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S2 Ep 1: Help young people grow up healthy
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Friday Lunch Club having ice cream. , Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:58
Invasion of the Bears: What's causing the growing black bear population in Massachusetts?
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Caption: Black Bears in New Hampshire, Credit: Kilham Bear Center
Over the last 30 years, the black bear population in Massachusetts and New England has spiked. What's causing the jump? James Szkobel-Wolff looks i...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 06:13
After School Activities Prevents High Schools to change Start Time
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Image of Woodland Regional High School, Credit: Chris Lauck
Despite studies supporting the fact that high schools should start later, many students are involved in after school activities. Pushing back the s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Whithervanes: The Art of Anxiety
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Connecting art with streaming social media and news technology, Whithervane designers Cezanne Charles and John Marshall invite us to think about th...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 11:20
These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Tsunami Sister City
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, a small boat belonging to Takata High School in Rikuzentakata was swept o...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Sneaker Waves
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Beautiful walks along the beach are possible any time of the year on the northcoast. Lori Dengler encourages us to be mindful of the unexpected "...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
When Is A Plate Not A Plate?
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Dr. Lori Dengler gives us a primer for the science of tectonics.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Magnitude of Our Seismic Times
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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From measuring the "size of the wiggle" to monitoring a "seismic moment", Geologist Lori Dengler discusses the scientific endeavor to quantify ear...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Child Hero Abby
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Abby Wutzler, from Wellington New Zealand, was vacationing in Samoa on September 29, 2009 when she noticed the ocean was withdrawing. She had also ...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
Rise of the NBA G-League Already Impacting Amateur Athletics
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Darius Bazley's decision could seriously impact the dynamics of college basketball, Credit: Associated Press
Darius Bazley's decision to decommit from Syracuse to pursue the NBA G-League will have ramifications for years to come in the college basketball l...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:02
Wanting More than Chemistry and Calc
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Saving and Spending , Credit: © Lauren Chiardio 2018
Two young adults share opinions regarding their own former high schools' curriculums. One of the students was required to take a financial literacy...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
Shaky Ground: Radio Heroes
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Communication is key. This segment of Shaky Ground celebrates the good work of Radio Bio Bio during a massive Chilean earthquake.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Native News: Ishkode Photography Exhibit at AICHO
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Featured Stories
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Fond du Lac photographer and retired wildland fire fighter Vern Northrup has a new photography exhibit in Duluth, Minnesota. It’s called Ishkode, t...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 02:23
Life of the Law #123: The Battle Over Your Right to Vote
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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This week on Life of the Law, our team meets IN-STUDIO with Wendy Weiser, Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NY...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 40:56
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #120: Life Un-DACAmented
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Unless Congress acts to save the DACA program, the last permit will expire on March 5, 2020. This week on Life of the Law… we share Luis’s story an...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:45
Life of the Law #115: Ten Hours to Twenty Years
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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It all started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal pro...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:34
What's it like to live in a Lake Erie lighthouse? Bring water.
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Sheila Consaul purchased the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light in 2011 – and since then, she’s renovated and refurbished her unique summer home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
Orchestra travels along Erie Canal to mark 200th anniversary
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Albany Symphony Orchestra musicians Jamecyn Morey and Mitsuko Suzuki at Lock E-2 in Waterford, N.Y. , Credit: Gary David Gold
The Albany Symphony is holding a series of concerts in towns along the Erie Canal, to mark the beginning of construction in July, 1817.

Bought by WCMU Michigan, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
What Does it Take to be a Professional Video Gamer?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Fans watch the opening ceremony at the League of Legends Season 3 World Championship Final between South Korea's SK Telecom T1 and China's Royal Club, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, in Los Angeles. The SK Telecom T1 team won 3-0. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Playing video games for a living sounds like a something you wrote down in fourth grade as your dream job, even knowing then that you probably had ...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
The Pioneers Carrying Their Parent's Dreams: First Generation College Students
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Lorena Kanzki, Syracuse Sophomore and First Gen Student, Credit: Lorena Kanzki
Today 50% of all college students are the first of their families to go to college. They carry the hopes and dreams of there families in their back...

Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #97: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court: Election Year Special - Part 1
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 55:48
Life of the Law #98: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court - An Election Year Special - Part 2
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:57

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