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Infant Mortality: A special documentary

From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity

Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

Added: Oct 12, 2012
Length: 51:01

Define Life

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 09, 2012
Length: 14:59
Purchases: 2

If I Could Be With You

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Frequently known as the "Father of Stride Piano," and "Grandfather of Hot Piano," James P. Johnson is probably better remembered as Thomas "Fats" W...

Added: Feb 08, 2012
Length: 58:57

Midwest Road Trip (5 Part Series)

From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt

Changing Gears reporters spent a week on the road, traveling to places throughout the Midwest where local economies and town cultures revolve aroun...

Added: Dec 14, 2011
Length: 20:12

Older Americans, Still Working

From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt

Caption: Tom Malvetis, owner Unicorn Tavern. , Credit: Kyle Leppek

The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jun 07, 2011
Length: 03:50
Purchases: 1

At Auto Plants, A Reversal of Fortune

From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt

Caption: Brothers Justin and Derick Jewell, 22 and 24 years old. Justin is a two-tier worker and makes $16 an hour. As a traditional worker, Derick makes $28 an hour.

The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...

Added: Jun 07, 2011
Length: 06:15

Royal Real Estate

From: Steve Webb
Series: Real Estate Today

After Wills and Kate's wedding of the century, which of the royal palaces shall they choose as home?

Added: Apr 27, 2011
Length: 06:09

The Unreal World of Narcissists and Sociopaths

From: Jari Chevalier

Narcissists and Sociopaths have always been among us and yet recent research brings us new understanding of just what these serious emotional disab...

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 47:10

Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future

From: Spectrum Radio

Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZYX, KISU, WNYC, KZYX and more

Added: Mar 24, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 9

The Guardian's Science Weekly: Christmas at the Large Hadron Collider

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: Shutdown screen at Cern, Credit: Andy Duckworth

As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 21, 2011
Length: 24:18
Purchases: 1

Coal and Climate – We Shall Remain

From: Eric Mack

Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more

Added: Nov 22, 2009
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 11

Engineers of the New Millennium: The Global Water Challenge

From: Spectrum Radio

One Hour Radio Special presented by The National Science Foundation and IEEE Spectrum Radio exploring emerging global water issues.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KGOU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 58:52
Purchases: 13

The Price of Rice

From: Outer Voices

The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more

Added: Jun 26, 2009
Length: 52:00
Purchases: 14

Issue One: Can the World Feed Itself?

From: Mike Hickcox
Series: Issue One

Global hunger - can the world handle the hungry population? Experts suggest various ways to feed more than 6-billion people every day.

Added: Dec 03, 2008
Length: 29:00

What is Salvia?

From: WHPC

An investigative look at Salvia, and it's potential as a drug

Added: Sep 09, 2008
Length: 10:26

Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers

From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways

This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Jul 09, 2008
Length: 29:04
Purchases: 2

Pushing Prescriptions

From: Center for Public Integrity

A record year for the pharmaceutical lobby

Added: Jun 24, 2008
Length: 02:48

Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front

From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways

This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home, plus a feature on the flight of artists from...

Bought by KUT-HD, 90.5 WSNC, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Feb 19, 2008
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 3

After Oil

From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio

When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more