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Two replica Christopher Columbus ships are sailing across the Great Lakes this summer, offering visitors a chance to learn about the famous explore...
Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WFIU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more
- Added: Jul 28, 2017
- Length: 03:20
- Purchases: 10
In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 24:59
We are live from the floor of the Javitz Center
- Added: Mar 23, 2017
- Length: 54:00
The town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie’s South Bass Island is a popular vacation spot in the summer. But once winter hits, the island’s population dr...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WBFO and more
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 6
Meet adventurous women, run The Amazing Race and learn about Homeland Security's Trusted Traveler programs.
- Added: Nov 15, 2015
- Length: 59:55
When city planner Jay Primus first moved out to San Francisco’s Richmond district, he made an easy mistake: he hopped onto the 2 Clement to make hi...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 09:06
Every month, Alex Aldana stands in protest in front of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond. It’s a medium-security jail that holds men a...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 05:27
- Purchases: 1
James J. Hill is known as the “Empire Builder.” His vision for a Great Northern Railway in the 19th century helped put Minnesota on the map. Produc...
Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 2
Rosa Santos is leaning over a pile of forms and documents in the corner of the San Jose’s new DMV. I meet her along with her friend. They’re both a...
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 06:44
San Francisco is America’s second most densely populated area, after Manhattan. And with new construction all over town, it’s going to get even den...
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 06:01
Earlier this fall San Francisco Muni buses displayed an ad that may have upset you. Or angered you. Or made you feel threatened. The Muni ad was pa...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 09:04
Dheeraj Singh is the first officer on a container ship that makes regular runs from China, to California, to Japan, and back again.
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 08:51
Every October, the free outdoor dance festival known as San Francisco Trolley Dances takes audiences on guided tours on public transit with live pe...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 06:42
- Purchases: 1
At about 1:30am, after a night out with friends, Kyle Nichols-Schmolze is waiting for the AC Transit 800 bus near Market and Van Ness in San Franci...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 08:49
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:24
Four people have been killed by cars on Van Ness Avenue in 2014 – more than half of the pedestrian deaths in San Francisco this year.
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:58
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2014
- Length: 08:40
Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should b...
Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Aug 22, 2014
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
NPS and drones, RyanAirs new family program, laser lights and more world travel news in 3 minutes.
- Added: Jun 22, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Late airline traveler triggers alarm to delay plane and causes full-scale evacuation at airport and more world travel news in 3 minutes.
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Unruly passenger causes JetBlue plane to divert, Qatar and Kenya Airways launch new direct services, tourist falls to death in Portugal and more ne...
- Added: Jun 16, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Disappearing planes, Macau ferry accident, Uber protest and more world travel news in 3 minutes.
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 03:00
FIFA World Cup, Hurricane Cristina, Royal Caribbean news and more in 3 minutes
- Added: Jun 12, 2014
- Length: 03:00
Pakistan airport attack, Egypt tourist tax and more news in 3-mins
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 03:00
It’s not just you. The morning commute is getting longer and longer. As the local economy picks up steam more and more people are getting in their ...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 06:35
