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Starting Over at Sea-Tac
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
A sign of improvement in transit navigation
From: KALW
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To the uninitiated, BART, Muni, and the rest of the public transportation system in the Bay Area can be confusing. A new MTC project called the Tra...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:01
Bob Nadkarni, Extraordinaire or Home in Rio
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Eric at the breakfast table, Credit: Anton F.
Bob Nakarni is a former broadcast [ BBC and NBC among others ] correspondent, producer, cameraman and reporter who turned into an Inn Keeper in Rio...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 17:08
Russian and American Travel Writers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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During the Cold War of the 20th century, Russians and Americans saw each other as rivals. But as Kelley Libby reports, that rivalry was cultivated ...

Bought by KENW and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Should BART run an hour later? Depends on whom you ask
From: KALW
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BART closes just after midnight every night of the week, including on weekends when people like Pat Long stay out late. It’s been that way for 35 y...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
Drive my car, please
From: KALW
Caption: Reporter Casey Miner rented her car out to a stranger through one of the city's personal carsharing companies., Credit: Casey Miner
Three new companies in the Bay Area are trying to match unused cars with people who can use them – it’s called carsharing. So you, with that car in...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:05
Brain Vitamin: doing the math on the electric car
From: KALW
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Ian Wright is one of the original founders of Tesla, and now the owner of Wrightspeed, a clean energy transportation company based in San Jose. He ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:02
January's End
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Harrods' at Night
The end of January in London sees the Harrods' sale end, the world news and a new Taxi Driver on the road

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Bosque del Apache
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A sandhill crane flies over Bosque del Apache., Credit: Megan Wilde
Every winter, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico hosts a spectacular congregation of snow geese and sandhill cranes. Why do t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Letter, Returning
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Curley Dog Cafe, Credit: Walter Murch
There is always looking when returning to a place that is loved for memories sake as well as what it means to us today

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
East Timor's Umaluliks
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umalulik in Timor Leste
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dayton Bike Path Story
From: Joe Sampson
Caption: One of the Wright brother's original bike designs displayed at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Credit: Alex Vikartofsky
Although Midwestern weather infamously wanes and waxes this time of year, sunny skies are just around the corner. Before long the clicking of bicy...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:48
Obelisk In The Sky/Obama In The House: D.C.'s Monumental Myths
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
Caption: Why is the WaMo three different colors?, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Think you know why the White House flag is flying, and the Washington Monument is tri-colored? Then you might want to think again.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:27
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Gifting in Mali and India-a Way of Life
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In Mali, the practice of 'Dama" is one example of how gift giving is an important part of cultures, throughout West Africa, India, and beyond.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Route 66 business owners keep the Mother Road alive
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new crop of Route 66 business owners give hope of a new life for America's favorite road.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Postcard from Paris: Getting from A to B
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
Public transportation in Paris has been transformed

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 1
Mysterious Little Boxes
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: zxc, Credit: zxc
Flight attendant and Nancy Drew fan Amanda Arkebauer discovers a new way to solve mysteries and travel for work through letterboxing. KRAK

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 11:59
Living Life Show Demo
From: Robin Remde
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Demo for the Living Life Show

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:43
Living Life Show episode 0812
From: Robin Remde
Series: Living Life Show
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Spring is here, and so is barbecue, gardeningand travel to London

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
Catching the Wave: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
From: Rebecca Sheir
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A visit to one of America's two tsunami warning centers... and a lesson that just might save your life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Savannah's "Cog" offers bicyclists a new alternative
From: SCAD Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Savannah's new bike co-op opens to the public

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:30
Secret Canyon of West Texas
From: Marfa Public Radio
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On the hunt of a rare spider into a little-known "geographic wonder."

Bought by XRAY.fm and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 2