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Becca doesn't have very good luck with hiking. This is the story of her two near-death experiences with hiking, set ten years apart.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Arctic sunset, Credit: Ralph Lee Hopkins
Jennifer Kingsley returns to the Arctic almost every year. She has taken some long journeys across the north by canoe, but these days she travels a...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Lonnie Dupre summitted Denali a few weeks ago after three previous attempts, becoming the first person to ever accomplish this solo in January. He ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 32:05
  • Purchases: 1
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On this edition of Youth Media Project’s Audio Revolution, we return to the Global Leadership Forum in Las Vegas, New Mexico to hear powerful stori...

Bought by KUNM and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 2
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WTIP Program Director Matthew Brown had a goal of sailing 50.000 miles by the time he was 50. He just completed the last 3,000 miles, on a sailing ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
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WTIP's Roadhouse producer Ann Possis put host Buck Benson in the guest seat for a conversation about his recent bicycle adventure through South Am...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beno Picciano poses amid the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. He spent time there during the summer of 2008 living with a host family.
Beno Picciano and Lizzie Kirschner dive into the issue of cultural understanding by chatting with good friends who immigrated from India and Ethiop...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 11:08
Caption: RadioActive's Kamna Shastri and her cousin Ananya Shankar in Seattle, Credit: Jenny Asarnow
A 13-year-old girl in Chennai, India, had always wanted to visit the United States. But when she does, her idealized view of America is tested by t...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with my best friend about her experiance coming to America.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane in KUOW's studio recording this program. , Credit: Lila Kitaeff
This month RadioActive hosts Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane are fixing to surprise you. First we bring you three amazing stories about the challenges ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The first Simmer episode features an interview with Malawi Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and songwriter Dr. Jack Allison and an investigation of t...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
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The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...

Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 17:37
  • Purchases: 4
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Gary Fiedler of Hermantown just returned from a seven-month odyssey in the Boundary Waters and Quetico, making 13 trips over every portage and taki...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
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When consoling friends about their relationship endings, I often say: "Sweetheart, breakups are never an event. Breakups are a process." And as i...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:26
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Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
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Cook County, Minn. native Anna Steel is trust and safety operations manager in Europe for Airbnb, and she's based in Dublin. Airbnb is a new way fo...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:01
Caption: Buck Benson, right, prepares to ride zipline, Credit: Chris Polydoroff
WTIP's The Roadhouse producer Ann Possis turned the tables on host Buck Benson to learn about his upcoming adventure in the Andes, biking from the ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:43
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This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
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When is wildness on our side, and when does it have to be eliminated?

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Dan Blessing and his canoe partner Mark Vangrinsven paddled nearly 4,000 miles from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean in a birch bark canoe they b...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1999, Julie Buckles and her new husband built a wood and canvas canoe and set off on a 1,700-mile canoe honeymoon on the Voyageur Highway from L...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 16:06
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Lutsen writer Andy Keith paddled downstream through the three different watersheds that originate in northern Minnesota, eventually reaching the Gu...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 12:41
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we learn about a Winona event that has a positive impact on the area when it comes to health, and to our local e...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Eric Larsen, formerly of Grand Marais, just completed his "Last North" unsupported and unassisted expedition to the North Pole. He and his teammate...

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 17:11
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:37