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Chip
From: Schuyler Swenson
Caption: Chip Koser in his workshop.
Chip Koser of Mashpee is a professionally trained chef who’s worked in a number of famous restaurants. But in recent years Chip has been spending l...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Matt Hall, Brewer
From: Alex Lewis
Caption: Matt Hall is a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia., Credit: Alex Lewis
Many people love beer, but few really know what goes into making the stuff. Matt Hall - a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia, PA - dispels a ...

Bought by KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Co-ops that Work Together, Survive Together: Arizmendi Bakery
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
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
Growing Pains at The World's Largest Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
Making it Our Business: Co-ops on the Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Riding the 1 bus: An unguided tour to East Oakland
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The most popular buses in Oakland are the 1 and the 1R. The 1, which is the local route, makes 105 stops in three different East Bay cities. It’s a...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 08:20
Food trucks threatened by crime in Oakland
From: KALW
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Oakland is known for its food trucks, which serve everything from tacos and tamales to West African cuisine. But few know that this latest culinar...

Bought by NPR Illinois and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 2
Starting Over at Sea-Tac
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Is That My Imagination?
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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The story of a mind on strike.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by WABE and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Living in Limbo
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
Vanishing Craftsmen: The Clockmaker
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: Clockmaker Ray Pavkov works in his shop, Credit: Patrick Skahill
One craftsman is disposing of our throwaway culture - one clock at a time.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WILL


  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
Vanishing Craftsmen: The Blacksmith
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: Blacksmith Bill Scheer holds several crafted harpoon points, Credit: Patrick Skahill
Technology and a lack of demand changed blacksmithing into a specialized trade.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
Retro Product Proves Recession Proof
From: Todd Bookman
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A family business named Sarah's Hat Boxes is surviving the Great Recession, despite selling a product more befitting an era defined by the Great De...

Bought by WILL and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 2
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
The Future of Farming in Vermont -- with slideshow!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor. She's farmed her 90 acre plot of land in Andover Vermont for 43 years, and though she's now come down with chronic ob...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 2
A Day in the Life of Nadeem Awan
From: Seattle Globalist
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This story follows a day in the life of Nadeem Awan, a child laborer and student in Karachi, Pakistan.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
It's Pizza Time
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A night with Tom Witkowski, “Pizza Time” delivery guy.

Bought by KPIK-LP, HowSound, The Story, YouthCast, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 7
Analog in a Digital Age
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A man practices the ancient art of timekeeping.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
Traveling Light
From: With Good Reason
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If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
Dialog in the Dark
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
8. Steve Smith drives a bus and a rockabilly band.
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
9. Dawud Raamah, dentist and soul singer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
7. Kym Tuvim. Your piano teacher has a secret talent.
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:10