Fast

From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series

This audio feature is produced by Nour Ibrahim as she attempts to go on an Islamic fast.

Bought by KJZZ

Added: Jun 06, 2017
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 1

Tyrus Wong: Chinese American Artist Broke Barriers, Reached Back Centuries to Create Bambi

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Tyrus Wong at his home in CA in 2004, Credit: Courtesy Walt Disney Family Museum

Tyrus Wong, a pioneering Chinese American artist who created the look of the movie, "Bambi," left a great legacy and continues to inspire artists a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Apr 05, 2017
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 1

Ukulele Legend Lyle Ritz Remembered

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Lyle Ritz, Father of Jazz Ukulele, Credit: Elizabeth Maihock Beloff

A tribute to Lyle Ritz, the "Father of Jazz Ukulele," who also played bass on many of the biggest pop hits in history as a member of the legendary ...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting

Added: Mar 15, 2017
Length: 03:35
Purchases: 1

Owning The Clouds

From: Steven Jackson

Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 20, 2015
Length: 09:38
Purchases: 3

Author Sister Madonna Buder a.k.a. the Iron Nun

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A Roman Catholic Sister in her 80s who wrote “The Grace to Race, “ she’s the oldest person ever (man or woman) to finish an Ironman Triathlon. This...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: May 08, 2014
Length: 09:40
Purchases: 2

356 Years Later

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

Bought by KUER