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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
Moody's rates drugs
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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In the news: Moody's and Standard & Poor's to be responsible for rating new drugs.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
Super Conditions for Greatness: Educating Your Intuition
From: Dyana Valentine
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Your Super Conditions for Greatness are the operating system for your life. Knowing what they are clarifies your purpose and gives you the keys to ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 07:59
StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
E-lection Bay
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Bid on and buy a place for yourself in the government.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: :55
Facebook Unconscious
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Facebook has taken another giant step in expanding its brand with what may be its most far-reaching innovation yet: Facebook Unconscious.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:56
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The ABC's of P&G: Lessons on Leading and Learning
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Image source: Hamilton.edu
Host Phalana Tiller interviews A.G. Lafley, who led Procter & Gamble as its CEO from 2000 through 2009, and Craig Wynett, P&G's chief creative offi...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
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
Shopping Your Way to Hell
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of South Coast Plaza, I Fear No Evil

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
LA’s Secret Headquarters
From: TurnStyle
Series: The Funnybook Business
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I’d heard of Silver Lake’s Secret Headquarters long before I’d ever set foot in the shop. A friend had described it as a “victorian drawing room fi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
A Christmas Carol: REDUX
From: Charles Ketchabaw
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"A Christmas Carol: Redux” retells the Charles Dickens classic in the present day, giving it a satirical comedic spin. Amidst a crumbling economy, ...

Bought by WRKF, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
Conflicting Consensus
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Is Everyone OK With This?

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
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
Detroit's Floating Post Office
From: Zak Rosen
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
Economy of the Arts
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Forensic Architect
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Chris Carley, Forensic Architect
That's a real job? Yup. A forensic architect finds out what's wrong with old buildings by understanding their history...and using a garden hose.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
When you get the Oprah opportunity, what happens?
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Behind the register at Moveable Feast Geneva , Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Over the years, the Oprah Winfrey show and its famous host have influenced politics, literacy - and hundreds of small businesses – who have been se...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
Ruth Shumway's American Milking Shorthorns
From: Kreg Ettenger
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In this piece, Vermont dairy farmer Ruth Shumway lists some of her dairy cows by name. The interview for this piece was conducted as part of the Ve...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Day in the Life
From: Stace Carter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interesting angles on the seemingly average.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:42
Maine's Survivor Bob
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Bob Crowley calls himself a typical Mainer, but there’s nothing typical about becoming a reality TV star at age 57.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Practically Speaking: Strung Out on Credit
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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The Road to Rehabilitation is littered with good intentions and foreclosures. Host Audra Wilson discovers that many Americans were literally addic...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2010
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Debtors' Prison, Why Creditors Don't Care if You Repay Your Debt, and Bankruptcy
From: Steve Rhode
Series: Get Out of Debt Guy Show
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On today's show I talk with Dr. Louis Hyman, an expert in the history of debt. Not only was it great talking with him but we chatted just as long o...

Bought by KZYX and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Art Student Union
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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What is it with kids today? It’s rhetorical, but everyone’s got an answer, including the innovative group of SCSU students who form the Art Studen...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1

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