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Pete Seeger's Early Years: Music, Politics, and the Banjo

From: Adam Morse
Series: There Is A Season: The Pete Seeger Podcast

This episode delves into Pete Seeger's early years growing up in upstate New York and at boarding school; his political worldview as channeled thro...

Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 60

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Two episodes that push against stereotypes.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)

Throwing It Out

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library

Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman

We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...

Bought by PRX Remix

From Piers to Plantations

From: Ian Ruskin

The story of Hawai’i, as told through the voices of Karl Malden, Ed Asner, Carroll O’Connor, Congressional members Patsy Mink, Neil Abercrombie and...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KWMR

On The Trail

From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces

Youth Conservation Corps Rover Cody Gardner talks about his background in Long Island and urban planning and how it relates to his work in the wild...

Leaving Teaching for Tech

From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

Former teacher and current tech worker Sophia talks about why she left the classroom, how people perceive teachers, how to bring STEM to four-year-...

Remembering Tom Landry: The Man In The Hat

From: W F Strong
Series: Stories from Texas

A quick biopic on the life of Tom Landry with a focus on his finest season.

Now We Have Fire: A Tale of Two Bladesmiths

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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.

Texas Traditions: A Boot Worth the Wait

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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.

Indebted

From: Re:Work

Who was your favorite teacher in high school? We all have that unforgettable teacher that sets us on our life’s trajectory. But most of the time we...

Old Sturbridge Village

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

At Old Sturbridge Village, a rotating cast of men and women don period clothes while performing 19th century roles for the public. Emily Kwong take...

Bought by PRX Remix

What's Manufactured in Chicago?

From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City

Chi-town manufacturing hasn’t disappeared, you just have to know where to look for it.

Bought by PRX Remix

Cut/Back

From: Michelle Boyd
Series: Meet the Budget Cuts

Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

"A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE POOR"

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

A modern look at the world's poor and the causes of poverty

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Dialog in the Dark

From: Marianne Gardner

Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting

Not the Only Kid on the Block

From: Learning Matters

George Parker, president of Washington DC's Teachers Union shares some astonishing confessions about the lack of accountability in the union and ho...