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Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
The Remarkable Resilience of Zebrafish
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dr VootYin survived the Cambodian genocide as a child and has gone on to become a leading scientist in the field of cardiac regeneration.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Nightfly #2015.08 - Black History Month - February 23-March 1, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Nina Simone
We feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WJAB, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Go Team! Go! Volleyball at Martin Middle School
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School Fall 2014
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This sound-rich essay looks into the spirit & teamwork that the Martin Middle School girl's volleyball team embodies.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:32
Women Rising 26: A Ride on the People’s Climate Train
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In September of 2014, Women rising radio rode the People’s Climate train coast to coast, with over 200 activists heading to New York City to join t...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
I AM ELEVEN -- Genevieve Bailey and Dagan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Genevieve Bailey and Dagan, San Francisco, CA 9/24/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Genevieve Bailey and Dagan talk optimism, chance meetings, and the advantages of being a female filmmaker.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 22:58
Highlights From The 2014 Montclair Jazz Festival
From: Jim Luce
Caption: S. Epatha Merkerson
Produced by JAZZ HOUSE KIDS, a nonprofit jazz education and performance organization, the 2014 MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL features Christian McBride, ...

Bought by KCSM, WJAB, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Possibility
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As many folktworlds believe: "If you can think it, you can do it." That's the attitude we're adopting this week, on the 'Folktale of Possibility'--...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Cars: A Love/Hate Relationship
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Greenpeace Canada Podcast Producer Andrew Norton loves to drive. But filling up his gas tank after a long day of fighting the tar sands just wasn't...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:44
99% Invisible #111- Masters of the Uni-verse (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Baseball's hosiery heritage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 17
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WORT, WJCT, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WTJU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, WEMU and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 10
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Centerstage Minnesota: Darin Bergsven and Youtube sensation Mippey 5
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Darin Bergsven - "Out of Nowhere"
This week we feature an interview with Duluth Jazz guitarist Darin Bergsven produced for Northern Community Radio by Producer Amy Clark. Northern C...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Pains at The World's Largest Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
Making it Our Business: Co-ops on the Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
05 Lubliner Nign
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
04 Lustig Zayn
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
03 Simkes Hanefesh
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
02 Sofia's Song
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
01 Shtayn Gart's
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:55
We The People
From: enzo adimari
Series: The Monday Morning Breakfast Blend w/Enzo
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Inspired by the last couple of weeks of people taking to the streets to have their voices heard, The Monday Morning Breakfast Blend would like to s...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:21
A New (Old) Kind of Work
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: Sharay Kodihem (left) and Carlos Nielbock (right) sitting in the trellis they made together
Rust belt cities like Detroit, Michigan are struggling. The tax base has been drying up for decades. Vacant homes litter once strong, middle-class ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Story, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 4
The Witches of Lublin
From: Sue Zizza
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(this 58:30 program is the final version) Lublin, Poland, 1797: While they prepare for Passover, a family of Jewish women klezmer musicians struggl...

Bought by WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 25