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E's Barbershop Lounge

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

Bought by PRX Remix

Bend, but Don't Break

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

My mom always used to tell me, 'Only the strong survive.' To this day, those words live in me.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix

Patapsco Mart

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I smile, even when it hurts.

Bought by PRX Remix

Certified Master Clock-Maker Mark Mitchell

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I try to avoid dropping things.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Auto Mechanics

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

In the 1970's, Studs Terkel interviewed Duke and Lee Singer at their auto repair shop in Geneva, Illinois. He was looking for a story about fixing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Now We Have Fire: A Tale of Two Bladesmiths

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries

Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.

StoryCorps: Trista James, Tanya James and Michelle Paugh

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more

An Unusual but Legal Trade: the “Mule Women” of Morocco

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Border crossing , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson

Moroccan markets sell goods imported from Spain at a discount for buyers. But that discount comes at a price -- for the Moroccan women who bring th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Dive

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series

My brother Thomas recounts a diving accident he lived through early in his career as a commercial diver.

Designing Above 50 Million Gallons of Water

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: Sketch of the design for the park, Credit: West Seattle Blog

A tour around a newly undergrounded reservoir with Mark Brands, the landscape architect who designed the park to be built above it.

Bought by KLCC

Natrese Thomas, Police Dispatcher

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

Behind drawn shades in a brightly lit room downtown, dispatchers for the Los Angeles Police Department answer 9-1-1 calls and send officers to thei...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Working Poor I: Natasha and Robin

From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor

Caption: Natasha Wynn high-fives her daughter, Robin., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.

A single mom working a fast-food job aims high.

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU

The Mark of a Blacksmith

From: JP Davidson

Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson

Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Future of Farming in Vermont -- with slideshow!

From: Jenny Attiyeh

Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh

Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor. She's farmed her 90 acre plot of land in Andover Vermont for 43 years, and though she's now come down with chronic ob...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio