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Caption: Chester Congdon
You may know the Congdon name from Glensheen: The Historic Congdon Estate on Lake Superior in Duluth. It was the home of Chester Congdon and his fa...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:55
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Interview with Peace Corps legend Rebekah Brown "Brownie" Lee about cultural difference, race, and colonialism at her home in Ouidah, Benin, Februa...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:24
Caption: Cross Country Riders, Credit: The Dark Room:http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/04/april-17-photo-brief-pope-francis-swaps-caps-counterfeit-benjamins-military-exercises-cyclists-tackle-the-wall-of-huy-thatcher-funeral/#2
In this sit down interview Henry Prescott expresses that any disease that limits mobility is a disease he is called to work against.

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 11:13
Caption: Danielle Gabriel and her daughter stand vigil outside West County Detention Facility., Credit: Photo by Stephen Southern.
Every month, Alex Aldana stands in protest in front of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond. It’s a medium-security jail that holds men a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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A bill that could expand public transportation in rural parts of Monroe County got its first reading in the Indiana House of Representatives today....

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom, Pam Raider, Vera Grubbs, Rick Fettig & Jeff Foster. First aired Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 9 AM on WFHB

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom, Pam Raider, Vera Grubbs, Rick Fettig & Jeff Foster. First aired Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 9 AM on WFHB

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom, Pam Raider, Vera Grubbs, Rick Fettig & Jeff Foster. First aired Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 9 AM on WFHB

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
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Earlier this fall San Francisco Muni buses displayed an ad that may have upset you. Or angered you. Or made you feel threatened. The Muni ad was pa...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:04
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Host Peter Kreten welcomes to the Program Sister Kathy Thornton, RSM. Sister Kathy is a Sister of Mercy and recently completed the Camino de Santin...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 30:19
Caption: Global Grins
Did you know there are currently more cell phones in the world than toothbrushes? Meet Joselyn Miller, co-founder of Global Grins, a philanthropy t...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Christine Atkinson being helped off an On Lok van by driver Esteban Escobedo., Credit: Isabel Angell
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
Caption: The intersection of Grove and Van Ness, where two people have died in 2014., Credit: Isabel Angell
Four people have been killed by cars on Van Ness Avenue in 2014 – more than half of the pedestrian deaths in San Francisco this year.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:58
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Radio Curious goes on a tour of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho, a unique 11,000 square mile park that resembles the su...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
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New Orleans is a perfect city for biking: flat ground, warm weather, not a ton of traffic. But it's had one of the least robust network of biking f...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
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MARTA is more than a method of transportation, it’s about connecting people, neighborhoods, promoting business, and conservation. And then of cour...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 22:52
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Since 2013, members of local organization Cubamistad starting working on an application to travel to Bloomington's sister city Santa Clara, Cuba. ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:30
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Going away to have some fun? Don't let a dream vacation become a nightmare. Here are some tips on the latest ways fraudsters are trying to separate...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:01
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Hosted by Dave Seastrom and Cheeky Rose.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
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Radio Curious visits with Don L. Brown, author of “Morphine Dreams: Delusions of Grandeur or Relentless Ambition?  Sometimes it’s Hard to Tell the ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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First, Philip Caputo journeys across the country from Key West to Alaska to find out how America remains united in spite of having an endlessly div...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Girl on the family cart, Credit: Ben Weisz 2013
Ben Weisz investigates how child labour is rife among Montevideo's rubbish-cart drivers, and what is being done to help.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:27
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ray Burke
This episode of Rumble Strip Vermont is about the high art of Vermont road maintenance.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 49:42
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For many, summertime means vacations to exotic places. But if you're strapped for cash this summer, consider a Staycation. Join Ashley and Sarah as...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:53