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Loving Charcoal

From: Eric Winick

A woman and her hamster.

Bought by KUT

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories

He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by Public Radio Remix

Tit for Tat

From: jessica lockhart
Series: Watch Your Language

Let the games begin, it's time for Watch Your Langauge

Bring Back Wonder Woman

From: Eric Molinsky

Wonder Woman, the only A-list female superhero, has been MIA while every other guy in a cape and cowl is getting his shot at stardom. What gives?

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

Brain Vitamin: The key to invisibility

From: KALW

Caption: Photo from lookmind.com (http://lookmind.com/illusions.php?id=1868&cat=3)

Invisibility – it’s the stuff of fantasy and Hollywood movies (we’re looking at you, Harry Potter), and now it’s a reality. Well, kind of. Read th...

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio

The Audiophiles: Finding music in the sounds of Antarctica

From: KALW

Caption: Local composer Cheryl Leonard recording the sound of Antarctica in 2009

When we imagine Antarctica, we often think of an empty place: big expanses of ice, almost no other people on the entire continent. It might even se...

Bought by Public Radio Remix

Conserving today's art for tomorrow

From: KALW

Caption: SFMOMA conservator Paula de Cristofaro points out where Matisse corrected a mistake., Credit: Photo courtesy of SFMOMA

** This is an extended version of the SFMOMA piece ** Reporter Nicole Passerotti joined San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) conservators M...

SFMOMA conservators turn back time

From: KALW

Caption: Paula de Cristofaro treating Matisse’s “Portrait of Sarah Stein” in the SFMOMA conservation lab., Credit: Photo courtesy of SFMOMA

Art conservators work behind the scenes at museums. Though they’re sometimes confused with curators, who acquire works for a collection, conservato...

San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: A tale of two dresses

From: KALW

Caption: Trinity Ordona and Desiree Thompson

Trinity Ordona and Desiree Thompson have been married for 22 years; their first ceremony occurred in 1988. But their same-sex marriage was not acce...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix

Digging up the West Coast's first fraternity

From: Becky Palmstrom

Caption: Photograph of the first fraternity on the West Coast.

It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...

Bought by Public Radio Remix

Spontaneous Hooplas

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG

Virtual Goods Real People

From: Andrew Davis

Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com

Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL