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Multicultural Life

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories

Senor Jorge has lived a multicultural life. Hear how he came to be a Spanish teacher in Austin, Texas.

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature

Melbourne, Australia wanted its residents to help keep an eye on its trees. So they gave every tree an email address. But then the trees started to...

Bought by KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KRZA

StoryCorps: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel in their home in Southbury, Conn., Credit: Alletta Cooper

In 1964, Yetta Bronstein, a woman who never existed, ran for President of the United States. Her creators tell the story behind the fake candidate.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio

E. E. Cummings & Krazy Kat

From: Facts About Fiction

An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

No Flush, No Fuss

From: Devika Bakshi

A visit to a very special toilet.

Bought by PRX Remix

Ping

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WORT

Keeping Square Dancing Alive (and Gay) in NYC

From: Anne Noyes Saini

What do square dancing and the AIDS crisis have in common?

Reinventing 'DIY' on Cape Cod

From: Phoebe Flanigan

Doug Butler is something of a Renaissance man: he’s an inventor, a tailor, an engineer. And whether he’s imagining gadgets from the future or recon...

By the short hairs

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bay Area Beats: Growing up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

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...

Riddles from the Border Regions 2/15/14

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

NO MEAT NOR DRINK ....

Bought by KMXT

Science Straight Up (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

There’s a national conversation about promoting science education for students, but what about science after graduation? Allison Quantz has the sto...

Bought by WABE, WXDU, and PRX Remix

Man Behind the Half Shell

From: Emma Morgenstern

Caption: Steve Lavigne in his shop, Shellback Artworks. Wells, Maine., Credit: Emma Morgenstern

In 1985, Steve Lavigne quit his job to help a friend draw an indie comic book. He never imagined that those comics, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...

Riddles from the Border Regions 12/21/13

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

WE ARE SILVER, WE ARE BRASS ...

if music be the love of food?

From: PhilipDavid Ellwand

Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/07/12

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

WE MAY BE ARCHED, WE MAY BE SCANT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9

The Brazen Belles

From: Sara Robberson

This piece was created for WCAI's Creative Life Series. Producer Sara Robberson takes us to the world of sequence and bras, humor and strip tease –...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio

Riddles from the Border Regions, 04/07/12

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

WHAT IS IT THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND...

Bought by KRCB 104.9

At the Exploratorium, there's no such thing as too much Pi

From: KALW

The basic definition of the number pi is that it’s doesn’t have an exact value – it’s an infinite calculation. But it is possible to know the exact...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music

From: KALW

In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...

Bought by PRX Remix