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Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 04:44
Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...
Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2015
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 2
The sun is beating down on Islais Creek, a small marine channel in Hunters Point that opens out into the Bay. Homeless camps, graffiti, and factori...
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 06:44
For teens in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Facebook’s presence goes beyond their digital lives. The teenagers in these towns are in the unique pos...
- Added: Jul 17, 2015
- Length: 07:42
East Palo Alto is a small, new city -- it was only incorporated in 1983. Its residents are primarily low-income, and the population is mostly Afric...
- Added: Jul 17, 2015
- Length: 08:35
Sixty-eight-year-old Oscar James stands on a hill overlooking the old Hunters Point Shipyard. He points out a street that’s now closed off by a cha...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 06:46
When city planner Jay Primus first moved out to San Francisco’s Richmond district, he made an easy mistake: he hopped onto the 2 Clement to make hi...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 09:06
Marco Salsiccia is a huge movie buff. He owns hundreds of DVDs. They fill his small apartment in the Sunset District. Some are piled on his dining ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 08:26
- Purchases: 1
Cheryl Morgan is in her kitchen wrapping cookies. Each one is shaped like a buffalo.
“They are brown sugar cinnamon, hand-painted buffaloes,” she ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 1
Public infrastructure – parks, libraries, roads, and sidewalks – surrounds us. But have you ever wondered how any of it actually came into being? A...
- Added: Jul 13, 2015
- Length: 07:44
It’s Thursday night and Nina G is about to get on stage for a comedy set.
“I'm a little too overwhelmed to be anxious,” she tells me before taking...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 06:23
- Purchases: 2
In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 3
If you have walked the streets of the Bay Area recently -- you might have seen posters featuring the names and faces of Oscar Grant, Renisha McBrid...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:00
U.C. Berkeley is known for its world-class scientists, in disciplines like physics, chemistry or biology. But just a few blocks away from campus, y...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 07:06
Hundreds of students at Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco are taking part in a nationwide Tech Timeout, challenging students to unplug f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 05:22
- Purchases: 1
San Francisco is a biodiversity hotspot. Its vast parks are home to more than 50 types of mammals. Now, the city named after the patron saint of an...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:40
- Purchases: 1
The population of wild turkeys in the United States has been growing steadily throughout the country, and the trend holds true here in California. ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 08:21
The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 04:31
Jess Mador goes behind the scenes of a familiar fast food landmark: White Castle building #8.
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:05
Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:26
The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...
Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:38
- Purchases: 2
Last year, when the St. Paul Public Library vacated a building in East St. Paul, another venture moved in—and its dynamic focus is spelled out in i...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 2
The Minnesota state flag has a history that dates back more than 120 years. Throughout that time, the flag has received both praise and criticism f...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 03:28
Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:59
