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The Navigators Part 8
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:47
The Navigators Part 7
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:11
The Navigators Part 4
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
Episode Two: Tools for Smart Giving
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark Guide to Good Giving
Caption: Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor, Stacy Palmer, Credit: Stacy Palmer
In part two of Tiny Spark's Guide to Good Giving, we speak with Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She offers advice on vetting...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KALW, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 14:17
  • Purchases: 3
Episode One: Is it Better to Give Locally or Globally?
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark Guide to Good Giving
Caption: Charlie Bresler (Courtesy of Bresler)
In this first episode of Tiny Spark’s Guide to Good Giving, we explore effective altruism, which urges donors to stretch their charitable dollars a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 13:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Best Medicine for Heart Disease
From: Richard Paul
Series: The Best Medicine with Dr. Ken Miller
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A look inside the labs, treatment facilities, and homes of those closest to heart disease.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, MPR News Stations, Maine Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 6
Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population will Transform the Politics of the Nation
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation Gary M. Segura is a Professor...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
At the Crossroads, Part 4: New Hep C Drugs Promise A Cure, For A Big Price
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Caption: The FDA has approved dozens of so-called specialty drugs recently. Most are costlier than standard treatments, and most target a relatively small patient population suffering from a rare condition. But hepatitis C is far from rare. The FDA has approved do, Credit: Jake Harper / RIPR
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Since then, people with hepatitis C have had limited – and not very...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
At The Crossroads, Part 3: As Old Hepatitis C Treatment Fades Out, New Treatments Stoke Hope
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
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In just a few weeks, another pharmaceutical company will likely win FDA approval for a new drug to cure hepatitis C. That makes three breakthrough ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
At the Crossroads, Part 1: A Tale of Two Epidemics
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Caption: Rapid screening test for hepatitis C infection, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Baby boomers make up the majority of the estimated five million people who have hepatitis C. Most caught the disease – from sharing needles, or a b...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
Finding Place in The Placelessness: A Conversation about Midwestern Literature with Justin Hamm and Christina Olson
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Finding Place in the Placelessness: Justin Hamm and Christina Olson talk with assistant editor John McCarthy about their experiences as editors for...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:53
Art and Nationhood
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: Frederic Church, “Our Banner in the Sky” (1861)
Professor Angela Miller uses examples of portraits, landscape and genre paintings, folk art, and more to describe the intersection of American arts...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
Surveillance Part 2
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Second part of our generational discussion on surveillance.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Lessons On Writing With Style
From: Adam Scull
Series: The Eat Sleep Write Podcast
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Lessons on Writing With Style is an in depth source of information for writers looking to improve their command of the craft. Today I'm going share...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
A Year of Future Docs, in One Hour
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Sarah and Peter are about to begin their third year of med school., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Throughout the school year, we've been following two bright, young, future doctors. Now, we're wrapping up the journey with a one-hour documentary ...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KZYX, KUNM, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 4
Future Docs 7: Sarah and Peter Reach a Milestone
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport grabs the mic and interviews fellow student Peter Kaminski., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
For the past school year, the series "Future Docs" has been following two Brown University medical students to see how their training is evolving w...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Future Docs 4: Flirting with Specialties, Treating Real Patients
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Future Docs 3: The Changing Face of Residency
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Diana Diaries, Part 2: A teacher's first year in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana, 27, is learning to lead in the classroom with the help of her Coordinating Teacher, or CT. She has felt a sense of responsibility to her stu...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
Diana Diaries, Part 1: A lesson in teaching from a first-time instructor
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
This is Diana’s radio diary of her first year teaching at Oakland High in a ninth grade English class. You’ll hear what was challenging and what wa...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:05
A New View
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Word of Mouth is New Hampshire Public Radio's show about new ideas, emerging trends, and unexplored history. In this hour, "A New View" of Jane Au...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WCPN, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 4
Girl Power....Interrupted
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about where women are (and aren't) in pop culture, from the impact of "Free to Be You and Me" to the evolution of Wonder Woman.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCPN, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 3
Crime, Punishment, and the Search for Justice
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about ideas and innovations in investigations and imprisonment, the search for justice, and the unexpected intersection of crime and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
Art In The Real World
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations with artists of all kinds doing work in and about the real world. Hour long, magazine format episode of Word of Mouth.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2