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CDC's Medical Detectives
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: EIS Badge, Credit: CDC
As the Zika virus spreads throughout the Western Hemisphere, dozens of medical epidemiologists are following its course and developing strategies t...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
Digging Up Myles Standish
From: Annie Sinsabaugh
Caption: Myles Standish reenactor
There’s a recent trend to question historical icons with complicated histories—Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, and of course the confederate flag. ...

Bought by WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 10: The Moon And The Possum
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Where do we come from? And where do we go when we die? Paul Taylor shares one of the oldest answers to those questions.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 3
Game Maven
From: Lacy Roberts
Caption: Janyce Hill, Credit: Lacy Jane Roberts
Janyce Hill is a gamer. Not video games, but tabletop role-playing games – just think Dungeons and Dragons. Since 1981, she’s been a game master, t...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sharon Long and Steve Sutter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Enrolling in college at 40 to study art, Sharon Long had no idea an anthropology class would put her on a path to a career as a forensic artist.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Audio Speed Tour - GLOBE 2016 Expo (podcast)
From: Denis Du Bois
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Denis Du Bois takes listeners on a 10-minute tour of energy technologies shown at the the Innovation Expo at the GLOBE 2016 Environmental Conference

  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:06
Episode 40: Pappy
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When it comes to the bourbon Pappy Van Winkle, it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have — you can’t get it unless you’re exceptiona...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 23:53
  • Purchases: 1
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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Targeting Boomers / Reentering The Job Market / Modern Guide to Manners / Sacrifices of Military Families / Crossword Puzzles!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Matt Thornhill/boomer marketing Segment 2&3: Gwen Rosener and Linda Murphy/women's employment Segment 4: Henry Alford/manners Segment 5:...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 12, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Les Claypool
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Les Claypool never rests. Whether he’s dealing with his most famous band, Primus, leading his Frog Brigade, or jamming with his new friend Sean Le...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 4
Power Tools to The People!
From: Scott Schlegel
Caption: Repair Cafe bike fix., Credit: Scott Schlegel
A tool lending library builds confidence and community.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
E. E. Cummings & Krazy Kat
From: Facts About Fiction
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
J. California Cooper
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: J. California Cooper, Credit: Ellen Banner / The New York Times
J. California Cooper loved playing with paper dolls--even as an adult.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
E.B. White
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Charlotte
Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
The Speed of Sound: Moon Taxi
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The story of Moon Taxi is one of perseverance and belief that what they were doing would no doubt find its way into the collective consciousness of...

Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Coach, Teacher, Painter: David Freeman
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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Retired O. Henry teacher and counselor, David Freeman, talks with the Mustangs about the middle school's gym dedication, baseball, and his current ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:23
Rat People of New York
From: Karen Robins
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Animals are easy to love - most of them. But it takes a special breed of human to fall for one particular type animal.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 08:18
Episode 9: Three Degrees of Lorne Greene
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you three stories from three current or former Colorado springs residents, completely unknown to one...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 39:29
The Karaoke Singer
From: Sophie McKibben
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Meet Jstar, the sexagenarian karaoke singer. After raising 7 kids, surviving abuse, and overcoming alcoholism, Jstar (aka Joyce Korsak) became a re...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
No Flush, No Fuss
From: Devika Bakshi
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A visit to a very special toilet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #71: Space Law 2.0
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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When you look up at the sky the last thing you probably think about is the law. But space is exactly where the next frontier of law is being played...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 3
The Hair Struggle
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A piece that explains how African-American students across the country are struggling to find stylists capable of doing their hair, and what length...

Bought by WORT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KLCC, 90.5 WSNC, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 5
The poetic wonder of the horoscope
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jessica Lanyadoo is known for her laid back fortune teller vibes
Chances are that at some point in your life you’ve been asked, “What’s your sign?” That phrase is both a terrible pickup line and proof that astro...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:29
Butter the popcorn, park the car, and head back in time at the buzzing Concord drive-in
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Nowadays, all young lovebirds need to get the romance flowing is a Netflix account and a bag of Microwave popcorn. Back in the 1950's and 60's, dat...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:47

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