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Beep, beep, beep. Welcome Valued Customer. A college student profiles late-night grocery shopping in a college town, and what she finds is unexpected.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 03:05
My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing — potlucks are the pits. Produced for the 2013 ShortDocs Challenge.
- Added: May 05, 2013
- Length: 02:56
Veteran food writer Marion Kane tells the story of the first recipe she learned to make. It's a touching coming of age story about growing up Jewis...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Apr 05, 2013
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Dec 28, 2012
- Length: 06:05
- Purchases: 1
Having moved to the U.S. from India, a young man decides it's time to try beef. Only problem: his religion expressly forbids the eating of meat.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 29, 2012
- Length: 09:19
- Purchases: 1
In our first outdoor show, we go to the Bernice Garden in downtown Little Rock for stories about Local Food and Gardening. Sponsored by the Arkansa...
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 29:00
To many Americans, Falafel is a fried ball of mashed up garbanzo beans that you can put in a sandwich. But to KALW's Hana Baba, falafel reminds her...
- Added: Oct 21, 2012
- Length: 07:43
A search for the Ward 8, Boston's most famous cocktail, leads to an authentic encounter with an old man at the bar. Sometimes it's the stories that...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 07:35
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 29:00
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.
- Added: May 05, 2012
- Length: 57:59
My buddy Sean and I decided to embark on a challenge: the ROYGBIV diet - spending a week eating only one color of food per day, according to the co...
Bought by KUT, Vocalo.org, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 08:34
- Purchases: 3
How an Exaggerated Immune Response Gave Me Heaven
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 06:40
When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you'll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it's good to be merciless in the mid-summer ga...
Bought by WMNR
- Added: Aug 08, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
The 2011 Spring Finale is all about interesting animal encounters, some dangerous, some surprising, and all just a little bit strange. Velda Brothe...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 29:00
For over a century, U.S. farmers have strived for quantity of food. Quality, though, is at least as important.
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 05:26
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today an insider's view of Zurich.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 05:03
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today an insider's view to Vienna.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 05:44
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today an insider's view to Rome.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 05:25
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit Paris.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit Manchester, England.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 05:39
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today an insider's view to Barcelona.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 05:07
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit Germany's capital, Berlin.
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 05:33
One of 13 features in Deutsche Welle's Europe on a Shoestring series. Today we visit London.
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 05:43
