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Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
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Mitch Skinner goes to the 8th annual Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis/St. Paul and finds out how it's affecting local businesses.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:09
Caption: Baker Salvatore Raccuglia rolls the bread as bakers have done for centuries in Sicily.   , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Italian breads and pastries are favorites among foodies. But Italian artisan bakeries are shutting down. Changing eating habits, the crisis and t...

Bought by KUOW, KLCC, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Second Presbyterian - Where Knight Life meets., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Eva Miller was a high school teacher in an inner city high school when she noticed her students needed something more in their lives, so she create...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
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Joe Hunter is a former gang member from the mean streets of Detroit. He's created a non-profit to support his efforts to stop gang violence in Mem...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:20
Caption: Police filming students during the anti-cuts demonstration in London, Credit: Cleaner Croydon
It’s been 20 years since four white police officers were cleared of unlawfully beating Rodney King in Los Angeles. But we might never have heard of...

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present

Bought by WAMC and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: TOMS Founder, Blake Mycoskie.
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...

Bought by KUOW, HowSound, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jaheem Herrera
: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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This is an optional second segment, which can be added to Part 1, for a package nearing 26 mins in length. In the second segment, Tiny Spark host, ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
Caption: Jennifer Hemsley with daughter, Pearl and Hazel (R), 2007, Credit: Jennifer Hemsley
Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WBEZ, and WAMC


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 3
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How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:24
Caption: Tom Malvetis, owner Unicorn Tavern. , Credit: Kyle Leppek
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Brothers Justin and Derick Jewell, 22 and 24 years old. Justin is a two-tier worker and makes $16 an hour. As a traditional worker, Derick makes $28 an hour.
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
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This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
Caption: Most sex offenders like Michael are released back into society. What then?, Credit: Diane Richard
“No Brother of Mine” offers an unflinching look at U.S. sex offender policy that reaches beyond the headlines and into the lives of real people. Re...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WNIJ, WGBH Radio Boston, WNYC, WFPL News and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Joyce Garrels, Garret Garrels, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Two recent college grads are trying to beat the recession and become the next big thing in fitness

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Who benefits from the greatly expanded public health programs, and who doesn't.

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
Caption: Gary Cloutier, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
How the Massachusetts public is responding to the law that requires them to buy health insurance

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dr. Dan Levy, who left his private practice, Credit: Karen Brown
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequ...

Bought by KRUA and WAMC


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 2
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President Kennedy remembered in Berlin 45 years after assassination.

Bought by KCPW


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1