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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Nakkach’s musical philosophies are influenced by both Western and Eastern traditions. She was born in Argentina and attended Mills College before m...
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 02:31
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...
Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:22
- Purchases: 2
In 2002, Juan Carlos Cancino, was riding his bike around town and found an entire city block of dilapidated greenhouses, near a hill in the Portola...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:44
If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 1
San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 06:23
Singer-songwriter Willie Nile discusses his latest album as well as other things in his career.
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 01:02:27
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 4
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 the end of a narrow alley off of International Boulevard, through the open doorway of El ColectíVelo bike shop, I’m greeted by a young boy.
“R....
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:25
La Crosse used to be an exclusive sport played at prep schools, but for years its been gaining in popularity around the country. KFAI producer Alli...
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
Cuban-born pianist Nachito Herrera moved to Minnesota in 2001, and quickly made a name for himself as a jazz player, composing and performing and w...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 1
Composer-conductor Marie Incontrera discusses Fred Ho, The Eco-Music Big-Band and going forward as a composer.
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 01:04:38
Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...
- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 4
Movies, television, video games and music are central to pop culture, and none of that would be possible without the work of audio engineers. Audi...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 07:34
In San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, there’s a small building that’s a big part of some young people’s lives. Sunset Youth Services provid...
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 04:26
Picture a scientist in a white lab coat holding a test tube up to the light. Or a brilliant computer geek hunched over a keyboard. These are stereo...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 18, 2014
- Length: 07:34
- Purchases: 1
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 06:58
- Purchases: 1
The history of hip hop usually centers on major cities, but a new archive is highlighting the rich history of hip hop in Virginia. Allison Quantz h...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
John Grisham is one of the best known authors in America, with his books selling over 275 million copies. Allison Quantz tells the story of an aspi...
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 2
Thao Nguyen grew up in Northern Virginia, and started playing music at age 12. Since then she has released three critically acclaimed albums, and s...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:13
On Sunday mornings in the Castro neighborhood, there’s a place where rhythm reigns. Dancers pull out their leg warmers, spandex and fluorescent hea...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 06:09
- Purchases: 1
Like many people who see a pretty rose in bloom, Annette Smith likes to take in the sight and scent of it. But when she bends her head to inhale th...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 08:09
- Purchases: 1
For close to 40 years, the first weekend of October has brought something unusual to the urban byways of West Oakland: cowboys, on horseback, ridin...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
Ever been called on in a staff meeting and felt like you weren’t nearly as brilliant or articulate as usual? Well, you’re not alone. One researcher...
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 02:36
