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if music be the love of food?

From: PhilipDavid Ellwand

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

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

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

Cyber Teachers

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 11, 2013
Length: 02:29
Purchases: 1

Moving Closer

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC

Added: Mar 26, 2013
Length: 06:24
Purchases: 2

The Sound of Early America

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Caption: Towns in the southern colonies had many residents who were slaves or free blacks., Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark

Added: Mar 22, 2013
Length: 02:30
Purchases: 2

LEGO Robotics

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A robotics competition for 9- to 14-year-olds is a sneaky way to get kids excited about science. Allison Quantz followed one team into competition ...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Dec 07, 2012
Length: 02:45
Purchases: 2

A 100-Mile Thanksgiving

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

This is one of our favorite Thanksgiving shows from the past: We invite you to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, where nearly everything on the tabl...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVTF and more

Added: Nov 09, 2012
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 11

Poling Upstream

From: Kelley Libby

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marshall Expedition, an important event in the history of early American commerce. Recently, a group o...

Added: Oct 11, 2012
Length: 03:27

Sacred Harp: the punk rock of choral music

From: KALW

Sacred harp singing is considered to be one of the oldest forms of American folk music. It dates back to the 1700s, to a choral style that develop...

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

Added: Aug 29, 2012
Length: 06:50
Purchases: 3

Ken Prue on Movies 1-Blade Runner

From: Laurence Stevenson
Series: Ken Prue on Movies

Caption: Ken Prue at Nothumberland Mall Theatre

Movie enthusiast Ken Prue discusses his favorite movie, Blade Runner.

Added: Jun 26, 2012
Length: 27:46

Beat Pedaler

From: vanessa lowe

Beat Pedaler is an in-depth exploration of rapper, inventor and educator Paul Freedman’s passion for bike culture.

Bought by KDNK, KUNM, KVSC, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRIR and more

Added: Jun 25, 2012
Length: 30:01
Purchases: 24

Aina - A Hawaiian Youth's Love for the Land

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Caption: Nainoa Kaiama, Credit: Richard Jensen

A teen combines new farming techniques with traditional foodways at one of Hawaii's remaining agricultural high schools to help his family's farm.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jun 06, 2012
Length: 08:13
Purchases: 1

Old school artform meets new school audience with Opera on Tap

From: KALW

Caption: San Francisco Opera on Tap co-founder Indre Viskontas organizes the opera performances at Café Royale., Credit: Erica Mu

Long before Beyonce decided to redefine “diva” for pop culture, the term was associated with high culture. Nevertheless, divas of then and now have...

Added: Jan 16, 2012
Length: 08:48

Breaded Pork Tenderloin

From: Jon Kay
Series: Second Servings

One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...

Added: Dec 02, 2011
Length: :00

Ladino Hanukah Songs Shed Light on Endangered Language of Jews

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Ladino: The Endangered Language of the Spanish Jews

Caption: Rivka Amado performs Ladino songs at the Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in Danville, California., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller

As the candles of Hanukah connect Jews around the world, holiday songs in Ladino shine a light on a language UNESCO rates as “severely endangered.”...

Bought by KSFR, KUPR low power FM, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WTIP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more