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A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Parrot Fortune Teller
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
How Coca Cola Became Kosher
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Rabbi Tobias Geffen
The story of how one rabbi got Coca Cola to become kosher

Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRCB 104.9, BSR Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 7
Hog Chocolate
From: Kezia Simister
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A recipe for porcine treats

Bought by KRCC-FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 2
Um
From: paul overton
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The "cutting room floor" yields a musical montage.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:30