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Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 16:48
- Purchases: 1
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 22:09
- Purchases: 1
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 23:01
- Purchases: 1
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 20:50
- Purchases: 1
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 21:06
- Purchases: 1
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 27:37
- Purchases: 1
Lebronze and Arguster Davis grew up on their family’s farm in Wetumpka, Alabama. As two of 17 siblings, they had little time for anything outside o...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 03:01
David Hudson has been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 27:19
David Hudson had been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 27:11
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.
- Added: Aug 26, 2019
- Length: 02:00
Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:49
This is the story of a Native American student named Martin Acuna and his white teacher, Jessica Janeseck. Most public school teachers in America--...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 17, 2019
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
A caller to my radio show asked me about how you manage your defensiveness in a work setting. Here is an excerpt of my dialog with Ann, a book edit...
- Added: Apr 13, 2019
- Length: 06:11
An audio postcard featuring the northern harrier. Formerly called a marsh hawk, naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history about this easily id...
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
This segment of Sound Ecology celebrates the white-tailed kite. Naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history and behavior of this "angel hawk".
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
The unusual story of Eliyahu Rips begins in Riga, Latvia, with a radical act of political defiance. And it ends, almost half-a-century later, with ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2019
- Length: 22:50
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Over the last 30 years, the black bear population in Massachusetts and New England has spiked. What's causing the jump? James Szkobel-Wolff looks i...
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 06:13
On this episode of Culture Clique we talk about holiday stress with Laura Reutlinger, Wellness Specialist at Winona Health. Laura tells us why peop...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 22:07
An audio snapshot celebrating the unique diversity of tidepools along the pacific coast.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KRZA
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 41:26
With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
Milling flour is an ancient art. While commercial, industrial milling has largely taken over, there are some who are continuing, and honoring, the...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2018
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 1
Producer Carla Seidl recalls her experience in Togo, West Africa, through language notes and audio recordings. A sound-rich cultural immersion/aud...
- Added: Nov 30, 2018
- Length: 09:04
Dr. Serena McCalla, Cristina Costantini, and Darren Foster talk catching a spark, finding your tribe, and manipulating teenage boys.
- Added: Sep 30, 2018
- Length: 16:32
In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...
- Added: Sep 17, 2018
- Length: 13:47
