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Season 2: Vostel of Berlin #53
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Hanna Lutz and Stefanie Frost of Vostel
Season 2: Vostel of Berlin with Hanna Lutz Romy interviews Hanna Lutz of social enterprise Vostel in Berlin. Vostel is an online platform matchin...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:53
Season 2: Mailbag! #52
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Mailbag
Time for the Mailbag! Romy answers three great listener questions followed by a light-hearted full song by Tim Schumack of Detroit.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 11:20
Season 2: Scott Francisco & Jessica Robinson, Green Garages #51
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Scott Fransisco
In this episode, Jessica and Scott Francisco, Director of Pilot Projects, discover a mutual fascination with the unloved city parking garage and ex...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:46
Season 2: Jessica Robinson Intro: Bonfires on the Move#45
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Jessica Robinson
Bonfires on the Move! Technology solving mobility issues! Meet the new host of Bonfires on the Move, Jessica Robinson. Jessica and Romy discuss...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 30:53
Season 2: Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan of Detroit Social Enterprise#42
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Veronika Scott
Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan shares her missional journey of discovering her passion for creating employment for the homeless. She courag...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 40:51
Splitting Fares App in Detroit#23
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season One: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: The SPLT Fares Team, Credit: SPLT
The Bonfires of Social Enterprise with Romy Gingras of Gingras Global visits Ford Field in Detroit, the home of mentorship technology program, Tech...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:44
Brave Genius
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Writing from History
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Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll shares his findings on the friendship between writer Albert Camus and biologist Jacques Monod.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 13:25
Babies. Why?
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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What most people see as a law of nature might actually be a sociological trend. In this show we speak with experts to get to the bottom of our true...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 50:55
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve Almond
You've heard part of this story on two NPR shows. Here is an extended interview: Football is not good for us, Steve Almond concludes, it’s not goo...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Small Is Beautiful - Companies that Choose to Be Great instead of Big
From: Nancy Lin
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With the business environment becoming more competitive than ever, many companies are wrapped-up in the notion that if they don’t grow rapidly, the...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 47:50
Underground Trade Part 1: Hiding in Plain Sight
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok
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On a warm night a Boston suburb saw its image altered with the arrests of individuals connected to a massage parlor. Behind the closed doors poli...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 5
Toxic Stress: Why Abuse and Trauma Linger into Adulthood
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Kathy Picard, Credit: Karen Brown
It's no surprise that early trauma can effect someone for years to come, but researchers in Massachusetts are starting to understanding what exactl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 3
The Size of Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How small and how large can life be? Hear scientists consider various answers to these questions and even attempt to convince you that life can be ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 2
Surrogacy Among Friends
From: Karen Brown
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A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration 2007-2008
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A year of in-depth immigration stories produced by NPR's Latino USA.

Bought by KUNM, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
In the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. in Europe
From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
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A German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WHFR, Radio Catskill, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 19
Foster Care Utopia
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of an innovative foster care community

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
Bioprospecting in Chiapas
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Traditional Mexican healers have stopped "bioprospecting projects of foreign pharmaceutical companies.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, WAER Syracuse, NY, Here and Now and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 6
Roads on the Isthmus
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Improved roads were supposed to be a side-benefit of NAFTA, but some poor Mexicans are convinced that highways won't improve their lives.

Bought by KUNM and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 2
Corn in Oaxaca
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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US corn imports in Mexico are making it hard for traditional farmers to maintain precious biodiversity.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Mangroves on the Yucatan
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Mexico is trying to balance its lucrative tourism industry with the need to protect fragile coastal ecosystems.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, Here and Now, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 4
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2