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Since the story of Jan Wahl was divided into two episodes, we thought we'd add part two a lil early so you can enjoy the rest of his story.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:08
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How we change nature and nature changes us, from wildflower picking in Israel to ayahuasca retreats in Peru.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Tyrone Jones
Three true stories told live from a London stage. In this programme: * Sudeshna escapes war-torn Uganda thanks to her father * Alix Fox reveals ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 30:43
  • Purchases: 1
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For the year’s heaviest week of travel, Israel Story brings tales of love and interrogation at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 50:29
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Today on Art Beat we take you to the Frozen River Film Festival, which celebrated its 10th year in 2015. We will learn exactly what competitive puz...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 12:38
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Israel Story producers crisscrossed the small country, visiting every 48 Herzl Street and collecting stories from whomever they encountered.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 37:16
Caption: Mount Everest as seen from an aircraft from airline company Drukair in Bhutan. The aircraft is south of the mountains, facing north., Credit: Papa Lima Whiskey 2
An incredible story of a cancer survivor that goes on to do the impossible.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2015
  • Length: 34:49
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A special evergreen edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man in the wilderness searches a lake for a missing boater, a recovering alcoholic s...

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Would you like to go? People are signing up for this trip to colonize Mars. Author and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki reads from his new book, ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Patrick Dobson was stuck in his life, so he decided to take a trip by canoe from Montana to Missouri. Only he had never canoed before.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 19:19
  • Purchases: 2
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For years Danna Harman had been reporting the same old political stories for The Jerusalem Post. She wanted out. That’s how she found herself in Ke...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 20:05
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Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 44:14
Caption: Beer as cold as your ex's heart
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:44
Caption: kilimanjaro, Credit: LN Lurie
My experience of climbing the Roof of Africa!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 22:22
Caption: Love Baltimore, Credit: LN Lurie
Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings. Are they actually valid? That’s what we find out.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 13:01
Caption: blackfriday line, Credit: LN Lurie
Stories from disaster relief workers Ian Burgess and LN Lurie

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:54
Caption: Airstream!, Credit: Whitney Hills
Driving an Airstream trailer across i-10

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:55
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Tattoo artist Ron White goes through several generations to tell us how he got to where he is today. It's not what you're expecting. Part one of th...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:21
Caption: Riders catching rings, Credit: Jonathan Earle
The story about the ring-catching game, played at the Flying Horses carousel on Martha's Vineyard, and my search for the greatest ring-catcher of a...

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


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Cross Country Riders, Credit: The Dark Room:http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/04/april-17-photo-brief-pope-francis-swaps-caps-counterfeit-benjamins-military-exercises-cyclists-tackle-the-wall-of-huy-thatcher-funeral/#2
In this sit down interview Henry Prescott expresses that any disease that limits mobility is a disease he is called to work against.

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 11:13
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Author Albert Podell reads from his book, Around The World In 50 years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth. In this passage, Albert is visiting...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Visitors to Jerusalem's Old City can reasonably expect to bump into a missionary or two. Mishy Harman and Nava Winkler introduce us to a couple of ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Caption: Elik Frumchenko whistles with members of a Chinese whistling festival
A young Israeli is backpacking in China when he becomes the first ever Western professional whistler to perform at a Chinese whistle convention.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Interstate 95 unceremoniously ends in Miami, dumping drivers onto US1., Credit: Greg Castillo for WLRN
A series of tourist murders leads to a national conversation on cruel and unusual punishment for teenagers, two street artists become public enemy ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 50:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom, Pam Raider, Vera Grubbs, Rick Fettig & Jeff Foster. First aired Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 9 AM on WFHB

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01