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Summer Learning Series: Graduation Rates Get Boost Through Summer Learning
From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates
Caption: Scholars dance out to the beat of “Uptown Funk – Bell Edition.” The YMCA of Greater Montgomery Power Scholars Academy Culmination Ceremony was held Friday, July 10, in the auditorium of Carver Elementary School in Montgomery, Credit: Shannon Heupel/Montgomery Advertiser
National education leaders are trumpeting recent increases in high school graduation rates, yet about 20 percent of kids still dropout before compl...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:06
Robots: a hands-on approach to STEM education
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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California eighth graders are ranked 45th in the country in math, according to the most recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Pro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 2
Punjabi-Mexicans in California: A story told through dance
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Duniya Dance and Drum Company practicing using the saap -- a traditional tool used in the Punjabi dance known as Bhangra., Credit: Sandhya Dirks
California has long been a land of possibility. From the Gold Rush to the promise of fertile farmland, people from all over the world have flocked ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Learning how to play on San Francisco’s streets
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Hoot Patooter's Myles Nye, Credit: Marlo McKenzie
Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
Treasure Island High School offers oasis of hope for disconnected youth
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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There’s a lot of talk in education circles these days about changing to the common core curriculum or changing from books to computers. But at Life...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
The usual suspects
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Opening the voice with Silvia Nakkach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
Caption: Musician and composer, Silvia Nakkach
Nakkach’s musical philosophies are influenced by both Western and Eastern traditions. She was born in Argentina and attended Mills College before m...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:31
Video game artists thrive in Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Mission High and Bi-Rite Market partner in a neighborhood divided
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
The Glass Sho: Episode 33 (Willie Nile)
From: Chris McGovern
Series: The Glass Sho
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Singer-songwriter Willie Nile discusses his latest album as well as other things in his career.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:27
Women’s pinball league gives positive tilt to Bay Area scene
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Two of the new games at Hi-Life, Credit: Angela Johnston
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 4
Exploring the city through SF Trolley Dances
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jennifer Perfilio, SF Trolley Dances, Credit: Andy Mogg
Every October, the free outdoor dance festival known as San Francisco Trolley Dances takes audiences on guided tours on public transit with live pe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
La Crosse is the Creator's Game
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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La Crosse used to be an exclusive sport played at prep schools, but for years its been gaining in popularity around the country. KFAI producer Alli...

Bought by KSRQ and WDSE


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Nachito Herrera
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Cuban-born pianist Nachito Herrera moved to Minnesota in 2001, and quickly made a name for himself as a jazz player, composing and performing and w...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Hip Hop in Virginia (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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The history of hip hop usually centers on major cities, but a new archive is highlighting the rich history of hip hop in Virginia. Allison Quantz h...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Grisham's Rules (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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John Grisham is one of the best known authors in America, with his books selling over 275 million copies. Allison Quantz tells the story of an aspi...

Bought by KENW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Bay Area Beats: Growing up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Thao Nguyen grew up in Northern Virginia, and started playing music at age 12. Since then she has released three critically acclaimed albums, and s...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:13
A class for dancers with big dreams, and leg warmers
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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On Sunday mornings in the Castro neighborhood, there’s a place where rhythm reigns. Dancers pull out their leg warmers, spandex and fluorescent hea...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Neighbors are doin' it for themselves
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
Caption: Neighbors of the Quesada Gardens Initiative, Credit: Kevin B. Jones
Like many people who see a pretty rose in bloom, Annette Smith likes to take in the sight and scent of it. But when she bends her head to inhale th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland Black Cowboy Association rides again
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: An Oakland Black Cowboy at the Oakland City Stables, Credit: Julie Caine
For close to 40 years, the first weekend of October has brought something unusual to the urban byways of West Oakland: cowboys, on horseback, ridin...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Meetings Make You Stupid (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Ever been called on in a staff meeting and felt like you weren’t nearly as brilliant or articulate as usual? Well, you’re not alone. One researcher...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
The Meaning of Friendship in the Era of Facebook (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Black Grace - New Zealand Dance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
Caption: New Zealand contemporary dance troupe Black Grace. (Artistic Direction: Neil Ieremia; , Credit: Photography: Duncan Cole
If you’ve ever seen New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team, you know something about the Haka. It’s the traditional Maori warrior dance they use as a ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
Woodburn, The Most Diverse Town In Oregon
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Luis & Luisa Quintero of Luis' Tacqueria in Woodburn, OR, Credit: Photo by Richard Jensen
Throughout the West, historic discriminatory laws have excluded people of color from settling and owning property. Because of that, many Western st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05