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Producer Profile: Tom Curran
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Tom Curran
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Tom Curran.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 16:50
GLBT history finds permanent home in San Francisco
From: KALW
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San Francisco’s Castro District may still be licking its wounds after The Advocate, a national gay publication, declared early this year that San F...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
Zooming in on San Francisco photographer Eadward Muybridge
From: KALW
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Photography has become so easy that we can forget how, not long ago, we needed to master technical skills, such as film and shutter speeds, and be ...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:47
How the White House Got Its Name
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Today’s special: a tour of San Francisco’s dining history
From: KALW
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Eating and drinking in a library are always forbidden – and with good reason. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a lot about eating and drinking...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
Producer Profile: Diane E. Benson
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Diane E. Benson
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with Diane E. Benson (Tlingit). She is an actress in the film For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska.

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Mary and Charles Van Beke
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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94-year-old Mary Van Beke tells her son, Charles, about growing up in the 1920s.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
Following Harriet Tubman
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: The Bucktown Village Store where Harriet Tubman received a head injury that would impact her entire life, Credit: courtesy of Andrew Hiller
This feature explores the life and some of the myths of Harriet Tubman with interviews by experts from Cambridge, MD, the town where "Moses" was bo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
"Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Producer Dred-Scott Keyes converses with photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker and her husband, writer Jeff Walker about their collaboration in producin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and WGDR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 2
Restoring America's Naval Treasures: The USS Constellation
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: USS Constellation moored at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Andrew Hiller
For over a hundred years, the USS Constellation served the Navy and her country. The 1854 Sloop of War’s proudest moment may have been rescuing 70...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Folklorist Brian McCaulay Brings Voice to Logging Legacy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: The Forest History Center bunkhouse, Credit: MN Historical Society
Meet 1900 logger and troubador Boston McBride, a character of Forest History Center interpreter Brian McCaulay.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Boy Scouts of America turn 100
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
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The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech sc...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 07:55
The Stearns History Museum
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits the Stearns History Museum located in St. Cloud. This report happens o...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:41
The Maryland Gold Rush: Mining in Maryland
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Fred Parker and Jeff Nagy at Patapsco Valley State Park, Credit: Courtesy of: Andrew Hiller
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
Nick Clooney on Media
From: Woodrow Wilson Center
Series: dialogue Radio
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Dayton Bike Path Story
From: Joe Sampson
Caption: One of the Wright brother's original bike designs displayed at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Credit: Alex Vikartofsky
Although Midwestern weather infamously wanes and waxes this time of year, sunny skies are just around the corner. Before long the clicking of bicy...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:48
Selling Texas Kitsch at SXSW
From: Michael Lee
Caption: Boots at Allen's Boots in South Austin, Credit: Nathan Bernier
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Obelisk In The Sky/Obama In The House: D.C.'s Monumental Myths
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
Caption: Why is the WaMo three different colors?, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Think you know why the White House flag is flying, and the Washington Monument is tri-colored? Then you might want to think again.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Warsaw Village Band
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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Feet in Two Worlds and Polish Daily News reporter Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska recently produced an audio profile of the innovative Polish musical group, ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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This Minnesota Historical Society site is a focal point of Ojibwe culture in Minnesota and has been in existence for nearly 100 years. The museum ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 1
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:27
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3

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