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Minnesota vs. Big Tobacco
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Anti-smoking ad campaign, Credit: Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota was the first state to take Big Tobacco to trial in the 1990s. Minnesota was also the first state to take the vaping company Juul to tria...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:53
The Tiny City That Almost Wasn't
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The water tower of Hilltop, MN, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a tiny town just north of Minneapolis that is entirely surrounded by Columbia Heights. It's called Hilltop. In a way, Hilltop was forced in...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 07:56
StoryCorps: Suzi and Donna Wong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Suzi and Donna Wong at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta on March 15, 2022., Credit: Hillery Rink for StoryCorps.
Sisters Suzi and Donna Wong remember growing up in the back of their parents’ laundry business in Hollywood, CA.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Marking 100 years with Celebration and Reflection at Ingebretsen's
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Ingebretsen's Scandanavian Gifts, Credit: Britta Greene
It’s the busiest time of the year at Ingebretson’s, a Scandanavian market and gift shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis. As Ingebretson’s marks its 1...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 1
Will and Big Business
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers had friends in big business, but that did not make them immune from his criticism.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Trophy Hair & Antiques
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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My mom raised us to be honest and and sell things not tell someone a big story about them that wasn't true

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Man Behind the Projector
From: Out of the Blocks
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It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
Work in Progress
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
New Pine Valley Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Dr. Martin Luther King, I waited on him. He had ham and egg and hash browns.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 2
Love and Samosas: How a Massachusetts town backed a local general store owner
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Caption: Storefront of Sangar General Store, Credit: http://musingsinmass.blogspot.com
Sangar General Store, in Windsor, MA, is owned by Prem Sangar. Prem wasn't born in Windsor and doesn't quite fit the mold of the town, but the comm...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Pride & Profit (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We usually don’t think of the free market as a very… sentimental place. But a new book suggests that Adam Smith’s classical economics aren’t so hea...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jun 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond the Golden Leaf: Tobacco, Food Culture and a Changing Farming Landscape (Gravy Ep. 50)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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For generations, farmers in western North Carolina have relied on tobacco as a core crop, their lifeblood. It was more than just income, though: to...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 26:01
  • Purchases: 1
Anishinaabenaajimon: Bemidji's Tribal Boycott
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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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
A Family Legacy: McBride's
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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A gun store owner recounts the long history of his family's store and the historical artifacts that have come through.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
Louie Fournier, logger and chainsaw collector, Cass Lake, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
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Milt Lee speaks with Louie Fournier, logger and collector of chainsaws.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 2
Witching to find water
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Marc Mondavi demonstrates his divining rods.
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
Innovation & Obsolescence: The Life, Death, and Occasional Rebirth of Technologies
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Ben Gross' personal video discs and player. , Credit: Photograph by Mariel Carr.
Some technologies flash in the pan so quickly they hardly leave a trace (Google Glass anyone?); while others seem to stick around long past their u...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 38:38
  • Purchases: 1
Silicon Valley's Prehistoric Past
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Construction site at the Calaveras Dam in the East Bay hills.
When work began to rebuild the Calaveras Dam, Paleontologist Jim Walker was called to the scene to hunt for fossils. He expected to find a few, but...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Minneapolis Artificial Limb Company
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minneapolis has been a world leader in artificial limb manufacturing. In the early to mid-20th century, farming accidents, flour mill explosions, a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Roots of DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti traces the roots of the phrase "do it yourself" through its evolution in both corporate advertising and subcul...

Bought by WDBM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 2
They Always Pay, in the End
From: Traveling 219
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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
Ferries could come back into style in San Francisco Bay
From: KALW
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Before there ever was a Golden Gate Bridge or a Bay Bridge, people who wanted to cross the Bay did it by boat. At their peak, ferries carried over ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
Is Virginia Really For Lovers?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The original Virginia Is For Lovers slogan/logo, created by Martin & Woltz (now The Martin Agency) in 1968., Credit: The Martin Agency
The real story behind one of the most famous tourism slogans of all time.

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Detroit's Floating Post Office
From: Zak Rosen
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2