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The body of legendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe rests in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania...but some members of his family say he should be dug up...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 24:46
- Purchases: 2
We go to Montana, where Making Contact Producer Amy Martin spent some time with a guy that you might think of as the stereotypical American gun own...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 09:24
- Purchases: 3
An intro to the show. Also my mom and I reminisce on an embarrassing phase from my past.
- Added: Sep 22, 2015
- Length: 03:33
What does *not* eating meat say about you? In one young biracial man’s family, his dietary change was construed as white, elite, even feminine. In ...
- Added: Sep 10, 2015
- Length: 24:40
- Purchases: 3
Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 20:03
If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 08:56
- Purchases: 3
The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has the largest collection of petrified wood in the world. The beautiful wood is more than 200 millio...
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 20:17
When he was just a boy, Victor Ayala whose family was struggling in Guadalajara crossed the Rio Bravo on his own, only to be taken back to Mexico. ...
- Added: Jul 17, 2015
- Length: 28:06
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 28:27
- Purchases: 1
Charleston, South Carolina has become the center of discussions about race and violence in America these past few weeks. But a dinner party held in...
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 28:18
- Purchases: 3
When prisoners act out, they get put in solitary confinement-- the penal version of 'go to your room and think about what you've done.' But for the...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 28, 2015
- Length: 24:26
- Purchases: 1
In some ways, being feminine made life harder for Dakota than his sexuality.
*Just in time for the end of Pride month*
- Added: Jun 25, 2015
- Length: 06:32
How a detour, a patch of goathead thorns, and a flat tire changed one guy's life, and brought an economic boost to a sleepy, little town in rural W...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 3
Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays.
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 19:51
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...
- Added: Jun 20, 2015
- Length: 28:02
It’s June; the President of the USA has officially designated it LGBT Pride Month, and there’ll be Pride events around the world. But how did the w...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 14:08
- Purchases: 3
On June 6th in Bemidji Minnesota a new statue of Chief Bemidji is being dedicated. He is the Native American namesake of the town. He will stand o...
Bought by MPR News Stations, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE and more
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 08:54
- Purchases: 6
It hurts when you know you missed an opportunity. One actor from Dartmouth, Massachusetts knows that feeling. But he just landed the lead role in a...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
An homage to Kendall Wild, the former managing editor of the Rutland Herald during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. He was eccentric, competitive, a...
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 25:45
Exotic dancers, on-call drivers and writers might have a different name for what they do -- freelancing, part-time work and independent contracting...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, KALW, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 07, 2015
- Length: 14:51
- Purchases: 4
The exuberant mural "Loop Tattoo" in downtown Chicago is now obscured by new buildings rising up around it. From Michigan Avenue and Lake Street, t...
- Added: Mar 28, 2015
- Length: 06:58
These days, local craft beer is all the rage, and new taprooms are popping up all over the Twin Cities. But a look into the past reveals there's no...
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 03:54
Somali artist Aziz Osman left home for Florence, Italy, as a young man to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, sculptor and architect. Extensiv...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:05
David Feinberg started the Center for Genocide & Holocaust Studies at the University of Minnesota more than 10 years ago. This year, a group of Gol...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:59
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 27:05
