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Civil War Selfies (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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A Facebook selfie or Instagrammed lunch is a far cry from what used to be required to take a picture. With expensive, slow technology, most photos ...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
Guns and Suicide: The Hidden Toll (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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The gun control debate often centers around homicides and the fear of someone else with a gun. However, attention is rarely paid to the link betwee...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUER, WXDU, PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 7
The Pope Francis Phenomenon
From: Open Source
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What is the human hunger Pope Francis has confirmed – not just Catholic or churchy — all across the world?

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
Coming Out to Adult Children (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Stories about people coming out as gay or lesbian are more and more common. But usually it’s young people coming out to parents or friends. Allison...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Palestinians Fleeing Syria Head to Thailand Hoping for a New Start
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The half a million Palestinians living in Syria have a short list of countries that will open their doors. So when word got out that Palestinians ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
In Turkey, Legal Limbo for 500,000 Syrians
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A Syrian refugee girl looks out from behind the fence at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border April 10, 2012., Credit: Freedom House
The refugee crisis in Turkey has reached unprecedented proportions, with more than half a million Syrian refugees streaming across the border. But ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:32
WIN Labor Report: December 13, 2013
From: Workers Independent News
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Updates on locked-out nurses, NYU grad students, and restaurant guides!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Collecting Accents (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Contrary to popular belief, regional accents are still very much a part of the American cultural landscape. Allison Quantz has the story of a Virgi...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
House Music Scene
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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A "house-head" is someone who enjoys the music, the dance and the positive vibe that is a part of the house music culture. What is House Music? Mec...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:32
Self-Induced Abortion
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti takes on the delicate topic of at-home abortion, which typically means ingesting a pill or an herb that will c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Rapidly Changing City of Shanghai (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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China is everywhere in American news, but we seem to hear the same stories over and over. A new book set in Shanghai seeks to tell a less familiar ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
An Equation to Predict Crime?
From: Aaron Mendelson
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Interview with Black Kold Madina / Kimberly Roberts
From: Jesse Chanin
Series: My Choice My Voice
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My Choice My Voice teens Wanya Ramsey and Frank D interview Black Kold Madina a.k.a. Kimberly Roberts about her award winning film "Trouble the Wat...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:43
Grapefruit Juice - A Dangerous Mixer
From: David Niesel
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Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Island Signs
From: Dylan Peers McCoy
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This is the story of the life and death of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language. It was produced for the Transom Story Workshop.*

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
Secret Awesome
From: Dylan Peers McCoy
Caption: A Surly Puppet
Secret Awesome defies categories. But if you press the founder, Zak Kirwin, he describes them as a D.I.Y. artists collective. They are definitely a...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by WUFT, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, WRIR, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Yemen: Scarce Water, Security Threat?
From: War News Radio
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Roots Thinning In Rural America
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America
Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
Conscious Capitalism 2013
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
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Participants at the 2013 Conscious Capitalism conference discuss finding alternatives to the “maximizing shareholder value” model and how business ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Mindful Kids
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For kids in school, Spring Break is offering a much needed respite from the pressures of being a student. Two psychologists are working with a tech...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Kelley Libby attended the first le...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane
From: Kelley Libby
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Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Producer Kelley Libby attended the...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Mysterious Life of the Rubber Ducky
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Rubber Duckies aren't just an old fashioned bathtub toy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 4

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