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Bat-Eared Foxes Share Parental Duties - TEAMWORK!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Bat-eared foxes
Bat-Eared Foxes have a unique method of raising their pups - teamwork...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
Remembering Sushmita
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sushmita Memorial, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sushmita Banerjee pled a full life. Full of danger, trying to make a difference in this world. This week Sandip Roy remembers her legacy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Experimental #45 - Video Gamers Playing for Science!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Screen shot from the FoldIt protein folding "game"
Far from being a waste of time, computer games have become a cutting-edge scientific tool. Scientists have enlisted the help of gamers to solve pr...

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Experimental #46 - Frogs that can SEE out of their BUTTS!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Tadpole with ectopic eye in tail under microscope
Scientists at Tufts University graft an eye onto the tail of a tadpole and discover that without any direct connection to the brain, the tadpoles c...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:11
Experimental #47 - Disease Sniffing Super Dogs Sniff out C. diff!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Cliff the C. diff sniffing dog
Think you only look bad when you’re sick? Well it turns out you stink too. That distinctive sick smell, however, could just save your life. Medical...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Experimental #48 - Infecting Patients with Parasites to Treat Disease
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Parasitic worm eggs of species Trichuris trichiura and Trichuris vulpis
Take 2 parasite worm pills and call me in the morning - Parasites are a new treatment being prescribed for a number of conditions like inflammatory...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
Experimental #50 - RePOOPulate: Fecal Transplants without the GROSS POO!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe standing by the robo-gut that creates RePOOPulate
Interview of Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe: Creating fecal transplants without the poop, Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe at the University of Guelph designed RePOOPu...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:34
United States of Debt
From: KALW
Caption: "Hello, my debt is..."
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it’s clear that this a special kind of conference. On the welcome table is a stack of nam...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
The Best of 10 Years of Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Engaging, inspiring and informational clips from episodes featured on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resoluti...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 7
A picture of American consumerism
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the March announcement that Best Buy is closing 50 large stores around the country, the dominance of big box retail has been called into quest...

Bought by KENW and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
That Mill House Yellow
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, gentrification advances with a cautionary yellow light as a local property manger paints the town his own special hue.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Rudy's Gray Area
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Rudy has lived on this bizarre little block since 1953, before a dozen railroad tracks and nearly as many highway lanes separated it from other res...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Indie on Demand Reviews HIGH ROAD
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A Short Review of the Improvised Road Comedy.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
99% Invisible #42- Recognizably Anonymous (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A group accidentally created what ad execs dream of: a unique brand identity that rapidly achieved world-wide appeal and renknown. Except this gr...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
Crockett Grabbe - Explosives Caused the World Trade Center to Collapse
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Crockett Grabbe, Credit: Lisa Scheps
Crockett has a PhD in Applied Physics from Caltech and was a research scientist at the University of Iowa for almost 30 years. In his professional ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:27
Sound & Vision: Why Deaf People See Differently
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The secret behind Gallaudet's circular classrooms lies in something called "visual attention.", Credit: Gallaudet University
Deaf people don't see better... they see differently.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 4
On What Grounds: Features
From: Nicole Morente
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Underground news from Santa Cruz, CA. Played on On What Grounds on KZSC, 88.1fm.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 43:59
A Chain of Missing Links
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What's the solution?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Community Radio in Palestine & Bangladesh
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious, the first in a series about local community radio around the world, we visit with Fadi Abuzada, a community radio...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Walter Breuning: World's Oldest Man
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Walter Breuning just days before his 114th birthday, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Walter Breuning is believed to be the world's oldest man. He was born in 1896...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
In the Sights
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio talks to a marine sniper who has fought in the Iraq War.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
Shifting Focus
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqi president Jalal Talabani speaking to the press., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 1
Medical Marijuana - New Jersey moves bill, New Mexico's active program
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: NJ Assembly Medical Marijuana hearing 6-4-09
Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Corn Ethanol: Higher Food Prices
From: The Environment Report
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Corn ethanol is causing corn prices to go up. That will affect food bills.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1