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A new version of success
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 4
In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors.
They found three problem...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Once a refugee family has been here for a while, the children often become ambassadors to the outside world. It's the kids who have to translate fo...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 07:54
- Purchases: 1
A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 55:55
Edward Harden Peeples V was a racist practically from birth. But once out of the orbit of Richmond, Virginia, he went through a transformation whic...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 55:38
Teens in Los Angeles use live theater to battle homophobia in the classroom.
Bought by WHFR, XRAY.fm, KRZA, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 04, 2012
- Length: 06:06
- Purchases: 4
One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: :00
Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...
- Added: Oct 18, 2011
- Length: 53:46
This is the first of a 3-part documentary examining the history of music therapy and it's applications.
- Added: Aug 30, 2011
- Length: 07:54
It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2011
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
Benuel Esch grew up Amish in Lancaster Pennsylvania, but twenty years ago he started asking questions. Though he left to explore other paths, he fi...
- Added: Jan 13, 2011
- Length: 07:44
- Purchases: 4
A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.
- Added: Nov 22, 2010
- Length: 07:52
When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...
- Added: Nov 16, 2010
- Length: 02:18
Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 2
This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 30:00
Maybe you know where your food comes from. But have you seen and heard about farming through a 13-year-old boy’s eyes? Colby Perron shares his thou...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 05:51
- Purchases: 2
The games they play here involve dragons, wizards, and superheroes. And sometimes...they come with stereotypes.
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 08:41
- Purchases: 2
One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:41
Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:11
Khalil Osiris’ “Circle of Courage” is one strategy the Booker T. Washington middle school is using to try and help students stay out of trouble and...
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 07:30
This Minnesota Historical Society site is a focal point of Ojibwe culture in Minnesota and has been in existence for nearly 100 years. The museum ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Feb 10, 2010
- Length: 28:26
- Purchases: 1
KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...
- Added: Feb 10, 2010
- Length: 26:07
The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...
Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 11
Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 07:19
