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Caption: Pearl Hardaway Reese, 1939
Pearl Hardaway Reese defied stereotypes, loss, addiction - pretty much everything, including a world that changed dramatically in her lifetime. In...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Petey's dinner time.
When an animal lover and her non-animal-loving friend take over the care of tiny Petey, cuteness ensues. Two-voice, non-narrated feature produced...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
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A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.

  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
Caption: Brooke Tanner releases a healed saw-whet owl., Credit: Wild Skies Raptor Center
Brooke Tanner and Ken Wolff are different from one another. One's a young woman trying to start a huge project, the other's at the end of a long ca...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
Caption: Rachel is facing the camera. Katy is the taller one.
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
Caption: Predators of the Heart, a traveling wildlife exhibit and reptile show from Anacortes, Wash., displays animals from around the world to the Christian Assembly Foursquare Church in Missoula, MT., Credit: Samuel Wilson
Most know the old stories about Noah's Ark and how Eve was tempted by a snake, but now God’s creatures are uncaged and in church. Producer Ruth Edd...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:32
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Does this guy look extinct to you?, Credit: Wik
When a species goes extinct, that’s usually the end of the story. We don’t exactly have dinosaurs or dodo birds running around these days. But some...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: Ken Nerger (Detail), Credit: Emile B. Klein
Surviving cancer, the economy and a haunted house.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:26
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Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes." C...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 04:18
Caption: Alan Goodwin, Credit: Cape Cod Laughter Yoga
Clare and Alan Goodwin founded Cape Cod Laughter Yoga in 2008. Every week since, they've led a group of a dozen or more people of all ages through ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
Caption: Thom Collins, Faith Ringgold and Tracy Fitzpatrick
Artist FAITH RINGGOLD speaks with Mosaic of Art host George Fishman about her exhibition at the Miami Art Museum, entitled "American People, Black ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
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Humorous,on-the-job stories told by a Driver Education instructor.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 14:30
Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson
A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Public Radio Remix, KUT, WAMC, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 5
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This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 56:30
Caption: Cicada, Credit: Jeremy Luther
Cicada III is a communal reading of a poem by Oklahoma native Scott Aycock. In addition to Aycock's poem, we bring you a granddaughter's grief and...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
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The last Royal Wedding was when Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. Members of the Great British public, loyal to the late Diana, Princes...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:01
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Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 5
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The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:24