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Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Why do we wait so long? Jackie’s Journey to a home.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Jackie taking a break from building her house.
Dreams can be as simple as a home and a flower garden. Jackie walked by the Habitat for Humanity application for 2 years.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
In the male world of mechanics Only Girls can fix your car
From: Sarah Elzas
Series: Wo/men's work
Caption: Car mechanics Aurore and Melina at the Only Girls garage, Credit: onlygirls-auto.fr
Car mechanics tend to be male. A Paris-area garage is trying to change that by hiring women to appeal to women.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Deception Detection
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A single lie could cost a job – or a life – as it turned out for Eric Duncan, the Ebola “Patient Zero” in Texas. What if there was a way to accurat...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Phil Mortillaro and Philip Mortillaro Jr.
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Phil and Philip Mortillaro, a father-and-son locksmith team, talk about the family business.

Bought by WTJU and WEZU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Tina Vasquez and Sonia Vasquez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Michelle Dynes and Anne Purfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Epidemiologists Anne Purfield (L) and Michelle Dynes (R) talk about responding to the Ebola outbreak...

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 3
A Dream Job
From: Daniel Wanschura
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What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
StoryCorps: Lori and Erich Baker
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Lori Baker, a forensic scientist, tells her husband, Dr. Erich Baker, about identifying bodies...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Sekou Siby
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sekou Siby, a former kitchen worker at Windows on the World restaurant in the World...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kris Kalberer and Erika Kalberer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kris Kalberer and her teenage daughter, Erika, talk about being homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 4
Two UPS Drivers Retire After 10 Million Miles, 40+ Years Without An Accident
From: Michael Miller
Caption: Charlie Millican and Ronnie Tims are ready to retire, but won't slow down.
Charlie Millican and Ronnie Tims have seen plenty in their 40+ years driving for UPS. When Millican started with UPS, the company was so new that ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:38
Market Basket Brand Soap...Opera
From: Perry Persoff
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
StoryCorps: Barbara Moore and Olivia Fite
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Olivia Fite (left) and her mother Barbara Moore.
Barbara Moore (R) tells her daughter, Olivia Fite (L), about becoming a bricklayer in the...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WXPR, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KERA and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 6
Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Franciscans love to garden, but a backyard is hard to come by if you live in an apartment. And the 36 city-operated community gardens have wait...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
Natrese Thomas, Police Dispatcher
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Behind drawn shades in a brightly lit room downtown, dispatchers for the Los Angeles Police Department answer 9-1-1 calls and send officers to thei...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
Lilian Alfonso, Metal Scrapper
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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At USA Recycling in East LA, a two-story yellow crane smashes cars, refrigerators and stoves into neat piles of wreckage all day. The mistress of t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Joshua Salazar, Bus Driver
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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In car-choked LA, riding the bus is a sign that you can’t afford your own wheels. But Joshua Salazar's overnight routes are often full of people be...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
Eric Jones, Custodian
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Amy Brooks, Deli Waitress
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Teodoro Cuevas, Mariachi
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Every day, Teodoro Cuevas dresses in his black flared pants with silver buttons down the side. He sits against a tree across from the bustling sub...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Willie Sanchez, Flower Seller
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Willie Sanchez sells flowers in bulk in downtown LA.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
Venus, Daytime Stripper
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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A stripper nicknamed "Venus" dances during the breakfast shift in Downtown Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:27

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