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Good Medicine
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Paul O'Neill
Host Phalana Tiller talks with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Rob Curry, CEO of Citrus Valley Health Partners, about healthcare.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Almost Awake
From: Sanjena Sathian
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Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 11:56
San Francisco Wave Organ
From: Noah Chandler
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Finding a hidden gem in any city is exciting! And even in this day of GPS-powered treasure hunts it's not impossible to feel that joy. The San Fran...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
2012: End of the World! Cancun, Mexico
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Stella predicting the end of the world, Credit: Jake warga
It's the end of the world, according to the Mayan Calendar. A thoughtful and goofy piece exploring Cancun, Mexico.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
The Sound of Blindness
From: Radio K
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
"We need a penny!" Farmworkers Fight For Justice
From: On Blast
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:04
Yasmine's Song
From: Latitude News
Caption: Yasmine Gustafsson
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...

Bought by Listen Edition, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WNPR


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Oklahoma Environmentalism
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Ginger Strand, contributing editor to This Land Press, discusses Oklahoma's comfort with engineering our environment. Strand explains how the Arkan...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:47
Hearts of Steel
From: Luke Calzonetti
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A look at struggling steel bands in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn

  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
Edible Flowers
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Edible Flower Salad, Credit: LexnGer/Flickr
Charlie profiles edible flowers. There are many varieties to choose from that are good for salads, drinks, stir fries, soups and desserts. Charlie...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Crowd-sourcing Biological Solutions Through Gaming
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Fold.It screen shot
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:17
Biomimicry
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 2
Hazing
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Endangered Pigs Are Delicious
From: This Land Press
Series: Milk and Honey
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Commercial pig farms have a reputation for their smell, but Stephen Green was more troubled by the sound of all those pigs, confined in quarters so...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons From the Deepest River in the World
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Dr. Melanie Stiassny, Credit: Photo courtesy of WildlifeDirect.org
This is the story of how the death of one little fish helped researchers better understand an entire ecosystem.

Bought by WAMC and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Get familiar with Hilltop
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece takes you back to Hilltop Ski Area.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
Civics and Conservation Summit
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Students attending the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Civics and Conservation Summit discovered that being too young to vote doesn't leave y...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Corn Maze on a Dairy Farm
From: Emily Corwin
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Meet the energetic personality behind a small Connecticut dairy farm, take a tour of a corn maze, and find out what it takes to sell local milk in ...

Bought by KCBX, KUT, Remix Radio, WNPR, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 5
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Right To Die
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this audio piece the audience visits the Netherlands and listens to a way of dying in dignity. We tell the story of how the Dutch may have foun...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 24:45
Young Cherokees ride to remember
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: The 2009 "Remember the Removal" Cherokee riders, Credit: Remember the Removal, Cherokee Nation
This year, a group of young Cherokees set out on a journey to remember, on bicycle. It took them nearly 1,000 miles away from home--and back again...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
The 2009 Boston Handbell Festival
From: Jackson Braider
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On May 19, 100 handbell ringers will descend on Old South Church in Boston. Independent producer Jackson Braider offers the skinny on what listener...

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Wild Gatherer
From: Marianne Gardner
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Marianne goes with the Wild Gatherer to gather mushrooms.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1