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Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Having survived the most recent episode of Gridlock by the skin of the Nation's teeth, we beyond the Beltway need to put our collective relational...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:26
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Nonverbal until age four, Temple Grandin was first diagnosed with autism at age 2. Now, so many years and hurdles later, Grandin’s success in the l...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
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So how do we define our Locus of Control? Essentially, it is our positioning of ourselves within our perception of the world and the way that we p...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
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Michele Josue talks dealing with grief, facing new allegations about Matthew Shepard’s murder, and how friendship is always in the present tense.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:46
Caption: Is there one person anywhere in the universe, really..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about how to know right and wrong. Today's question: How can you tell if you are being treated disres...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:08
Caption: Bottle Nosed Dolphin
Dolphin sexual habits are terrifying - 14 cases of human death by dolphin rape each year in the US!

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:13
Caption: Dog yawning
Yawning isn't just contagious among humans, dogs can empathetically catch a yawn from their human owners!

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:34
Caption: Monique at work, Credit: Anton Foek
She saved 205 sloths in a couple of weeks and now makes headlines around the globe.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:16
Caption: Suzette Jordan, Credit: Sandip Roy
Recently the Park Street rape victim did something almost unthinkable in India. She revealed her identity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this special program, you'll hear Nelson Mandela as you've never heard him before. This program draws on 50 hours of recorded conversations with...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUHF, 90.5 WSNC, WRPI, WCBE and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 36
Caption: Paleis Paramaribo, Credit: Anton Foek
Suriname is van oudsher het land waar immigranten welkom zijn. De afgelopen jaren proberen velen uit evenvele delen van de wereld zich in Suriname ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 30:13
Caption: Ewa at her favorite restaurant in Opole, Credit: Anton Foek
After 5 years working blueberries in Holland Ewa comes back to Poland and tells her story of succes and happiness.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: Jack in zijn kantoor in Opole, Credit: Anton Foek
De zo vertrouwde Werknemers uit Polen gaan Nederland verruilen voor andere landen.Dat verwachten experts binnen uitzend- en andere organisaties. Ze...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Length: 10:57
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The car would not start at all today., Credit: Susan Cook
"Whoa, the car won't start," our gentle car owner says to himself as he turns the key in the ignition only to hear a soft whimper, whimper, whimper...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:34
Caption: What happens after a fish is caught teaches that fish are not so stalwart after all., Credit: Susan Cook
When people say things like the quote published in the newspaper the other day, they don't seem to realize what's at stake. So, this Citizen's Guid...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:12
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Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2012
  • Length: 21:19
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Second Presbyterian - Where Knight Life meets., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Eva Miller was a high school teacher in an inner city high school when she noticed her students needed something more in their lives, so she create...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Mathis twins show high school students that gang life is a oneway ticket to a coffin or a jail cell., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Bryan and Brandon Mathis got involved in the world of gangs and running drugs when they were very young. They tell their story about how they got ...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:07
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LONGMONT, Colo. - A Colorado craft brewer was concerned with more than just balancing hops and pouring "flights" of beer samples this weekend. Long...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
Caption: Howard Stevens, Co-author of "Selling the Wheel"
Howard Stevens, co-author of "Selling the Wheel", shares his thoughts on selling your product or service.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2012
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: TheCivicCommons.com
When life gives you sludge, old medical equipment and poop...make nature preserves, life saving supplies and energy.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
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The problem of gun violence among teens and young adults isn’t exclusive to Indianapolis. But it turns out that the way the city is tackling the pr...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:42