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Caption: Michelle Annet - avid pickleball player and librarian at Cascade Middle School
Michelle Annett loves being a librarian, but she also loves pickleball. She decided to combine the two into a fundraiser- she opens up the gym thr...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: Caverly Morgan, Director Peace In Schools
Bring Buddhism to Economics and Mindfulness to Education.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Eden Collinsworth
What is right, wrong, good, bad? A discussion of morality in changing times.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Steve James, San Francisco, CA 3/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Steve James talks gambles, subtlety, and having the right imprimatur.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 15:00
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In this episode on the meandering path of careers we look at the ways in which one job and juncture leads us to another and the role that faith tra...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:35
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Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 16:56
Caption: Vimal Patel cooks inside -- and outside -- a room in the Day's Inn he operates in North Charleston. , Credit: Photo by Wade Spees for the Post & Courier.
We stay at them around the South and across the United States: Day’s Inn. Best Western. Quality Inn. But there is a food world behind the scenes at...

Bought by KVLU and WABE


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Bemidji’s grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group has been meeting for months to talk about race. Anton Treuer is one of the founding members of ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: Mike Keegan & Tim League, San Francisco, CA 12/7/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mike Keegan and Tim League talk sneaking into a futon shop, restoring a silent movie palace, and why cinemas are a social necessity.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 19:42
Caption: Melvin Major
Aristotle said it best: “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Whenever there is a void in our lives we fill it, consciously or otherwise. Too often, people tr...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 26:45
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In Ohio last week, a group calling itself ResponsibleOhio filed 695,273 petition signatures with the Secretary of State’s office in an effort to pl...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 21:48
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Dan Burgard is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Puget Sound, and not long after Washington state voted to legalize cannabis...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:08
Caption: Lisa Chacon on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, life coach and your show host, this episode of Making it Work, we will chat with one of the co-founders of the innovative w...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 23:18
Caption: The view looking west down Wisconsin Ave. in Tieton, WA. , Credit: Photo by Phoebe Flanigan
How a detour, a patch of goathead thorns, and a flat tire changed one guy's life, and brought an economic boost to a sleepy, little town in rural W...

Bought by WMMT, KALW, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Susan Mernit on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
On this episode of Making It Work we will chat with Susan Mernit about her latest non-profit organization, Hack the Hood, and how they are making a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 24:25
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Exotic dancers, on-call drivers and writers might have a different name for what they do -- freelancing, part-time work and independent contracting...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: John, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 27:05
Caption: Ashara Ekundayo on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Ashara Ekundayo has made big splashes developing urban gardens as well as developing community artist as the Chief Creative Officer at Impact Hub O...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 25:47
Caption: Judi Leff at her parents' grave in Colma , Credit: Melanie Young
When someone we love dies, how can a headstone express who they were? The answer begins with diamonds.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:32
Caption: Paul Haggis, San Francisco, CA 6/11/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Paul Haggis talks fiction as truth, discovering world cinema, and embracing imperfection.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:21
Caption: Congressman Chaka Fattah
Philly Congressman Chaka Fattah, lead sponsor of the Coop Jobs Act, KALW takes us inside the bike coop ColectíVelo in Oakland, and the Coop Job of ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ramin Bahrani, San Francisco, CA 4/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ramin Bahrani talks corporate corruption, Roger Ebert’s friendship, and calling Werner Herzog for advice.

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 17:52
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Executives from Herman Miller and Gensler talk about how their companies help others achieve better outcomes through well-designed work environments.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:59