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Texas Park Has Bad Air Day
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Big Bend National Park has some of the most spectacular scenery in the United States. It's in the boonies of southwest Texas, yet it has the smoggi...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shattering the Stigma: Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Women's History Month Special
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Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, 90.5 WSNC, KMUD, KREV-LP, WVAS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 12
Don't We All Deserve (and Need) a Sabbatical?
From: Deb Krumholz
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inspiring interview about sabbaticals and how everyone can and should take one

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 27:24
White Tea in Three Minutes
From: Paul Levinson
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an appreciation

  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
Sit With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Twelve year old Cameron Ledoux talks with his father about his dad's depression.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's Andrew Heavens reports on the delivery of tetanus vaccine to remote tribal villages in Ethiopia

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
My Family Remembers
From: Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos digs into his family's past to uncover the lasting effects of his brush with a near-fatal illness.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KRCB Voice of Youth


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
"Bright" Worms Live Longer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Why do we grow old and die? Most scientists cite genetics, environmental factors, and chance. Shane Rea, a scientist at the University of Colorado,...

Bought by KMXT and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mussels May Yield Medically Useful Glue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a story that?ll stick with you! We're talking about sticky stuff - glue - and the mussels that make it.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Can Your Lunch Kill You?
From: Tanya Ott
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Mad Cow. Avian Flu. Mercury-contaminated fish. Every day there seems to be a new threat to the U-S food supply. But how real is the risk and are co...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Benetech's Humanitarian Technology
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Non-profit tech start-up looks out for the rest of us

  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 08:39
Hair Cut Check Up
From: Tanya Ott
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African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates than other women, but a unique program is turning African American hair dressers i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Urban Green
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Urban Green explores the ribbons of greenery in our city environment: urban watersheds, community gardens and farmers' markets, that connect us to ...

Bought by KVMR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WKSU and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2006
  • Length: 52:12
  • Purchases: 6
Are Your Favorite Medicinal Herbs Endangered?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A lot of medicines are derived from plants. And today, the growing popularity of traditional medicine has many of us using herbs to prevent and tre...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Better Weather Forecasting Can Curb Epidemics
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Could more accurate weather forecasts help prevent epidemics? Yes, according to recent research.

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12
Body in Motion
From: Jesse Hardman
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A story about my father and his struggle with Parkinsons disease

Bought by KZSC, Spokane Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 10:31
  • Purchases: 3
Teens from Brooklyn Join the AIDS Effort in Ethiopia
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Two HIV-poitive teenagers from Brooklyn traveled to Ethiopia and recorded a Digital Diary about their experience

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
World AIDS Day: Kenyan Children
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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The lives of Kenyan Children not improving despite progress in fighting AIDS in Kenya

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
Bones In Motion
From: James Mills
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bones In Motion turns cell phones into athletic training devices

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 08:15
Finding Out
From: Susan Goldberg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Susan's mother died of breast cancer on Mother's Day in 2004. She carried a genetic mutation that made her susceptible to the disease. After years ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 20:11
RN Documentary: An Ode to Health and Ignorance
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What it?s like to suffer from a disease that little is known about.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 23, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
More Poison, Says Bush
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the Bush administration's successful attempt to allow U.S. growers to continue using methyl bromide, the highly toxic pesticide ban...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:54
Tales From the Frontline
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence can last for many years after the battle has ended.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:02

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