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Keep Bowling As Long As You Can
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Nellie Kenyon , Credit: Nancy Klingener
Final advice from a bowling teammate has one veteran of a candlepin bowling league reconsidering whether to retire.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
A New Orleans Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan
From: WWNO
Caption: A rendering of the 'Sunny Side' section of Parisite Skate Park, Credit: Emilie Taylor / Tulane City Center
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
Mixed Martial Arts and Writing
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
An interview with MMA fighter and poet Carlo Matos, plus work from issue 7.1

  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 17:17
The Alous: First Dominican/Latino/Baseball Family
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The fabulous Alou brothers Felipe, Matty and Jesus had more hits that any other brother trio in baseball history (over 5000) and all played in the...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
'You Go Hard Now, And Then It'll Pay Off Eventually. You Really Helped Teach Me That'
From: Will Michaels
Series: My Teacher
Caption: Carrboro High School senior Chris Joseph and football coach/social studies teacher Christoph Stutts, Credit: Will Michaels
Chris Joseph is a senior at Carrboro High School, where he spoke with his assistant football coach and social studies teacher Christoph Stutts. Whe...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Pumpkin Chuckin'
From: JP Davidson
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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
NCAA Tournament Returns To Madison Square Garden
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
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The Garden celebrates the return of the NCAA Tournament for first time in 53 years.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 33:02
Patrick Hruby on Sports Welfare
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Patrick Hruby
Did you know that almost all NFL teams are profitable before a single ticket is sold? And did you know that for most of these teams it’s public dol...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Duluth News-Tribune's Sam Cook checks in on our long winter, what's in store for spring
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with outdoors editor of the Duluth News-Tribune, Sam Cook. They covered lots of ground including ice fishing, f...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Levels of All-Star Cheerleading Episode 2
From: Kaylee Kenz
Series: The Levels of All-Star Cheerleading
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The Levels of All-Star Cheerleading is an independent radio show breaking the stereotype the average person assumes about cheerleaders in general.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:28
Only Olympic sport played with brooms finds a home in the Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Barry Ivy at the Golden Gate Bonspiel, Credit: San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club
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
Women's Basketball Tournament Recap
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
John Fanta recaps Seton Hall loss to St Johns and DePaul capturing the Big East Tournament Title.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:09
Luis "Wild Bull of the Pampas" Firpo
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Wily Argentinian is the first Hispanic to fight for the heavyweight championship and becomes the centerpiece of America's most famous sports painti...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Brow Anxiety (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Decline of Football, Data and Reality
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In Part 3 of our series on the decline of football, we talk to experts, examine new studies and try to answer the question, will football survive, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 37:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Decline of Football and Boxing
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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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
The Decline of Football and Gladiators
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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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
Running Marathons Late in Life (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Already a few weeks into the year, it might feel too late to make (or keep) resolutions—eat less sugar, watch less TV, or maybe, start running. Rep...

Bought by KENW, KSKA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 3
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Baseball - "3414, 34 and 14, a Little Bit Fat, But Really, Really Good."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:06
Taking Wheelchairs To New Heights
From: Lauren Ober
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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
Start the Year Off Right (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WJCT, KMXT, Troy Public Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Start the Year Off Right (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WCNY, Troy Public Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 4
Alexis Arguello
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Nicaragua's Alexis Arguello's was one of boxing's great and beloved warriors of the 1970's and 1980's. A champion in the featherweight, jr. lightw...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Louis - The Great WWII Unifier
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
Caption: Doc Stull
Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis became the embodiment of American unity during WWII. He walked a fine line to serve the goals of Victory ab...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1

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