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Drive my car, please
From: KALW
Caption: Reporter Casey Miner rented her car out to a stranger through one of the city's personal carsharing companies., Credit: Casey Miner
Three new companies in the Bay Area are trying to match unused cars with people who can use them – it’s called carsharing. So you, with that car in...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:05
Gifting in Mali and India-a Way of Life
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In Mali, the practice of 'Dama" is one example of how gift giving is an important part of cultures, throughout West Africa, India, and beyond.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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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
The Rabbit Hutch
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Hot Summer, Broken Air Conditioner
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: Russ Wichterman, an air conditioner service technician in Gilbert, Arizona on the rounds., Credit: Rene Gutel
It's 115 degrees and your air conditioner is busted. Who do you call?

Bought by KVMR and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Fresh Catch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
Active Voice Radio: Peter Karoff - Making Charitable Donations Count
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Americans have an incredible capacity for charitable giving. Even in these difficult economic times donations are still flowing. What makes us give...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coming to an advertising agency near you: The SCADDY Awards
From: SCAD Radio
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The second annual SCADDY Awards honor the best in student advertising at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:54
It's Harder Than You Think
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Anna had always been interested in farming. So when she met Carolyn Snell at a farmers market in Portland, Anna decided to find out, once and for a...

Bought by WXLV-FM, WXLV-FM, and KOOP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 3
Art Of Ohio: Art as a Lifeforce
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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Art is not only in the eye of the beholder- as the traditional saying goes, for many artists it?s a driving force in their lives.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
Any Day Now
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Shipwreck treasure hunter Greg Brooks waits. And waits. And waits -- for the big one.

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:00
Solar Backpacks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Wind Power's Explosive Growth
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Here Comes the Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a night on the road with Dan Furst, a designated driver for hire.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
Taxi Line
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Building Pueblo's Steelworks Museum
From: KRCC-FM
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New museum underway in Pueblo

  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:33
Dowser, Consultant to the Universe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Water dowser Glen Johnson makes a mistake.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 4