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Knock knock. Who’s there? Rip off. Rip off who? Rip off YOU! Knock-knock jokes are still around, and so are knock-knock swindlers. They could b...
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 04:52
In the nether regions of New Jersey is a summer camp that uses pianos and shovels to break social barriers...they've been at it since the 1960s.
A...
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 09:16
Wanna buy some drugs? Correspondent Rich Fish prescribes caution when shopping for pharmaceuticals on the Internet. We'll tell you what you need to...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough.
Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 51:01
Correspondent Rich Fish welcomes students to Bloomington with the first segment in a two-part series looking at scams that target the college-bound.
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 04:51
Miranda Loud interviews painter Gary Dunn on the edge of Brooklyn's Prospect Park - asking him to share his ideas about the role public parks play ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2012
- Length: 05:14
Today, we measure the body temperature of something that's been dead for 170 million years. Our guest is Dr. Robert Eagle, a researcher at UCLA.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 12:16
Host Richard Fish helps keep you from getting played over the Super Bowl weekend in our weekly consumer watch dog segment.
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 04:51
Our weekly consumer watch dog segment heralds the early arrival of tax season scams.
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 04:59
Host Richard Fish counts down the top scams of 2011.
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Host Richard Fish counts down the top scams of 2011.
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:01
: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
It’s been two years since Masika Bermudez lost her only son Jaheem Herrera to suicide…. but the heart wrenching emotions are still raw as if he die...
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 04:00
For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.
- Added: Dec 31, 2011
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 5
Graduate students at UCONN are helping small businesses learn about enterprise risk management and they are producing stellar results.
- Added: Aug 24, 2011
- Length: 59:57
Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 2
When we run out of ways to deal with a troubled child, often that child ends up in prison. In Illinois, thousands are incarcerated every year. We i...
- Added: Apr 28, 2010
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...
Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 40
A reflection on English language accents in Britain and elsewhere.
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, CKMO, and KVSC
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 29:58
- Purchases: 3
As we mark the 6th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, reporter Aaron Glantz takes us inside the war as it comes home to our communities. We f...
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
A fake city comes to life to prove that dialogue and ideas can transform a region.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW and more
- Added: Aug 11, 2008
- Length: 17:51
- Purchases: 6
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
Debt from student loans is on the rise. How some former and current students are struggling with college debt.
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRUA, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 08, 2008
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 4
Indoor air pollution can be far more harmful than what you breathe outside
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 14, 2007
- Length: 05:46
- Purchases: 1
David Kates visits two Los Angeles-area schools to find out what's involved in educating English learners.
- Added: Jun 12, 2007
- Length: 04:00
