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When Iceland was hit hard in the 2008 financial crisis, it responded by doing everything Western economic theorists told it not to. It has made an ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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Africa's economies are growing fast, and this is partly linked to entrepreneurship. Women make up a large number of African entrepreneurs, so when ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
Caption: Workers raised the gate on the border fence of the U.S.-Mexico boundary to clean away debris from a cross-border wash. Accumulated debris has knocked down fence segments in the past., Credit: Michel Marizco
We need a secure border before we can reform the immigration system. But it turns out, noone knows exactly what a secure border means.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KOSU


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Austria
Host Phalana Tiller talks about the future of Capitalism with participants at the 2012 Global Peter Drucker Forum in Vienna, Austria.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
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On this incredibly insightful segment, we got a chance to speak with Taki Manolakos, lecturer at Wright State University and member of the editori...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:49
Caption: Secure Origins worksite, Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
Booming cross-border trade has helped border towns grow. Manufacturing jobs have disappeared south of the border, but new service industries are m...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Trucks line up for for inspection at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas. About 5,000 trucks per day travel through this commercial crossing., Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
Part 5 in our series on the 20th anniversary of the signing of NAFTA, we look at the state of border infrastructure and how well it is supporting c...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
Caption: Water treatment plant employees test a raw water sample as part of a two-day training workshop funded by NADBANK., Credit: HERNAN ROZEMBERG
Part of the mandate of the North American Free Trade Agreement was the establishment of the North American Development Bank or NADBANK, designed to...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
Caption: Carlos Fisher, co-owner of Sierra Seed Company, inside one of his greenhouses in Imuris, Sonora, Mexico., Credit: Michel Marizco
Florida tomato producers say Mexican growers are competing unfairly and they want the Obama Administration to take action. In an election year, it...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: NAFTA is 20 years old, Credit: Jill Replogle
NAFTA promised an end to illegal immigration. Good jobs in Mexico would stem the flow of immigrants to the US. Twenty years after the free trade ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
Caption: Bookalokal.com
Expat in Brussels, Evelyne White, launches the first version of a new website on Monday 15th October 2012. Bookalokal.com helps guests seeking a l...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Bill Jordan in his company's Mexicali plant, Credit: Jude Joffe-Block
A profile of a US company that has taken advantage of NAFTA and made a success of it. The company's operations are strategically subdivided to tak...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
Caption: Mwahija Magoti – Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam, Credit: http://www.bot-tz.org
Hugh Sinclair, the author of Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic, in conversation with KALW radio host Rose Aguilar. Sinclair tells the story of...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Secret Stash Records is an independent record label in Minneapolis. Founded in 2009 by then-23-year-old Eric Foss, its special reserve collection f...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Strait of Malacca, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world., Credit: AllVoices.com | lethibichlan
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss China's relationship with the sea, and will explain the exchange of goods, tran...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
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The London Olympics are unfolding as Britain endures a severe recession. With a $17 billion price tag, are the Olympics worth it for a nation going...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
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Is it possible to quantify peace? Australian entrepreneur Steve Killelea found a correlation between peace and business and at Stanford's Peace Inn...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 17:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Is it possible to quantify peace? Australian entrepreneur Steve Killelea found a correlation between peace and business and at Stanford's Peace Inn...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: You bet this story is about fish.
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Ambassador David Shinn and NYU Professor Joshua Eisenman discuss China's economic interests in Africa, and the ethical questions these raise. Next ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Ambassador David Shinn and NYU Professor Joshua Eisenman discuss China's economic interests in Africa, and the ethical questions these raise. Next ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
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How can ethical practices be made an integral part of overseas supply chains? Here's reporter Charles Duhigg on how habits can impact the ethical b...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 14:04
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How can ethical practices be made an integral part of overseas supply chains? Here's reporter Charles Duhigg on how habits can impact the ethical b...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 19:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Owners Linda and Nikolai Alenov
Since the late 1800s, University Avenue has been a major thoroughfare connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul. In 1890, urban streetcars shuttled resid...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1