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Two iconic Austin burger joints created by a dueling divorced couple, Kealing youth producers report on how Fran and Dan’s hamburgers might be succ...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
Caption: Branding day in Kenton, Oklahoma, Credit: Sheilah Bright
This week, we dig.

Bought by KOSU and KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Where there’s fermentation, there’s culture. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sando...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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TARGET WEEK: April 22-26, 2013. ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musician...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of a unique landmark off the eastern coast of England - a packing shed built in the 1890s for the cleaning, sorting, and packing of oysters.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:14
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Mitch Skinner looks at a new food-art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and finds out about banqueting in Shakespeare's day.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
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A sequel to the Synthetic Chinese Music show of a December 30, 2012. Tonight an hour's worth of songs that use the oboe, gongs and tiny bells to c...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:50:41
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An hour-long journey into the world of clandestine cooking, kitchen rituals and traditions. Tales of kitchens that suddenly pop up, kitchens that s...

Bought by KHNS, KERA, WVPE, WAMU, KCRW and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 33
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Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 1
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Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Olga Colon, 86, of Manhattan's Lower East Side, arrived in New York City -- from Puerto Rico -- when she was 18 years old. Over the years Colon ma...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Monte Malach, 85, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, remembers a time when soda fountains occupied any busy street corner in New York City.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted the day after Thanksgiving with Paula Johnson, curator at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: At Broad Channel -- dinner. , Credit: Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
The History Guys recover from their Thanksgiving feasts with a look back at the history of mealtime in America. From Victorian table manners to the...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What does the Homestead Act have to do with today’s food and agriculture system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, and her guest, Ro...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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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
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This wraps up our three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First, how it feels to lose your ability to cry; then why onions bring on the waterworks.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 15:05
Caption: Bootleggers, Credit: Library of Congress
In this episode of BackStory, the American History Guys explore the twists and turns of our country’s relationship with alcohol. From the founding ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WFIU, and WRPI


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Cheese & Culture
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheese-maker throughout world history and by und...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
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