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Latitude News Podcast #5 — The Mormon and the Muslim

From: Latitude News

Caption: Margaret and Mohammed discuss how Americans marginalize their religions. , Credit: Jesse Ellis

Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...

Added: Nov 13, 2012
Length: 13:10

ACORN Descendents Keep Their Traditions, While Fighting Foreclosures

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...

Bought by WCSU-FM

Added: Oct 19, 2012
Length: 08:20
Purchases: 1

Chinese Fishermen Resist Relocation

From: Jennifer Dunn

Caption: Danjia fishing village is slated for demolition to make room for new high-rise apartments.

Development plans threaten to push Danjia Fishing Village from the coast of China's Hainan Island.

Added: Oct 09, 2012
Length: 06:23

Can Chicago Factory Occupiers Form a Co-op?

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...

Added: Sep 05, 2012
Length: 07:48

Kids Needing Assistance Find A Helping Paw

From: Brian Bull

Caption: Mario Study with his service dog, Zen., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.

An Ohio program recruits prison inmates to train dogs to work with special needs children.

Added: Jul 17, 2012
Length: 05:14

How to become a National Geographic Explorer

From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project

Editors at National Geographic Magazine detail the requirements for young explorers to qualify for expedition grants

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 05:59

(Optional) Part 2: Corruption in International Adoption

From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark

This is an optional second segment, which can be added to Part 1, for a package nearing 26 mins in length. In the second segment, Tiny Spark host, ...

Added: Dec 06, 2011
Length: 06:55

Corruption in International Adoption

From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark

Caption: Jennifer Hemsley with daughter, Pearl and Hazel (R), 2007, Credit: Jennifer Hemsley

Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 06, 2011
Length: 19:35
Purchases: 1

Shyness

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A multiyear study begun at Harvard follows shy babies into adulthood. As producer Kelley Libby reports, 15 to 20 percent of us grow up to be shy.

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Aug 01, 2011
Length: 02:30
Purchases: 2

Surrogacy Among Friends

From: Karen Brown

A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

Added: May 27, 2011
Length: 06:58

The Searchers

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 03:06
Purchases: 1

Prison Doulas-Supporting Pregnant Women Behind Bars

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW

Added: Mar 30, 2011
Length: 09:35
Purchases: 2

Ghost Schools

From: Seattle Globalist

Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ

Added: Aug 20, 2010
Length: 06:45
Purchases: 2

Crawford Texas After the Bush Years

From: KUT

Crawford, Texas became the adopted home of George W. Bush during his presidency. But the small town west of Waco has undergone some big changes si...

Added: Jul 06, 2010
Length: 03:25

Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

Added: May 18, 2010
Length: 07:04

Creative Commutes

From: David Schultz

Caption: Slugging at the Pentagon is just one of the ways people in the Washington region develop their own methods of avoiding traffic-clogged highways., Credit: David Schultz/WAMU

Traffic congestion in the D.C. region is at an all-time high. That's forced many to get creative with their commutes.

Added: Mar 14, 2010
Length: 06:03

Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Dec 29, 2009
Length: 06:22
Purchases: 1

Amongst the Ruins

From: Avishay Artsy

Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne

A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

Added: Oct 29, 2009
Length: 07:34

Say Wot?

From: Eddy Durnan

A reflection on English language accents in Britain and elsewhere.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, CKMO, and KVSC

Added: Jul 21, 2009
Length: 29:58
Purchases: 3

Mixing Classics

From: Keliang Jiang
Series: Cultures of Modern Art

When people feel classical music and electronic music should be segregated, they already doubt that contemporary music can be the classical music o...

Added: Apr 05, 2009
Length: 05:01

The Bakers of Butter Lane

From: Eric Winick