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Sam won’t tell you this, but he’s a really great athlete. He has another secret, too. There’s this photo of him leading a ski race, and it’s plaste...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 08, 2016
- Length: 17:19
- Purchases: 1
For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 18, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 1
This week's hour long radio episode takes you from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, to the trails that snake through the White Mountains, an...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KUT
- Added: Nov 15, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 2
Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 56:28
- Purchases: 1
The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 56:27
- Purchases: 1
When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 1
There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:27
Technology advances at breakneck speed, so why hasn’t the electric grid changed in 60 years? This week’s episode explores things, that for one rea...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:28
Tyler Armstrong is 12-years-old. He loves video games, laser tag, and he wants to become the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. In this episo...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 58:29
Ever since becoming a reporter, Sam has heard stories about a secret hunting reserve in New Hampshire, stocked with elk and 200-pound wild boar. I...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:28
How do you define wilderness? Why are humans drawn to summits? Will the cold-hardy kiwi save a struggling local economy, or will it destroy a nativ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:29
The myths and legend surrounding AMC's oldest trail crew, the TFC, aka Trail F*cking Crew.
- Added: Aug 18, 2016
- Length: 25:00
For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains was a source of pride and peace; for his parents it was a source of constant worry. ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 18:44
Ari Ofsevit is a guy from Boston fueled by an intense, nerdy love for sports. The day after running this year’s Boston Marathon, his face was all o...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 20:12
Join the team onThe Pine as they visit with Ted Ginn, Executive Director of the Ginn Academy.
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 18:12
They say a smart athlete will use their head. But what if using your head cost you everything? That's a question being asked in locker rooms the wo...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jul 07, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In Part 2, we look at the rise and fall of boxing in America. At one time boxing rivaled baseball as the country's most popular sport, but then it ...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 21:14
- Purchases: 1
In part 1 of our series on the decline of football in America, we look at the importance of football in America, and we also examine the rise and f...
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 15:00
Suhrith Parthasarathy thought he was interviewing a die-hard Manchester United fan on what it's like to follow your team in New York, thousands of ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2012
- Length: 09:46
- Purchases: 2
The oldest and most revered piece of hardware in professional sports has arrived in Los Angeles for the first time. So, how will the Los Angeles Ki...
- Added: Jun 28, 2012
- Length: 08:02
The odyssey of a Tunisian farm kid who plays professional soccer, then comes to the U.S., learns English and gets a PH. D. in molecular genetics. ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
For more than fifty years ... an unbroken streak of more than 4500 games, Bob Sheppard was the voice of Yankee Stadium. As Reggie Jackson said, "t...
- Added: Jul 06, 2011
- Length: 03:00
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 12
