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Take a knee, and try to understand the politics of sports...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:20:18
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents neighbors how they feel about the NFL protests.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: The riprap rocks that now act as a barrier between Oswego resident Rich Bowman's house and Lake Ontario were paid for with state aid. Many in New York hope to get federal funding to help residents recover from this year's flooding along the shoreline.
New York State leaders are concerned that recent weather disasters may keep FEMA from giving them aid promised from this year's Lake Ontario floodi...

Bought by WBFO, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WCPN


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dave Zirin
It has been a nightmarish week. The new president has kicked off his reign with a series of illegal and immoral executive orders and a set of prepo...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Patrick Hruby
As you digest your Thanksgiving feast this Thursday and settle in to watch some football with the family, keep in mind that your down time comes wi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Life was complete for the Golly geewhiz Reagan-loving Hall of Fame broadcaster except for one thing: Scully forgot how to use his voice.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:06
Caption: Kate Zerrenner
If you’ve been tuning into the Olympics in Rio this week, you’ve probably watched your fair share of inspirational profiles of athletes. You may al...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Tye about his book about the baseball legend, Satchel Paige.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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The 2016 NASCAR season kicks off next month, a sport that last year, drew, on average, more than 5 million viewers. For real fans of the sport, NA...

Bought by 'The Sea', KENW, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
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Dan Koh, the new chief of staff to Boston’s mayor, wants city government to work like Brad Pitt’s team in Moneyball. How and for whom are we managi...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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“You’ve got to move the airplanes at the US Open or they’re going to leave.” In 1990 the U.S. Tennis Association was considering moving the U.S. O...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:13
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Tatiana Whitlock is a firearms instructor who believes in real world situational learning.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Chris Schumacher may be serving a life sentence, but when he runs, he feels a sense of freedom. Once an addict, he now finds that exercise can curb...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Andrew HIller
A commentary about the recent pay scandals and court decisions involving student athletes. Plus, a plan to resolve the controversy. Recently, Peo...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
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As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 soccer World Cup many are questioning the economic, environmental, and social cost of this sporting mega-event....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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I really wish Donald Sterling wasn't quite the jerk that he is, because his case gives the push-back against our loss of civil liberties a bad nam...

  • Added: May 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:17
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Expert canoe paddlers know that a predictable sign that swimming is imminent when the canoe starts to tip in rough water is the grabbing of the can...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:03
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A complex and multi-talented individual, Socrates held a medical degree, studied philosophy, wrote political commentary and led a movement in Brazi...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Author and naturalist Andrew Slade reports how a collaborations between Duluth Parks and Recreation and the Duluth Cross Country Ski Club has made ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Nicaragua's Alexis Arguello's was one of boxing's great and beloved warriors of the 1970's and 1980's. A champion in the featherweight, jr. lightw...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Siegel, San Francisco, CA 9/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Siegel talks politics, sports, and making history.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 23:17
Caption: America's Cup on the San Francisco Bay
If you walked along the San Francisco waterfront recently, you may have noticed giant catamarans -- specialized, 72-foot long sailboats that whizz ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
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Dan Balz, uses sources from inside each campaign as well as his own observations of the race for the White House in 2012 to dissect how new strateg...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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The Cardinals and Tigers play in a memorable World Series after a summer of political change and upheaval. The two greatest pitchers of the year ...

Bought by KSLU and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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How to Protect a National Pastime

  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:51