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From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

My mom raised us to be honest and and sell things not tell someone a big story about them that wasn't true

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Dem 2 Brothers & a Grill

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

The same people who told me it wouldn't work, they come every day.

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E's Barbershop Lounge

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

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Chris Yun at Eddie's Lunch

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It has to be fresh. I cut the fish and sell the fish the exact same day.

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Sashay Selections

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

What you want for your brother, want for yourself.

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Ronnie's Lunch at Northeast Market

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Since middle school, I helped my parents here. Each week, I would get $40, which is, like, a lot if you're a middle school student.

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El Merengue Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

Bought by PRX Remix

2828 Story of a House Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Tip McClure of the Estate Experts., Credit: Charles McGuigan

this is the conclusion of 2828 Story of a House. It’s about a man named Leroy Basham who hoarded for several decades, and the people who dug throug...

Ray and Scott at Robert's Key Service

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

He’s my step-father, but he has always treated me like a son… and like one of the guys.

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Soul Source

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I get so much love from the customers in here. It’s better than where I came from.

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Timothy Louie

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

My great grandfather started the business in 1917. He came from China. This was the built-in childcare/daycare for me. My parents would come to w...

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Vander Pearson

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I've been here through the good times and the bad times. At one time, I was the only business on this block.

Fish Camps: Fried Seafood and Family in a North Carolina Mill Town (Gravy Ep. 41)

From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast

If you’ve never heard of a fish camp, don’t let the name fool you. It’s not a place where you fish or camp. Instead, the term designates a place wh...

Bought by KVLU and WABE

Out of the Blocks: 2100 E Monument (full version)

From: Out of the Blocks

2100 E Monument: One block. Everybody's story.

Out of the Blocks: 2100 E Monument (mini version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

2100 E Monument: One Block. Everybody's story.

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Out of the Blocks: 200 W Saratoga (full version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

200 W Saratoga: One block. Everybody's story.

Out of the Blocks: 6300 Reisterstown Road (mini version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

6300 Reisterstown Road: One Block. Everybody's story.

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Melvin Majors Fathers And Children

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo

Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

Collective Living

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Caption: The 25th St. House owned by Portland Collective Housing, Credit: Portland Collective Housing (PCH)

What happens when a group of friends get together to buy a house? That's what some people did in Portland, Oregon in 2003. The house is still owned...

Bought by Louisville Public Media

Security in a New Homeland

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

John Yanga is a refugee from Sudan. He's trying to start a family farm in Maine, where he and his family of nine settled.

Funtown

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW

'Til Death Do Us Part

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

Trespassing and Other Crimes

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

Construction Night Shift

From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift

On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, construction workers count the time-and-a-half pay a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, Delta College Public Radio, Here and Now, WBFO and more

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