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Police on Facebook
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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More than six million cars, trucks, and other vehicles clog the streets of New Delhi, India every day. And there’s not nearly enough police to enf...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
WVR - Show 345 (Half Hour) - Technology Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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(For Air Weekend of Aug. 21, 2010) Go ahead -- take a guess. What’s the most-watched television show in the world? TV is sweeping across the develo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
WVR - Show 345 (One Hour) - Technology Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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(For air weekend of 8.21.10) Go ahead – twitter this. What’s the most-watched television show in the world? TV is sweeping across the developing wo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
Robot Kid
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
One Laptop
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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One laptop per child. That’s the goal of a non-profit group working to put laptops into the hands of kids all across the developing world. The id...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Social Media - Week of 7/8/10
From: Jessica Weil
Series: PJA Live: This Week in Social Media
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The Geography of Narcissism: Social Media Behavior & Usage in Various Cultures

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:12
Broadband and Lonely Russian Women
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does increasing broadband only increase the volume of junk email?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2010
  • Length: :59
Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen at the National Press Club
From: National Press Club
Caption: Admiral Thad Allen
Retiring Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen, speaks to the National Press Club.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 54:02
Community Cooker
From: World Vision Report
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Kibera is a vast slum in the Kenyan capitol of Nairobi. People who live there struggle with the high price of cooking fuel and the lack of garbage...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
Camotero Cart
From: World Vision Report
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One piece of technology you’ll find in Mexico has fire in its belly and a shrieking whistle to blow off steam. Reporter Shannon Young examines a M...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Solar Engineers
From: World Vision Report
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It’s been more than 30-years since the first Barefoot College was established in Tilonia in northern India. Since then smaller Barefoot Colleges h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 313 (Half Hour) - Technology Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Go ahead -- take a guess. What’s the most-watched television show in the world? TV is sweeping across the developing world like a prairie fire. And...

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 313 (One Hour) - Technology Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Go ahead – twitter this. What’s the most-watched television show in the world? TV is sweeping across the developing world like a prairie fire. And ...

Bought by WBEZ and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Great Firewall of China
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Universal Design In Japan
From: Ross Chambless
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In Japan Universal Design is often being heard through talking machines and appliances.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hole in the Wall Computers
From: World Vision Report
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show took place earlier this month in Las Vegas. New Palm pilots, fancy new cell phones, and new ways to listen to...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
The State We're In: Special on Technology and Human Rights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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A special on technology and human rights, including social networking sites in the Middle East, a site that counts the murdered in a Brazilian sta...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
Simon Winchester: on Joseph Needham 'The Man Who Loved China'
From: Claudia Cragg
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Joseph Needham and 'The Needham Question'

  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 22:29
Anti-Violence Program in Guatemala City keeps youth off the streets
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Guatemala City's youth are given an alternative to gang life and crime through a unique program in the heart of the city's wors...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
MegaCities Series 4: Shanghai, China
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 4: Shanghai, China

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 13:15
MegaCities Series 3: Mumbai, India
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 3: Mumbai, India

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 12:34
MegaCities Series 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 08:57
  • Purchases: 1
MegaCities Series 1: Tokyo, Japan
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 1: Tokyo, Japan

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 11:25
Amuesha Map
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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In the jungle of Peru, an American anthropologist and an indigenous tribesman work against time to create a high-tech "cultural map" of the tribe's...

Bought by WBEZ, PRX Remix, and Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 3