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Goodbyes and Comebacks
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Farewell to George Jones-- and hell-o again to Natalie Maines! This week's hour long musical mystery tour includes Jim James, Patty Smith and more.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:41
356 Years Later
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
Moorings and Traps
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Volunteers hunt for moose bones on Isle Royale (Part 2)
From: Michigan Radio
Series: Lessons from Isle Royale's Wolves & Moose
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Watching the lives of wolves and moose unfold on Isle Royale (Part 1)
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
We've Always Been Here
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ask a lobsterman in Maine how long his family has been fishing and he might say five generations. What if you heard one hundred?

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:47
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Buck Stops Here
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The residents of Islesboro, Maine are fighting against a growing Lyme disease panic.

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Dam Neighbors
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation
Lynn Smith moved to Maine in hopes of retiring in peace - but there was one thing she hadn't counted on.

Bought by KUOW, Public Radio Remix, and WAMC


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
#2: Revisiting Mandatory Recycling
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: City recycling worker, Credit: QUEST
Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city steppe...

Bought by WAMC and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
Tent City
From: Eliza Ridgeway
Caption: Tent City resident Lantz Rowland has camped at religious sites across the greater Seattle area., Credit: Eliza Ridgeway
Religious Seattle residents are taking an in-your-face approach to housing the homeless.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 15:01
No Brother of Mine
From: 2 below zero
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
Pink Gloves Boxing
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
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
Under the Radar: The Best New Austin Music
From: KUT
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Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
Developing an exhibit about asteroids
From: Mandy Walker
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The Space Science Institute is launching a new $3 million project to develop a set of exhibits on asteroids and is using middle school students to ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2009
  • Length: 05:24
A Refugee in America
From: With Good Reason
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After 9-11, the number of refugees who could come into this country was cut back drastically. Slowly those numbers are rebounding. Nancy King has ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC, and KWCW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Haudenosaunee Promise Scholars
From: Brad Horn
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The first student to graduate as part of a Syracuse University full scholarship for Native American students got his degree last month.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Acidic Seas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's global warming doing to the ocean?

Bought by KZYX, KRUA, KUOW, WRNC-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 6
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
It's in the Little Envelope
From: Jennifer Ball
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Heirloom gardener Diana George Chapin and her family discuss seed saving and its global impact.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Duffy's Ark
From: Stephen Grant
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the wake of the recent historic floods hitting the Midwest many families have been left homeless. For one Iowa family, the nightmare that landed...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2