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The Number of Squirrels in NYC Parks in a Nutshell
From: Rebekah Robinson
Caption: Curious squirrel, Central Park, New York, Credit: basair is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0
How many squirrels are there in Central Park? It’s not just a trivia question for a dinner party. The answer tells us a lot about the urban environ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:44
From Frogs To Wands of Destiny: The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Mother
Caption: Meg Crane's home pregnancy test prototype, 1968., Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law Episode #61: Outside the Womb
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themse...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 19:32
Zombie Pub Crawl 2012
From: Mitch Skinner
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Mitch Skinner goes to the 8th annual Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis/St. Paul and finds out how it's affecting local businesses.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:09
All Mixed Up : Shakedown with James Ellroy
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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Conversation with author James Ellroy about his online book "Shakedown" featuring Confidential magazine and LA Detective Fred Otash. Featuring clas...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:08
Misogyny Loves Company...even in 2012 ( UPDATE/REMIX)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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Misogyny is alive and well in 2012. No surprise ( After all,as you'll hear in this program, even the music of the "peace and love" sixties was fill...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:50
Tribute or Plagiarism? ( A Question of 21st Century Ethics) DEC 2011 UPDATE/REMIX
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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A "newsical" program offering context and perspective on the ethics of our times. A DJ samples music from 5 other artists for mashup and is hailed ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 57:50
Cycle of Fear: The Thin White Line Between "Biker Friendly" and "Biker Deadly"
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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Lifelong journalist and cyclist, Paul Fischer, on what it takes to survive urban cycling in 2011...told thru soundbites, music and narration. Helme...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:32
Warlock
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi holds up his non-functioning phone., Credit: Associated Press
From Signal Interrupted, on April 30, 2010. War News Radio reports on a new device that's interrupting communications in Iraq.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
Wii and Wheelchairs
From: Berkeley J-School
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Jessica Meyers reports on a group of nursing home residents who play the same video games as their grandchildren. Only better.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home, plus a feature on the flight of artists from...

Bought by KUT-HD, 90.5 WSNC, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
#3: Hang Time with Igor at Post 43
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The unusual setting where Igor Stravinsky conducted many of his recordings -- Hollywood Post 43 of the American Legion

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 16:18
Dumpster Diving
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Tips, Tricks, and reasons why a person should find their new stuff in someone's old stuff.

Bought by YouthCast, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Pumpkin Pie Show
From: Dan Kramer
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exploring the world on stage with Clay McLeod Chapman

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
Harry Nilsson and the Case for Profanity
From: Jackson Braider
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They had let James Joyce's novels in, they were showing hot movies in Cleveland -- so why were two record store owners going to jail for playing Ha...

Bought by PRX Remix and KWCW


  • Added: Jun 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
Sectional Strangeness
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Peculiarities of United States land surveying.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10