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A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN, Aspen Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 3
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 15:41
In the summer of 1950, Richard goes to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The job was both part of his theological education and necessary to h...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 22:16
Richard looks forward to his studies under Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the most challenging theological thinkers of his generation. In his last summer...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:41
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 28:27
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 19:30
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 24:55
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 24:25
Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 01:56
A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 07:12
Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Sep 30, 2012
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 1
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit
Bought by Public Radio Remix and WAMC
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 2
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
Scott Furrer [FUR], dairy farmer, describes how his son Chris got his hand caught between a flywheel and shield, burning off the top of his fingers.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 01:39
Ron McHargue [mic-KAR-guh'] describes to son Mike his fall from a ladder on a metal grain tank
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 02:35
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 02:17
Diana Hansen, wheat farmer, recounts losing her arm, relearning to do everything and refusing to be a victim.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 02:01
Brett Schrom [sh'-RAHM], a hay grower/beef producer, describes to his sister Neesha how his harobed threw him off.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 05:26
Harold Wright is the third generation farming on land his grandfather bought in the 1900's. His children and grandchildren farm with him. It was on...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 19, 2011
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 1
This is the story of the incredible project: sustainable agriculture tool lending library. Led by farmer couple George (self-declared rap listening...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 2
This story is about Shannon Roberts. He lives in Western North Carolina and runs Horse Collar Farm. His family has farmed the same land for five ge...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 1
A story of the two men who run Stokes County's Saura Pride Purple Sweet Potato LLC and how these sweet potatoes are saving tobacco farmers in the c...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 1
The Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative is based out of Moore County. The mission is to meet local food needs with local food and that happens, in ...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 08:05
- Purchases: 1
Sammy Koenigsberg lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina and runs New Town Farms with the help of his family. Sammy built a poultry processing facility on...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 07:36
- Purchases: 1
Piedmont Local Food is a regional food/farmer project involving multiple counties, connecting farmers directly to consumers with the internet. A st...
Bought by WSOE 89.3
- Added: Sep 14, 2011
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
