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Mitch Skinner investigates and reviews the (now-defunct) donut co-op.
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 05:28
Italian artisans craft exquisite objects with their hands, particularly in Florence. Yet aging artisans crippled by Italy’s bureaucracy aren’t abl...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 07:37
- Purchases: 1
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...
Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 07, 2013
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 3
During the Great Depression, Ken Hardesty's grandfather was the de-facto bank for the townspeople of Aurora, West Virginia.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Host Phalana Tiller talks with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Rob Curry, CEO of Citrus Valley Health Partners, about healthcare.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 58:58
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 2
The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 05:05
San Francisco is in transition. According to the Department of Building Inspection, there are 56 major developments in various stages of the approv...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 04:09
- Purchases: 2
Robert Griffo remembers how his life changed after the "Black Monday" stock market crash of 1987.
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 02:33
- Purchases: 2
As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 12:52
- Purchases: 1
Expat in Brussels, Evelyne White, launches the first version of a new website on Monday 15th October 2012. Bookalokal.com helps guests seeking a l...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 04:30
In some parts of the United States, there are virtually no co-ops. So many of those co-ops that do exist feel a special responsibility to support ...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 08:02
Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 02:12
- Purchases: 2
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 2
Marijuana is legal for medical use under California law, but sale and possession are still federal crimes. Raids on growers and dispensaries – and ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 09, 2012
- Length: 07:07
- Purchases: 1
In 2011, Oakland experienced a spike in violent crime after four years of declining crime rates. As of April of this year, crime has risen by 21 pe...
- Added: Jul 09, 2012
- Length: 06:49
California’s budget crisis has meant huge cuts in cities across the Bay Area. Pinole, a city of 18,000 in Contra Costa County, is no exception. Sin...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2012
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 1
Here's the amazing Mark Lash. Mark has created jewellery for Celine Dion, Drake, Shania Twain, Naya Rivera, Cee Lo Green, Taylor Hicks, Jayde Nicol...
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 05:02
Monmouth, Oregon was the last dry town on the West Coast. Ten years ago, residents voted to allow beer and wine sales. Producer Whitney Jones grew ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
San Francisco is considered a national leader in pro-environmental policy, advocacy, and education. And while the City is a pioneer in recycling it...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
If you want know the price of gas around the United States, there’s a map online that breaks it down for you. The states with the cheapest gas are ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 12:26
Wendy Welch has written a memoir about what it means to open an independent bookstore at a time when physical books seem to be disappearing. Alliso...
Bought by Prairie Public, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 3
John Wilson talks the good, the bad, and the ugly.
- Added: Mar 29, 2012
- Length: 21:23
For anyone who’s been there, the news that Downtown Berkeley is one of the Bay Area’s poorest neighborhoods probably comes as a surprise.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 06:58
