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A Glimpse into the World of Irish Dance
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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This piece offers insight into the lives and sacrifices of dancers who practice a unique form of dance.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
Hangovers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Following the discovery that music can cure hangovers, we feature some of the best tracks to calm your post-party illnesses.

Bought by KSKQ, KTRL, WOUB, KWIT, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
Air India to the rescue?
From: KALW
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Air India’s reputation is of a sort of futzy dowager, very uncool. Even its mascot a Maharajah in a red coat and turban with a pointy mustache see...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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
Hope for Pluto—Should We Re-Redefine Planets?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Enhanced-color image of planet (?) Pluto, Credit: JHUAPL/SWRI/NASA
Planetary geologist Kirby Runyon is lead author of an abstract that proposes a new, geophysical definition of what a planet is. It would grant our...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
#242- FULL SHOW "Santa Claus and the Trump Rally"
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
#242- Santa Claus and Trump rallies December 1, 2016 FULL SHOW ready for airplay. Covered is Deutsche Bank, the massive shortage in pensions pla...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 50:00
Running Before the Sun: Astronomer Jay Pasachoff
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff, Credit: Jay Pasachoff
No one is more excited about eclipses than famed solar astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff. He looks forward to the total solar eclipse in August ...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Dancing to Save a Life
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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More and more students are taking part in fundraisers where they pledge not just to stand on their feet for long periods of time, but dance. Their ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
College Students Secrets To Paying For College
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College students are paying their way through college with the help of being a DJ and making their own music.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 03:46
#233 FULL SHOW- July Markets and beyond
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
FULL SHOW- Welcome to July, 2016. Aired live on KVMR FM with generic edit and great timing. Ready for airplay and also on Audioport and PRX. #233 ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2016
  • Length: 52:00
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Manohar Aich, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Responding to the Opioid Crisis in MN Native Communities
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: In 2015 More American Indians in MN Died of Drug Poisoning than in Any Other State. , Credit: MN Department of Human Services, May 2016
For over a decade, the prescription pain killer and heroin abuse crisis has had a hold on communities across the U-S. Opioid overdoses tripled betw...

Bought by KMSU, WDSE, WGZS, KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 14
Sports are for Everyone with Hi-5 Sports
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Nick Temperine, a kid in Hi-5 Sports, loves to come and play basketball with his friends. , Credit: (c) 2015 Hi-5 Sports
Hi-5 Sports was founded in Clifton Park, N.Y. by Jim Fitzgerald to give children with physical and developmental disabilities the chance to play si...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
Prom Proposals Like You Wouldn't Believe
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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The phenomenon of "promposals" is sweeping the nation. High schoolers everywhere are going to serious lengths to pop the question for prom.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
Learning the Art of Radio Sportscasting
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is known for graduating some of the best sports broadcasters in the industry. M...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
Rob Manning and Getting Down To Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A six-meter Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD) is spin tested in a JPL clean room., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Landing on Mars is hard, and the bigger you are, the harder it gets. Rob Manning returns to tell us about one of NASA’s best hopes for getting much...

Bought by KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
In San Francisco, coyotes are your wildest neighbors
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco is a biodiversity hotspot. Its vast parks are home to more than 50 types of mammals. Now, the city named after the patron saint of an...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Talking turkey: the uneasy coexistence of people and wild fowl
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The population of wild turkeys in the United States has been growing steadily throughout the country, and the trend holds true here in California. ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:21
Minnesota Native News: Representative Susan Allen
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Susan Allen, Credit: MN House Website
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear from State Representative Susan Allen. Allen was a tribal attorney living in the Powderhorn neighborh...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 51
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Award Winning Host Kristyn Burtt, Author Cynthia White, and New York Times Bests...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 58:01
The Making of the Disease Detectives, Or the Case of the Nutty Dish
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Disease Detective Badge, Credit: CDC
They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie 8-13-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Hillary Clinton's not known as someone who says whatever she’s thinking, certainly not when it has the potential to make headlines … or create wave...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WRKF, WXXI Rochester, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 6-4-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie host Ken Rudin and Washington Post political reporter Aaron Blake talk Tuesday's primary results in Mississippi, California, and N...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and KUER


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4