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DIY Economy
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Local currency, bartering on the playground and other ways of looking at money through a DIY lens. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
INSIDE JOB -- Filmmaker Charles Ferguson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Charles Ferguson, 9/21/10, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Charles Ferguson talks bodyguards, confrontation, and getting to the facts for his Oscar(tm)-winning documentary.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 17:09
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
LIFE DURING WARTIME -- Todd Solondz talks about his unconventional sequel to HAPPINESS
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Todd Solondz, July 21, 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
LIFE DURING WARTIME's writer/director Todd Solondz talks gumdrops, sympathy, and what he expects from a film experience.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 12:57
Havana Road
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Havana Road
The American Dream travels a little ways down the Havana Road. When the economy tanked in 2009, Marta Quintana lost her job and her stock portfo...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:11
Pink Gloves Boxing
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Joyce Garrels, Garret Garrels, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Two recent college grads are trying to beat the recession and become the next big thing in fitness

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
Stingray for dinner
From: Alex Halperin
Caption: A cownose ray at L.D. Amory & Co., Credit: Alex Halperin
The cownose ray is a nuisance fish. Could it become the next great bar snack?

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 2
Ten Cents a Dance
From: With Good Reason
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry was working overtime. Listen to some of the gems and the stories behind them.

Bought by KUER, WGBH Radio Boston, KFAI Minneapolis, and WRPI


  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Good Neighbor
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
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
Flea Market Moxie
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a flea market vendor in Maine.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
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
The Turning Point
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet has a goal to preserve ballet's classical roots, and at the same time, help to push the boun...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Turn the Tradio Up
From: Rebecca Sheir
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An on-air garage sale where one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
From Cheddar to Art
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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A cheese maker with 130 years of family tradition becomes a genius in creating with milk

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 09:52
Forward to Yesterday: Grazing Their Way to the Future
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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Modern grazing helps preserve the land and the farmer

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 09:08
Ethanol Part 1: Running the Well Dry?
From: The Environment Report
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Ethanol production requires a lot of water.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
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
Eminent Domain in Culver City, California
From: David Kates
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A 70-year-old Southern California business is in jeopardy of being taken by eminent domain.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
Art Of Ohio: David Hostetler - On Carving and Life
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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At the age of 80, internationally know sculptor David Hostetler, has no intention of sitting back and taking it easy. He says, for him, art is not ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
We Put Our Lives Into This Place
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After 60 years in business, Moosehead Manufacturing Company is closing up shop because of overseas competition.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Plastic Packages
From: The Environment Report
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Higher oil prices might mean more recycled plastic.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Decoding Plastic Recycling
From: The Environment Report
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Recycling plastic is a lot harder than it needs to be.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
Ads Use Nature to Sell SUVs
From: The Environment Report
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Car commercials use nature to sell big SUVs.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
Corporate Campuses Go Green
From: The Environment Report
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Corporations are setting aside wildlife habitat to make investors happy.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:56