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SHAZAM!
From: Bishop Sand
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Avery Wang helped found the app, Shazam. This app is now part of our cultural consciousness as a flagship app for all smartphones because it is so ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
Define Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
Lending a Hand to traditional Japanese Rice Farmers
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Richard in the Japanese Rice Field
Profile of a young Swedish man who lends a hand on traditional Japanese rice farms in the wake of the disastrous Tsunami

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Adoptive Mom in Uganda provides food and love to 13 girls
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Katie Davis and Her Girls
Four years ago, Katie Davis was homecoming queen at her high school in the United States. Today, the 22-year-old is a single mother of 13 girls in ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KWMR-FM, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
Palestinian Artist Gives Hope to Community Under o=Occupation
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Palestinian Artist, Eid
Eid, a 26-year-old Palestinian Bedouin, turns scrap material into art. His own house may be facing imminent demolition, but he is determined that h...

Bought by KWMR-FM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
Indonesian Street Kid Gives back to Kids in Need
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
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A profile of Willie - who faced violence and poverty for all of his childhood, but has found refuge in helping kids facing the same challenge.

Bought by KWMR-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
US college student stays committed to Romanian orphans
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Clare Viebuchen in Romania
Clare Vierbuchen first went to a Romanian orphanage 11 years ago. She was 17, and her school offered a chance to volunteer over spring break. That ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 2
Day Two: The Accidental Life of Cannon Point
From: Kenny Malone
Series: Neglected to Death
Caption: The Cannon Point neighborhood is like nowhere else., Credit: Google Maps
Cannon Point is a one-block stretch in Broward County, Florida, with the highest concentration of mental health assisted-living facilities in the s...

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


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 5
Rhubarb: The Daffodil of the Vegetable Garden
From: Muriel Murch
Series: From Field to Fork
Caption: Rhubarb Emerging, Credit: Muriel Murch
Rhubarb: The daffodil of the vegetable garden. The earliest of spring fruits it is tart yet fresh. Full of colour and flavour. Follow this harvest ...

  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 12:15
Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
Recovering a Cultural Icon
From: KUOW
Series: Food for Thought: Farmed Salmon and the Future
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Looking at salmon as a cultural icon.

Bought by KTNA and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 2
Marine Harvest
From: KUOW
Series: Food for Thought: Farmed Salmon and the Future
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A look at a fish farm opened after a moratorium was lifted.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bioprospecting in Chiapas
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Traditional Mexican healers have stopped "bioprospecting projects of foreign pharmaceutical companies.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI, KUNM, WAER, Here and Now and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 6
Roads on the Isthmus
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Improved roads were supposed to be a side-benefit of NAFTA, but some poor Mexicans are convinced that highways won't improve their lives.

Bought by KUNM and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 2
Corn in Oaxaca
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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US corn imports in Mexico are making it hard for traditional farmers to maintain precious biodiversity.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI, KUNM, and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Nightfall in Chester County
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Pennsylvania farmland that was the first stop on the Underground Railroad, a strike by Mexican mushroom pickers polarizes a Quaker community.

Bought by WUIS, WRVO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Public Radio Remix, WRPI and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 9
The Home-State Record: Carol Moseley Braun
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at Illinois' perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun.

Bought by WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: Wesley Clark
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at how Wesley Clark's peers see the candidate's leadership record.

Bought by WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: John Edwards
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the North Carolina perspective on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

Bought by WZBC, WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Dick Gephardt
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the Missouri perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt.

Bought by WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: John Kerry
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the Massachusetts perspective on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Bought by WZBC, WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Dennis Kucinich
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the Ohio perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

Bought by WUAL, WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Joe Lieberman
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the Connecticut perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman.

Bought by KWMU and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 2
The Home-State Record: Al Sharpton
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In-depth look at the New York perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton.

Bought by WNPR, KWMU, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 3