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Caption: Bad Axe site lead Ollie holds an ax in front of a target at Bad Axe Throwing - City Center in Minneapolis, Credit: Dixie Treichel
While ax throwing was historically reserved for frontiersmen and lumberjacks, it is becoming a popular recreational activity, thanks to spaces like...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: A Messi birthday cake in Kolkata, Credit: Uttam Saha
India does not have a spot in World Cup football. But Kolkata, as usual, has two teams in the game.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Ben Proudfoot, San Francisco, CA 3/5/2022, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ben Proudfoot talks shameful gaps, pandemic filmmaking, and the false promise of donuts.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 20:53
Caption: Superfan Tim Hathaway with a replica of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Tim Hathaway
In 1969, the Vikings won the NFL Championship, taking home the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy. According to legend, the Vikings accidentally left the tro...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 09:13
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 22:31
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County Fairs and harness racing go hand in hand. The two hundred year old sport has been dominated by men, but here in Ohio, a group of women are c...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Alex Holmes and Tracy Edwards, San Francisco, CA 6/17/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Tracy Edwards and Alex Holmes talk attitudes, trust, and smiling by choice.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 16:27
Caption: Aurora Raiten, fighter at American Muy Thai, Credit: Wendel Patrick
a visit with Jesse and Aurora at American Muy Thai

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Title card, Credit: Greta Rybus
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
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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
Caption: Curler Lee Banville prepares to sweep in front of the stopne in hopes that the unpredictable outdoor ice doesn’t throw the stone too far off course. Banvile plays for the “Rocks int eh KettleHouse” out of Missoula, Mont. , Credit:  Photo Credit: Sergio A Gonzalez-Gonzales
The Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel holds renown for being the only outdoor bonspiel in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The ice is bad, the c...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Producer Milt Lee laughs with Danny Root, fishing lure and decoy maker, and owner of Larry The Bear in Grand Rapids, MN.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
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Today's show has a guide to playing rollo, or mini-bike polo.

Bought by KZSC and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Amir Bar-Lev, San Francisco, CA 12/1/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Amir Bar-Lev talks projection, respecting the audience, and changing the world.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 21:04
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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
Caption: Petros Papadakis, about to go on air, Credit: John Rabe
An Off-Ramp interview with Petros Papadakis, wicked smart, incredibly loud, and not-so-sportsy nationally syndicated sports talk radio host.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
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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
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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
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Wisconsin to Indiana: 80 miles, 12 hours, 1 day.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 1
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The two tweaks to basketball that made it the sports juggernaut it is today.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Cedric Givens is known in Washington DC for doing something that definitely looks strange: jogging backwards. He sings and yells while running, try...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
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by Jamie Nelson. In 2005 Cook County High Cross country running team ditched their given school mascot, the Viking, and declared “Optimus Prime” --...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:05