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Mackinac Island has hosted the world championships of stone-skipping for the past 50 years. The 2018 contest was one of excitement and laughter.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 1
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"Time Bomb" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Brian Corliss just wanted to quench his thirst. But on a snowmobile outing, he grab...

Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Producer Taylor Quimby has been defending Vibram FiveFingers™ shoes to naysayers for years. When people see him wearing them while he’s on the trai...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 24:42
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The most glorious spring in many years has the producer thinking about baseball and family history.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:24
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Dave Raymond watching Fritz the Cat at Mascot Boot Camp, Credit: Alexis Kenyon
Since retiring as the original Philie Phanatic, Dave Raymond makes his living training professional mascot performers and creating new mascot ident...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:31
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Gweneviere Mann talks to her boyfriend, Yasir Salem, about living without a short-term memory. Her condition results from a stroke she suffered dur...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Tuesday nights aren't exactly the most exciting night of the week. Most bands play over the weekend. Movies open on Friday. But, if you're the type...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
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Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world."

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
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94-year-old Sister Vincent Cecire tells her friend Sister Catherine Garry how she fell in love with baseball.

Bought by WEZU, KZYX, The Story, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
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This year is the 100th anniversary of Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Think side saddle riding went out with corsets and bustles? Think again.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 11, 2008
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Does a magical place exist where you can get paid to climb?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 25:00
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Charlie Schroeder waits until December to fulfill his New Year's Resolution

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and Public Interactive


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Coverage of the Eleventh Annual Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss

  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:10
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Compulsion and passion drive one man's singular pursuit of Nike basketball shoes.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 4
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If steroids are outlawed, is coffee far behind?

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1