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How difficult is it to pick up and move your family overseas for a year ?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:33
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Have you wanted to grow your own garden, but you're afraid you don't have a green thumb? Tune in to hear expert advice on how to get started. Avoid...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:30
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In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
Caption: Simeon Wright
This month's Tin Roof Project features Simeon Wright, author of Simeon Speaks, the first eyewitness account of the kidnapping and murder of his cou...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 42:00
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In this second of a two-part series highlighting the winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to be held in Cleveland on Sept. 13th, producer...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
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In this first of a two-part series, Dred-Scott Keyes interviews winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Awards David W. Blight, author of "American Ora...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 56:00
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A search for the Ward 8, Boston's most famous cocktail, leads to an authentic encounter with an old man at the bar. Sometimes it's the stories that...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 07:35
Caption: Janet Peck and her partner of 33 years, Carol Coughlin, hold hands after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Connecticut in 2008., Credit: Chion Wolf
In the next hour, you’ll hear an exclusive interview in which America’s most famous opponent of same-sex marriage announces that he has changed his...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 44:26
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In which I write an break-up letter to improv comedy.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:49
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One evening during the overnight shift at the Hilton, Sam inadvertently ruins a co-worker’s life.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
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One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:54
Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson
A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, I explore Quaker's relationship with technology, from cell phones to Facebook.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 38:08
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, a peek into the experience of growing up Quaker.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 32:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Retail Owner
Time to rethink a forgotten business mandate and increase business profitability...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Loose Cannon
De-stressing ourselves in a challenging economic climate may need some help. Here's how to take a step back from the chaos and frustration, and get...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2010
  • Length: 09:02
Caption: Rio Grande river access on BLM land, Santa Fe, Credit: Chris Goldstein
In 1996 host Chris Goldstein moved from Philadelphia, PA to Santa Fe, NM where he lived for 10 years. In a 4 part series Chris discusses what broug...

  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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Chris Rock's latest documentary Good Hair addresses the complexities of black women's hair in our society with humor. Dr. Althea Prince, a professo...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 23:04
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Yet another nod to Women's History month: Rebecca Barfoot talks about her art.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:07
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An audio collage of the struggle for civil rights, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Bought by Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, KVMR, Prairie Public, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:30:13
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, Credit: Erik Sear
My uncle - Chicago's Santa Claus - finds inspiration in the memory of his father; Santa Claus.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUER, KRZA, WETD, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2009
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 12
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Caption: Backcountry Ranger George Durkee
The story of a hike to interview Backcountry Ranger George Durkee about his life in the middle of a national park.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, The Nature Podcast, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Genocide: How Will History Judge Us?

  • Added: May 28, 2008
  • Length: 28:39