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Jim Henson would have been 80 years old on September 24, 2016. Learn the story of his career and short life.
- Added: Sep 25, 2016
- Length: 09:00
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 09:24
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Lee Miller is a bootmaker with a storied history, carrying on the traditions and techniques of the best bootmakers anywhere in the world.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 06:03
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Mark Erlewine may be known as the Luthier of the Stars, but his Austin workshopshop couldn't be more down to Earth. Hear the story of the man who m...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:29
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:22
A discussion of the unparalleled conifer biodiversity in the Klamath mountain region. Taking the long view through geologic time, this segment of ...
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio
- Added: Jul 14, 2016
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 3
An audio postcard about the American Dipper, highlighting some behavioral and physiological aspects of this ubiquitous songbird along rivers and st...
Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio
- Added: Jul 14, 2016
- Length: 01:27
- Purchases: 4
Ramona Tascoe and Abby Ginzberg talk raised consciousness, protective armor, and being willing to die for a cause.
- Added: May 15, 2016
- Length: 31:09
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Jim Conally reflects on his musical career, life journeys, and the sea.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 02:58
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Matthew Lee tells the story of how he came to make world-class gelato.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 03:26
Live Art,sponsored the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, is the only program of its kind in the country, or the world for t...
- Added: Oct 16, 2015
- Length: 24:21
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
Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 04:44
Lupe Herrera has all the protections of United States citizenship, but none of that is guaranteed to her brother and parents. This legal crack in t...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUER, KSFR, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 4
Across the US, fewer than half of all public schools have a nurse available to kids all day, every day, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 05:18
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
Matt Velguth runs The Bike Shop, an after-school program for low-income kids, because he wants to empower them and help them mature into independen...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 05:22
Art teacher and glass sculptor Rolanda Scott was first diagnosed with breast cancer years ago, but she kept teaching and for the longest while surv...
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 28:20
Sometimes art can ease your pain, maybe even save your life. And the medium you started working in sometimes becomes another form all together.
Rol...
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 25:30
The Chicano movement changed California forever in the 1960s and 70s, and its legacy continues in the form of a Sacramento arts center for kids of ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2014
- Length: 04:51
Lee Millam has lived in high-rise blocks of flats in London for years. In this podcast he explores the highs and lows of living high up, and also ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2014
- Length: 09:23
Andrie Morris talks to playwright and Shakespeare expert, Jennie Buckman and Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts about working with Shak...
- Added: Jul 28, 2014
- Length: 16:14
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
M.J. Levy Dickson is a visual artist from Nantucket. She uses glass to create environmental installations, but she did not always work like this. P...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 3
