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124: Saved by the Bo

From: The Mortified Podcast

Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air. Listen to th...

Birding

From: Matthew Simonson

Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson

In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

Bought by PRX Remix, 'The Sea', and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

The Amazing Amazon

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: Sunset in Manaus, Credit: Lorena Daou Paixao e Silva, 2016

With the Summer Olympics around the corner, the eyes of the world will turn to Brazil. But Brazil is not only about Rio and Sao Paulo. What about t...

Bought by KSFR

Episode 13: The Girl Who Dug Up Dinosaurs

From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here

A 12-year-old girl in blue jeans probably isn’t the first thing you picture when you hear the word paleontologist. But in 1979, young India Wood di...

12 Days to Curtain: Inside a Summer Theatre Camp

From: Alexander Ward

A piece exploring the Young People's Theatre Project's summer theater production, which brings 6th-12th graders into the wilderness to produce a mu...

Mindless Chanting: Catfish Courtesy

From: Thomas Kenning

Caption: The members of Catfish Courtesy, circa 2002.

Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.

Viral Video's Patient Zero

From: JP Davidson

The amazing story of the world's first viral video, and how it launched a multi-million dollar media empire.

Searching for Sasha Krizhanovsky

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin

Caption: Sasha & Jessica, Credit: Sarah Stuteville

Armed with a letter from 1990, producer Jessica Partnow goes in search of her childhood Soviet pen pal.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

The Trick That Turned Skateboarding Upside Down

From: Andrew Norton

Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding

After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Pizza Time by Alex Malmude for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

From: YouthCast

Caption: So much pizza!, Credit: Flickr User rj3

Ah, the mysterious life of a pizza delivery man, finally captured in his natural habitat. This documentary takes a smooth non-narrated path to tel...

Bought by WGXC

Handclapping Games

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds

A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix

America America

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...