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The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...
Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:38
- Purchases: 2
If you think Asian-Amerian man, chances are you don’t think of sweaty guys pushing, shoving and shouting on a court. But that’s exactly what 9-Man ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Robert Lipsyte was a sports and city affairs columnist for The New York Times and host of an Emmy Award winning program on Channel 13, the PBS stat...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 29:49
- Purchases: 1
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 4
This Thursday night, Paul McCartney will close the show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. It will be the final public event at the storied stadi...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:15
As San Francisco bids farewell to Candlestick Park, we’re talking to people about their memories of this iconic San Francisco landmark. Today we he...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 02:24
At the end of a narrow alley off of International Boulevard, through the open doorway of El ColectíVelo bike shop, I’m greeted by a young boy.
“R....
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:25
Bennett Miller talks open explorations, the ennui of wealth, and the artistry of Steve Carrell’s fake nose.
- Added: Nov 20, 2014
- Length: 16:29
La Crosse used to be an exclusive sport played at prep schools, but for years its been gaining in popularity around the country. KFAI producer Alli...
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 05:04
Behind a wall in a park in San Francisco, there’s a large and thriving vegetable garden. That might not seem like such a big deal. But the park is ...
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 03:22
A new study connects football in younger players to possible behavioral changes. And one high school cancels the rest of the football season becaus...
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 10:03
Hank Aaron is much more than a ballplayer in the advancement of civil rights, and the Atlanta Braves are much more than a baseball team to Atlanta....
- Added: Aug 07, 2014
- Length: 22:59
World Cup fever has infected the entire world... including Kolkata, India!
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 04:30
From the book, "For The Love Of Baseball: A Celebration Of The Game That Connects Us All," co-editor Lee Gutkind reads from his chapter. Just one o...
Bought by WSLR
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 04:39
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 06:58
- Purchases: 1
The year was 1959. Alaska and Hawaii officially became U.S. states. Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba. And the White Oak Duckpin Lanes opened in t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 1
Anne Abernathy is a woman who’s been defying the odds her whole life. After graduating from college, Abernathy became a professional singer and pe...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 06:13
- Purchases: 2
Is Olympic ski jumping “inappropriate for ladies from a medical point of view” as claimed by an International Olympic Committee member? We’ll hear...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 29:30
Inside a huge ice rink in San Jose, where the Sharks hockey team practices, thirty-two men and women are laughing, yelling, and taking turns sweepi...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 06:31
Some people are not meant to stay on the ground, weighted down by gravity. Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham is one of those people. He’s used a wheelcha...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, and WTJU
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 07:54
- Purchases: 3
On Sunday mornings in the Castro neighborhood, there’s a place where rhythm reigns. Dancers pull out their leg warmers, spandex and fluorescent hea...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 06:09
- Purchases: 1
Charles Hodgkins and I are walking with several other burrito-eaters through the Mission District. He’s clearly the boss, though. It’s not just the...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 05:03
Do you find the sport "Cricket" to be baffling? The documentary Beyond All Boundaries, the definitive Cricket documentary, can help. In fact, it's...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
