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Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Fresh Greens 2.0
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Fresh Greens 2.0
NHPR teams up with Generation PRX and the Terrascope Youth Radio group at MIT for another one-hour youth special. "Fresh Greens 2.0" examines what ...

Bought by WNIJ, KBRP Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, WEKU and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 12
Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Settling In
From: War News Radio
Caption: A Sabian Mandaean prepares for baptism in the Tigris., Credit: Associate Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Surging Ahead
From: War News Radio
Caption: President Obama outlines his new Afghan strategy in a televised address., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Out of Step
From: War News Radio
Caption: Two Afghan boys sit together in their village that was suffering from a shortage of food and water, Monday July 29, 2002 in Qiqay, 32 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Khost, Afghanistan., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Contentious Count
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi police officer takes census information from a family in Mosul in March 2009., Credit: Photo courtesy of Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Balancing Act
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Best of Summer '09
From: War News Radio
Caption: Cranes tower over a construction site in Irbil., Credit: Associated Press
News and Features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
War Games
From: War News Radio
Caption: U.S. Army Sgt. Kemar Ebanks plays a simulated action at the booth of the U.S. Army "America's Army" video game, Credit: The Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
New Ground
From: War News Radio
Caption: Kurdish Peshmerga Millitary Academy cadets train at the Kurdish Peshmerga Millitary Academy near Zakho, Iraq, Credit: The Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Kurdish Real Estate Development
From: War News Radio
Caption: A billboard advertises a proposed development in Irbil, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, a city in Kurdish controlled northern Iraq on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, Credit: Associated Press
From Northern Prospects, July 24, 2009: War News Radio reports on the building boom that is changing the face of cities in Iraqi Kurdistan.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:43
Kurdish Elections
From: War News Radio
Caption: A billboard advertises a proposed development in Irbil, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, a city in Kurdish controlled northern Iraq on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, Credit: Associated Press
From Northern Prospects, July 24, 2009: War News Radio chats with Lydia Khalil from the Council on Foreign relations about the 2009 Kurdistan Elect...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 04:24
Northern Prospects
From: War News Radio
Caption: A billboard advertises a proposed development in Irbil, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, a city in Kurdish controlled northern Iraq on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Drying Up
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KVSC and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Letting Them Down
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Six Years In
From: War News Radio
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Linux Roundup for February 25th
From: LISNews Netcast Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at Linux and open source software news

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:35
Bullets to Ballots?
From: War News Radio
Caption: A training session for poll workers in Baghdad., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
A Hidden Community
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at how an indigenous Mexican migrants adapt to city life.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
Childhood Interrupted
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at how immigrant teens grapple with identity issues.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
Unofficial Sister Cities
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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Communities divided by the border discover new ways to stay connected.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
Follow the Money
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the economic forces that push the Purepecha from home and pull them toward Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
Growing Pains
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the tensions in a new immigrant community.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1