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Make Lemons into Lemonade
From: Civic Commons
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
From Victims to Victors: Transcending Tragedy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Why is it that while many of us are discouraged and some devastated by life’s losses, a rare few not only survive but thrive in their wake –transce...

Bought by WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2012
  • Length: 55:03
  • Purchases: 5
After the War
From: War News Radio
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Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Emotion Roadmap - Learning from each other about feelings
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Leadership Development through Emotional Intelligence
We had five listeners call and share their experiences learning about how to deal with feelings, their own and others. They all got some help with ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 51:46
Teens and Illegal Guns: Local Solutions
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
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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
A Citizen's Guide to Organically Grown Political Influence: How to Experience Being One Vote
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Organically-grown political influence is made in one way- and money can't buy it. , Credit: Susan Cook
No matter how many lawsuits are filed to make political influence available to the highest bidder, there is one kind that you can't pay for or crea...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
A Bit of Downtime
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Woodcarving at Maine State Prison

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Citizen's Guide To The Truly Presidential: Candidates Caught Without Their Meetings
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: We listen to the billow of candidate debates but a better format for finding The truly Presidential might be The Meeting., Credit: Susan Cook
We listen to the billow of candidate debates to answer bigger questions: who among them truly has the character and qualities to be President of t...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
The Little Servant
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: Maryknoll Father Mike Bassano
Missioner Fr. Mike Bassano's journey

  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Life in Slow Mo
From: A World of Possibilities
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In a global culture dominated by the impatience of youth, counted in nanoseconds and fueled by “just-in-time” supply chains, everything needs to be...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, WDSE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Hearts Broken Open
From: A World of Possibilities
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Most of us take life for granted. But what happens when we're forced to think hard about whether we want to live?  Suicide and the impulse to attem...

Bought by WZEN.org, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 3
Becoming a Peace Ambassador (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00/54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: James O'Dea
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we explore an online training opportunity called Becoming a Peace Ambassador. James O’Dea, the facilitator o...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Transforming Misfortune
From: A World of Possibilities
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It’s clear that the economic collapse of 2008 – the second “September shock” after 2001 – will have a more enduring impact than most of us once sup...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDSE, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Beauty in Broken Places: Lily Yeh’s Healing Art
From: A World of Possibilities
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In worlds of shattered dreams and broken hearts, Lily Yeh finds artful ways to mend, heal and renew. Born in mainland China and raised on Taiwan as...

Bought by KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Occupy Movement is Making Changes
From: Terry Fernsler
Series: The Occupy Movement
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Occupy Movement makes changes in public debate.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 12:39
Studs Terkel: A Heart as Big as the World
From: A World of Possibilities
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Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WZEN.org, KBGA 89.9 FM, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 11
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2011) [54:00 / 59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Compelling conversation excerpts from Peace Talks Radio shows on Nobel Peace Prize winners Martti Ahtisaari and Liu Xiaobo; heading off domestic a...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WSKG, KUNM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Learning from failure and content shelf life
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two short pieces: Dealing with mistakes; Content shelf life

  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 12:36
Ruin and Resilience in Northern Uganda
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: Teddy Atim and Victor Ochen
War has shaped the lives of people in northern Uganda for the past two decades.  Impunity for widespread crimes and grave violations committed duri...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Raising Barns, Raising Voices
From: Eleanor Kagan
Caption: Kieran Riley, a local farmer, will have his own radio show on WGXC.
A community in upstate New York gathers together to build a radio station, by hand, in a weekend.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 35:34
Transforming the Trauma: Soldiers Stories
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Organic Revolution: From Hippie to Hip to Scale
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Gary Hirshberg, Credit: Frank Rogozienski
Though still small in the big picture, organic food has come all the way -- from hippie to hip to mainstream since the Sixties. But can organic foo...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices From 9/11
From: David Tarnow
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The response of the New York maritime community to the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, KHNS, WLRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Healing Arts, Healing Hearts: Lily Yeh in China
From: A World of Possibilities
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At a time of increasing turmoil and despair, artist Lily Yeh takes her work out of the white-walled galleries of high culture and into the streets ...

Bought by WZEN.org, KPVL, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women and Power: “Power Over” or “Power To?"
From: Bioneers
Caption: Gloria Feldt
The future belongs to women. Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women ar...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, KSKQ, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6

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