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An Expat's Exploration of Americans and Hockey*
From: Jule Banville
Series: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Anna's old team: The Carstairs Bruins of Alberta
*They just don't get it.

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
Horse Companions
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
Knocked Out
From: American Student Radio
Caption: Knocked Out, Credit: Daniel Brown
This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
Performance Enhancing Drugs on Pro Sports like Baseball
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Does the fans of baseball players care if they use performance enhancers? Will this change the idea of sports, and who is to blame with this proble...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:36
The Fight
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Kealing Middle School Spring 2013
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A middle schooler with hopes of joining the MMA explores the physical & mental rigors of boxing in this experimental sound-rich essay. By Kealing M...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
What's going to happen with Minnesota's fishing opener?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson welcomed Duluth News-Tribune outdoors editor Sam Cook to The Roadhouse May 3, where they talked about fishing openers past and p...

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 23:28
  • Purchases: 1
Bittersweet Barista Champion
From: Alex Lewis
Caption: Brian Gelletly training for the 2013 Barista Championship, Credit: Alex Lewis
Brian Gelletly is really good at making coffee. In fact, his coffee is so good that he competed at the 2013 United States Barista Championship in B...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A secret meeting threatens to derail Jackie Robinson's ascent to the majors.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KWMR-FM, KKRN, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Sonnet For The Baseball Teams Playing "Sweet Caroline"
From: Susan Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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This is a sonnet for the baseball teams who after the tragedy at the Boston Marathon each played the song the Boston Red Sox play during a game w...

  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: :54
Episode 3 - Sports!
From: This Land Press
Series: This Land Radio
Caption: On the hunt for bass at Grand Lake in Oklahoma for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic, Credit: Shane Benel
This week on This Land Radio, we learn the rules of the game just enough to question them.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sports Blogger Mark Titus
From: WFHB
Series: Standing Room Only
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On October 11, 2012, sports blogger Mark Titus stopped by Indiana University to speak with students from the Sports Communication Club. The grantla...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
Brainy Athletes - Airdate: 17 April 2013
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Energy Drinks & Heart Disease - Airdate: 15 April 2013
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Energy drinks and red meat contain carnitine, a substance that promotes heart disease with the help of gut bacteria.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Headstrong
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Can the culture of playing through pain ever change?

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
130331 Gee Whiz, How Many Joe and Jim Musicians Will We Hear?
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: New Orleans Saturday Night on WWOZ
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of including Anita Humes and the Essex.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:29
Quick Queue: Optimus Prime
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Jamie Nelson. In 2005 Cook County High Cross country running team ditched their given school mascot, the Viking, and declared “Optimus Prime” --...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:05
Quick Queue: Minneapolis Arm Wrestling League for Ladies
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Minneapolis Arm Wrestling League for Ladies - by Mike Potter: Charity and arm wrestling are two things that aren't mentioned in the same sentence v...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue 2-24-13: "The Sporting Life"
From: Radio K
Series: Culture Queue
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We here at Culture Queue spend a lot of time on the arts beat. Whether it’s theater, music, books, museums, we try to keep you up on what’s going o...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Old N' Dirty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ray Penfold and his son Bill have been racing together for the past 40 years. Now 85 years old, Ray's health is failing and he can't race anymore.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:54
Turf War: A History of College Sports [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Caption: Chicago Kent College of Law indoor baseball player, M. Ryan, 1910, Credit: Library of Congress
Just in time for March Madness, we're taking on the history of college sports. It's a subject that has provided some especially heated controversie...

Bought by WFPL News, WOUB, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Special Olympics Minnesota
From: KFAI
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Special Olympics Minnesota provides opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in physical activities. Through training and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Effie, Minnesota's Northstar Stampede & Rodeo
From: KFAI
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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America loves the Old West--cowboys, campfires, cattle, and chuck wagons. KFAI producer Britt Aamodt found a little piece of the Old West in a most...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Basketball
From: Asia Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The love of basketball expressed by the people who play it

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:26

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