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Steve Downing, like Aaron Brown, looks at his seasonal tasks this winter and why those tasks should be avoided at all costs. Downing specifically a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
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New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
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An introduction to some of my illustrious colleagues from my days as a bellhop/valet/part-time restaurant host at the Hilton.

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 15:12
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One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:54
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Brian recounts the first summer in Alaska working the slime lines of a cannery and the time the Captain was drunk, the crew quit, and the ship's an...

Bought by KUT and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:15
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Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:49
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An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 07:32
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Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:51
Caption: Baghdad's traffic, Credit: Photo courtesy of AFP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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UP IN THE AIR: Director Jason Reitman talks to Andrea Chase about filming, traveling, and dressing George Clooney.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 16:56
Caption: Beaver telling stories, Credit: Whitney Teska
A young lumberjack in northern Wisconsin gets run over by a team of horses.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:13
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A profile of a man trying to get out of homelessness.

Bought by WMPG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
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If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
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The loss of air traffic controllers upset over their working conditions is a major reason airlines are consistently operating behind schedule and f...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:08
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The Bush administration is abusing air traffic controllers and endangering the millions who rely on them for safe travel.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
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My days at work in the perfume factory in Queens

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 13:57
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Reflections with sound of hiking the Inca Trail, poor Peruvian porters carrying our belongings.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
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Interviews with Casual Carpool Riders

  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 10:01
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A verite portrait of a subway gospel singer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
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To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
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There's a love affair off Interstate 95 in Bangor, Maine.

Bought by WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 4