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Part 2, Wind and Water

From: Ross Chambless

Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless

Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 06:12

Part 1, The Journey Begins

From: Ross Chambless

Caption: Ross Chambless stands outside a substation near his home in Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless

Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 06:12

Labor Day: Creating More Jobs by Helping Small Businesses Succeed

From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel

Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance

Graduate students at UCONN are helping small businesses learn about enterprise risk management and they are producing stellar results.

Added: Aug 24, 2011
Length: 59:57

Shyness

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A multiyear study begun at Harvard follows shy babies into adulthood. As producer Kelley Libby reports, 15 to 20 percent of us grow up to be shy.

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Aug 01, 2011
Length: 02:30
Purchases: 2

Schrödinger's Cat

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 08, 2011
Length: 09:48
Purchases: 2

The Twin Paradox

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 08, 2011
Length: 09:03
Purchases: 2

The Searchers

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera

Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 03:06
Purchases: 1

Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

Added: May 18, 2010
Length: 07:04

Medical Translation in a City of Immigrants

From: Sarah Kramer
Series: Interpreting Health: Language and Cultural Barriers for Immigrants at NYC Hospitals

Caption: Interpretation Sign, Credit: Sarah Kate Kramer

One out of four New Yorkers doesn't speak or understand complex sentences in English. But at some point in their lives, every one of them will need...

Bought by KVNF and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: May 02, 2010
Length: 08:15
Purchases: 2

Warlock

From: War News Radio

Caption: An Iraqi holds up his non-functioning phone., Credit: Associated Press

From Signal Interrupted, on April 30, 2010. War News Radio reports on a new device that's interrupting communications in Iraq.

Added: Apr 30, 2010
Length: 06:31

Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Dec 29, 2009
Length: 06:22
Purchases: 1

Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)

From: Nancy Solomon

This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more