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Americans work 137 more hours per year than the Japanese, and almost 500 more than the French. How can we stay motivated for our long hours at work...
- Added: Jul 25, 2014
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 3
Dekalb Walcott III talks to his dad, retired Chicago Fire Chief Dekalb Walcott Jr., about...
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 02:04
- Purchases: 3
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 3
Philly Congressman Chaka Fattah, lead sponsor of the Coop Jobs Act, KALW takes us inside the bike coop ColectíVelo in Oakland, and the Coop Job of ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Dean Smith, who spent 40 years as a stunt double for Hollywood Westerns, talks with his wife, Debby, and son, Finis.
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 2
New York City Firefighters Sophy Medina and Thomas Olsen remember their first Valentine's Day together.
- Added: Feb 14, 2014
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 2
Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 4
Updates on locked-out nurses, NYU grad students, and restaurant guides!
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 02:59
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The seed idea for [freespace] came from a 48-hour hackathon called the National Day of Civic Hacking. A hackathon is when people get together for a...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:36
Pazhae Horace has a summer job with California Youth Energy Services, or CYES. It’s a program that hires youth aged 15-22 to do free “green house c...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:52
Elizabeth Olson and her colleagues at the Veterans Crisis Line, the only national suicide prevention hotline for service members, talk about helpin...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Sep 18, 2013
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 3
Constance Labetti remembers her boss, Ron Fazio, who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 2
Don Byles talks to his daughter Mackenzie about their family's funeral home.
Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 10:18
- Purchases: 1
Chi-town manufacturing hasn’t disappeared, you just have to know where to look for it.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 1
Farmers in upstate New York enter a confession booth (ahem, van) and give anonymous answers to probing questions.
Produced for WIOX "The Farm Hou...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 1
Paramedic Rowan Allen talks to Bryan Lindsay about the day he saved his life.
- Added: Jul 26, 2013
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 2
Golf carts are the primary vehicles for residents in Avalon, CA. This is about the guys that make them go.
Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 05:21
- Purchases: 2
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
Don Fidel, an immigrant to the United States, opened a staple restaurant in Chicago, but for his family, it was more than restaurant.
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 16:26
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 28:06
Kelley Libby reports on a new study that shows bringing your furry friend to the office can have health benefits.
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 06:10
Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 03:08
Poet Danny Klecko provides a vivid glimpse into the world of baking with a look at the camaraderie amongst bakers preparing a new batch of pastries...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 01:55
