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Cartoonist Nate Powell has become one of the most recognized names in the graphic novel industry and spoke with correspondent Michael Glab for this...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 09:22
Caption: Hollie McNish, poet
We explore the role of the community in supporting moms to breastfeed their babies.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: :47
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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On this special episode of EcoReport, Dan Young talks with the Chief Wildlife Biologist of the National Parks Service, Glen Plumb; about history an...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:06
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Previously on Art Beat we featured our interview with Jim Tittle, conducted during the Frozen River Film Festival. Jim started out as a photographe...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 40:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Immediately after the bombings on Marathon Monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
Caption: U.S. Congressmen Charlie Rangel
The 2nd in a series of Conversation with the Newsmakers from around our region.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 21:11
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Tune in to the small town news you need to know!

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
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Catch items from today's news that you may have missed!

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
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There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 22:00
Caption: Steffan Ireland
Steffan Ireland of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about healthcare.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: :31
Caption: Voices of Young Voters
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
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Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
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For the first time in state Senate history, a committee gathered in Sacramento this week to talk about a problem that they say has been ignored for...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
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New methods of drilling for natural gas and oil have opened up previously unreachable resources deep below the Earth’s surface in Ohio. Depending o...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:44
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Brooklyn hipsters explore modern commerce through social networking, urban tribalism, and suspicious fires.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
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A reissue of my in-depth interview with the legendary broadcast journalist about his life and times...and ours...in which he talks about many of th...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 45:29
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
As the Supreme Court Justices listen to lawyers try to find the legal logic in requiring people to buy health insurance, let us remember that peopl...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:45
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Host Lisa-Marie Napoli speaks with the Dean of the Office for Women's Affairs at Indiana University, Yvette Alex-Assesnsoh, and Maren Pink of IU's ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:30
Caption: Tropical Audobon Society members on the annual Christmas Bird Count, Credit: Dina Weinstein
The annual Christmas Bird Count involves birders all over the Americas as citizen scientists tracking population and environmental changes. Miami, ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Bernice Osborne Pollard and her 74-year-old mother, Mary Osborne, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, Credit: Deb Becker/WBUR
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...

Bought by KOSU, WNYC, KQED, KZYX, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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A look at the recent buzz around the growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver Colorado

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The response of the New York maritime community to the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, KHNS, WLRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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The power of belief is terrifying. Do you believe anything strongly enough to take a life without the sanction of authorities? Can any belief justi...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00