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On this episode of Culture Clique, we talk to Captain Aaron Repinski of the Winona Tour boat. Aaron tells us about the history of the Mississippi R...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 21:40
We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 21:32
When urban universities expand, working-class neighborhoods are often the first casualty. We take a look Lambert's Point, the Norfolk, VA community...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Mar 17, 2017
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 1
It was November 9, 2016. Amy was worried about the new political landscape. But some unusual encounters at work gave her fresh perspective.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUER, and KRZA
- Added: Feb 08, 2017
- Length: 11:36
- Purchases: 3
Today, we take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 24:33
- Purchases: 1
The myths and legend surrounding AMC's oldest trail crew, the TFC, aka Trail F*cking Crew.
- Added: Aug 18, 2016
- Length: 25:00
Hundreds gathered Tuesday to watch the Port Clinton lighthouse make a half-mile journey down the Portage River to a new home on Lake Erie. The 120-...
Bought by WXXI Rochester and WBFO
- Added: Aug 16, 2016
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 2
You’ve heard of explorers discovering new lands, but new… fruits? In this episode of Gravy, a couple of young fruit explorers scour the South on a ...
Bought by KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KSFR
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 26:09
- Purchases: 3
A group of 19th century pioneers lay claim to one of the world’s most inhospitable mountains and turn it into a premiere tourist destination.
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 19:41
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...
Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN
- Added: Jun 29, 2016
- Length: 01:23
- Purchases: 4
We talk with Connie Cox from Itasca State Park about Mary Gibbs, the first woman park commissioner in the nation.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 15:22
- Purchases: 3
Reporter Andrew Poirier takes a ride on the A train from beginning to end and discovers that there is more to this train than meets the eye.
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 04:22
While West Virginia may be known for resources like coal, the country once turned to this mountain state for a culinary staple: salt. In this episo...
Bought by WMMT, WMMT, KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE and more
- Added: Sep 24, 2015
- Length: 23:22
- Purchases: 6
The Mig Maw had a name for this place that means cradle on the waves. Which is exactly what Prince Edward Island—PEI as the people here call it—loo...
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 26:31
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 08:42
- Purchases: 4
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...
- Added: Jun 20, 2015
- Length: 28:02
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 25:24
Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:52
“Minnesota 13” is the name of a corn seed developed at the University of Minnesota to suit the shorter growing season in the upper Midwest. But dur...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:48
During the last 150 years, most of Minnesota’s native prairies have been destroyed—converted into farmland for crops like corn and soybeans. But a ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Bradley Boyd and reporter Ashley Creek head to the top of an old hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, which made provisions for a future that never came. ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 09:10
- Purchases: 1
Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:21
LJ Evans (R) and Suzanne Bishop (L) remember working at an animal rescue clinic following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
March 27, 2014 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska. What was that day like for teens and young people living in Anc...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 07:41
