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A Tale As Old as Tom: Getting to Know the Tom of Tom's Popcorn Shop
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Tom is ready to greet customers with a joke and a smile at Tom's Popcorn Shop, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a little popcorn shop in the Nokomis neighborhood of south Minneapolis where you can get popcorn, banter, and half off double the normal pr...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 07:10
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Billions lost! Ask me how!
From: Merle Kessler
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Some flunky at a bank in France lost billions. How?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Hairdressers of New York City
From: Laura Spero
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Hairdressers in New York City describe how things look from behind the chair

Bought by KUT, KXOT Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 3
Tales of the Free Market
From: Merle Kessler
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Ian Shoales finds disturbing evidence of the failures of capitalism.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
The Thrill of the Unmarked Car
From: Dick Meister
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We're all driving billboards -- for free.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Is Your Boss Insane?
From: Merle Kessler
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A new test determines if your boss is a sociopath. Discuss.

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 01:49