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Meet the "fixers" who volunteer to help you repair appliances, clothing, and more
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Fixers at Hennepin County's April Fix-It Clinic, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Do you have a charger that doesn't charge anymore? Vacuum clogged somewhere you can’t reach? Instead of tossing it out, you could bring it to a fix...

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 07:04
(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight to Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Community Wealth Building: From Cleveland to Preston
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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How does an economy emerge from recession? In Preston, England, they’re experimenting with investing public money in locally-owned businesses and ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
New Beginnings
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 116: Jessica and the Bunny Ranch
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In our last episode we spoke Cecilia Gentili, a trans Latina who worked for many years as an undocumented sex worker. Today, we get two more views ...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 38:34
Prescription for Integrity
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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They've tried us all different kids of ways, but they know that we are strictly professional.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
What Does "Affordable Housing" Really Mean?
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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It’s no secret that rent around Salt Lake City is really high. And if you drive around downtown, you’ll see tons of new apartment complexes under c...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 1
The uncertain future of segregated workshops
From: WXXI Rochester
Series: Exited
Caption: While Carrie D'Olivo says there's no particular task that she especially enjoys in her job at ArcWorks, she says she wants "to stay here as long as I can.", Credit: MALINDA RUIT/WXXI NEWS
For lots of people, leaving high school means looking for a job. But for some people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, finding a job...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
Adult use marijuana sales get underway in Reno
From: Brian Bahouth
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Just before midnight on Jun 30, two lines of smiling, well-behaved people snaked around two sides of the Blum marijuana dispensary on Virginia Stre...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2017
  • Length: 10:02
Cannabis Radio News #41
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we get a roundup of leading cannabis stories from the past week. We also hear from the head of Wyoming ...

Bought by KFCF FM and KVMR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gentrification versus "Jazzification": Birdland nightclub grows vision to spark jazz district
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 07:06
VoxPod #3 - A Pike Place Postcard
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today's show features an audio postcard of Seattle's Pike Place Market.

Bought by KZSC and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 2
Thrift City: Sorting through donations at the Salvation Army
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Previously owned toys being sorted at Salvation Army., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
It can be hard to donate your old things to a thrift store, but the idea is that your stuff will get a second life. Once it is donated, it will mak...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:08
Co-ops that Work Together, Survive Together: Arizmendi Bakery
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
In some parts of the United States, there are virtually no co-ops. So many of those co-ops that do exist feel a special responsibility to support ...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Turning Farm Workers into Farm Owners
From: Making Contact
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It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
A Waste-Free Dairy of the Future?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: cheese maker at Fiscalini, Credit: Rita Daniels
It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
Dry Farming-a Technique for a Water Scarce Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Small Farms, Big Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Making Cheese at the Fiscalini Cheese Company , Credit: Rita Daniels
We go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is...

Bought by WSKG, KZYX, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #14, Stephanie
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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And so we begin our second season with episode fourteen. We take a trip to The Golden Goose Thrift Shop. Trust me, you’ve never been in a thrift st...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Antioch Alumni Gather For Reunion When College Needs Them Most
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alumni of Antioch are being asked to carry the torch to reopen the College.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Saving The Sierra
From: Catherine Stifter
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3 stories of rural America where unlikely allies have found common ground in dealing with urban development pressures

Bought by KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WCBU, WVIK, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Roosters vs. Developers
From: Adam Allington
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A Rooster becomes an anti-development icon in northern Michigan

  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:05
Grassroots Goes Global
From: WFUV
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A report on grassroots organizations driving change in how big nonprofits raise funds for global causes.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:08