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The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Eating Like A Pig: How Beer Byproducts Transform Into Chow For Sows
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Pigs at Rocklands Farm go hog wild over spent grain., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
The growth of the craft beer industry is proving to be a win-win: both for brewers, and for pigs.

Bought by WABE and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bring on the Bling! - A reality TV series and the business that's booming because of it.
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Sondra Celli discusses a dress design with Carol, Credit: Sondra Celli
Turn on the television at any hour, and you're bound to find a reality television show on. Many of these shows feature businesses - there are shows...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:39
The Chicken Whisperer
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Mumbai Cow Sanctuary Balances Business and Barnyard
From: Katherine Davis-Young
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There are challenges to running a little cow sanctuary in the center of one of the biggest cities in the world.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria's Secret Cafe
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Alex Johnson has the story of a one-woman restaurant where customers can't help but feel like a part of the family.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Digital Detox
From: John L Myers
Caption: Digital Detox, Credit: http://thedigitaldetox.org/
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Latitude News Podcast #4 - Channeling Venice in Cleveland
From: Latitude News
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Funtown
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
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 Byron Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Matthew Byron just might be a millionaire one day.

Bought by PRX Remix and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Art Of The Stall
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look into the world of ice cream truck drivers in southern Maine.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
The Hartville Flea Market
From: Matt Pryor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A day at the Hartville Flea Market

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Kids' Money-Making Schemes
From: Mary Rose Madden
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story takes you through the makeshift businesses kids invent when money matters are less complicated, less stressful, and MORE adventurous.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 3
Shopping For The Twelve Days of Christmas
From: Mandy Walker
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Shopping for the Twelve Days of Christmas may sound like fun but where do you find lords-a-leaping and how much do maids-a-milking cost?

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
Selling the US, One Inch at a Time
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a mere $3.95, you can own a piece of America.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
Coke: the unreal thing
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Soda meets skin care: why?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
Tales of the Free Market
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ian Shoales finds disturbing evidence of the failures of capitalism.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
Long Tail Schmong Tail
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new book suggests that niche markets will take over. Ian's not buying it.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
Checkout checking out?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Unintended consequences of automated checkouts considered.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1