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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
What do immigrants carry with them to America?
The obvious reminders of home -- Spices. Pressure cookers. Pickles.
What’s far more unpredictable i...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 05:58
- Purchases: 1
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 01:42
- Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 04:30
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
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Real talk: I’m not the biggest fan of San Francisco public transportation. So when I first heard of the alternative transportation network of priva...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:59
If you’ve already visited a haunted house or plan to do so on Halloween, chances are you’ll see something designed to scare you that’s been created...
- Added: Oct 30, 2012
- Length: 05:53
An intrepid producer braves several stings to tell a story about beekeeping and a beekeeper who has traveled the world to teach his craft.
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFIU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 29, 2012
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 5
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
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...
- Added: Jul 19, 2010
- Length: 05:34
(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.)
A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.
- Added: Nov 08, 2009
- Length: 05:54
Scientists study if if true that women like men with deeper voices
- Added: Jan 04, 2008
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 2
Carrboro, NC celebrates the 80th birthday of Buster Keaton's classic "The General".
- Added: Sep 27, 2007
- Length: 05:17
- Added: Mar 10, 2006
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 11, 2006
- Length: 04:10
How/Why nothing seems to stick to Tony Blair
- Added: Sep 24, 2004
- Length: 03:15
