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In Search Of Fortune: The Allure Of Sunken Treasures, How To Continue Working In Retirement (And Still Be Happy), The One Graduation Gift That Will...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WQCS, WLRN, WETD, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Traci Phillips, Natural Evolution
How Native American roots inspired Traci Phillips to turn an environmental mission to stop toxic electronic waste into a successful business.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kristine Jones, New England Flagger Services
Kristine Jones started a business on a whim in an obscure, cutthroat industry. Then she got serious about building a strong company.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 13:45
Caption: Lucy Postins, The Honest Kitchen
This San Diego entrepreneur turned “human-grade” pet food into a multimillion dollar business.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 20:49
Caption: Jody Adams, Rialto; Ana Sortun, Oleana
Hear how two Boston chefs overcame bias to rise the ranks — and what they learned along the way.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 21:30
Caption: Kimberly Crupi Dobbins, SIMPLE Squares
How one woman turned a corporate sabbatical and kitchen dream into a snack company and new career.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 19:15
Caption: Shaan Kandawalla, PlayDate Digital; Melody McCloskey, StyleSeat; Amy Sheng, CellScope
If there were more women in tech, would women enjoy better tech products? We look for answers through three women who are succeeding in the tech in...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:52
Caption: Felena Hanson, Hera Hub
The San Diego entrepreneur launched Hera Hub, a co-working space company supporting women entrepreneurs, after a near-fatal car crash pushed her to...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 13:37
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Coming soon from The Story Exchange.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:18
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Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 1
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For some people, getting dressed in the morning isn’t about just throwing on what’s in reach, or clean. For others, it’s more of a ritual with atte...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Lisa Fruchtman, San Francisco, CA 11/22/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:51
Caption: Havana Road
The American Dream travels a little ways down the Havana Road. When the economy tanked in 2009, Marta Quintana lost her job and her stock portfo...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:11
Caption: The Girl From Empanada working it on a Friday night, Credit: Photo by Myleen Hollero
Street food is hot! But why are entrepreneurs turning to this option? For the owner of Chile Lindo, an empanada storefront, the answer is simple: i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Viki Sinipata is one of the microentrepreneurs whose loan was funded by Kiva.org users.  Her business offers support and companionship to the elderly.
A number of Web sites help Internet users fund entrepreneurs from developing countries. Now one of the biggest, Kiva.org, is allowing users to make...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
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Feature about New Orleans gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara & his artists taking their show on the road while 'exiled' from N.O.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
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Agricultural effort to address world hunger

  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 09:45
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In Athens, Ohio the ATCO Sheltered Workshop for developmentally disabled adults is making money - and art! Their 'outsider art' made $100,000 last ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1