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Clever Apes: Nature and human nature
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Megan Bang helped incorporate systems-level thinking into the design of an early education classroom., Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
We go back to one of the first lessons kids learn about science, and what it says about how human minds develop. As children discover the natural w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, PRX Remix, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 5
Civil Rights Activist Edward Harden Peeples, V: Born To Be A Racist
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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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
Roland Scott: The Art of Transformation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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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
The real life story of San Francisco’s “Chess Cinderella”
From: KALW
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Most of us love a good fairytale. And then there’s the tale of Dyhemia Young, a teenager from San Francisco’s Bayview district. Young was invited ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 1
First woman attains Tibetan "geshe" degree
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Credit: Peter Aronson
A big milestone for women in Tibetan Buddhism, as a nun is recognized with a prestigious Buddhist academic title for the first time ever. TWO VERSI...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:06
College students grade the economy
From: KALW
Caption: Flickr photo by Brian Hawkins. http://passionatephoto.com/
Although some economists claim that the recession is officially over, California is still experiencing a 12% unemployment rate – the second highest...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/19/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PURPLE FLOWER FROM THE DEEP...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #30, Charla
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty, holy mackerel! Thirty is a lot if you’re counting episodes (not so much when counting bacteria but we’re not counting bacteria toda...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Only For My King
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Love Is Worth A Little Bit Of Pain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Jennie Lois Windle: Tribute to My Piano Teacher
From: Elizabeth Chur
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to piano teacher Jennie Lois Windle, in music and stories.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 12:05
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
Pollopel Island
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Bannerman's Castle, Credit: Shaun O'Boyle
Pollopel Island is host to Bannerman's Castle. But its curious history goes back centuries

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Smells of Grinnell
From: Matthew Zmudka
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kathryn Benson, Grinnell class of 2009, explores the smells of places and events that define her college experience.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
Practicing Awareness
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Phil Nyokai James playing the shakuhachi
Students of the shakuhachi flute learn about music, listening, and presence in their daily lives.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Education in "Journalism"
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Budding reporter learns a lesson in "reporting."

  • Added: May 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:15
Park Stories: Joshua Tree- The Canaries in the Coal Mine
From: Jim Williams
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Joshua Tree National Park struggles against global warming, pollution, and a flat budget.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
Buckstaff Planetarium
From: Jon Stricklin
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Attempting to learn Astronomy while locked out of the building

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Feed the Tigers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tigers are victims of vanishing wilderness.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wikipedia: A 5-Minute Primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making

  • Added: Dec 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:29
Quasi The Robot
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
New Robots designed for teaching and learning

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 07:06
Islamic Education
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Muslim Youth and the teaching of Islam

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Fairbridge Farm School
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Four elderly Dutch people remember how as children recently liberated from the POW camps in Indonesia, they regained their childhood when they wer...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Answered Prayers
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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What happens if you're in a bad religion, but your prayers get answered?

  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:33