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More than a year ago, a native Minnesota man traveled to Duluth with not much more than his bicycle. He spent months couch surfing with friends, an...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 03:29
The trains of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina are falling apart. A group of train workers and student activists says the problem is that private co...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 08:36
Steve Downing, like Aaron Brown, looks at his seasonal tasks this winter and why those tasks should be avoided at all costs. Downing specifically a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:52
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 28:03
New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 08:10
An introduction to some of my illustrious colleagues from my days as a bellhop/valet/part-time restaurant host at the Hilton.
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 15:12
While researching a book, author Richard Hicks was a long haul trucker for a year and a half. He shares the unique perspective that truckers have ...
Bought by KUOW, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 3
One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 17:54
Brian recounts the first summer in Alaska working the slime lines of a cannery and the time the Captain was drunk, the crew quit, and the ship's an...
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 2
Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 08:49
An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 07:32
Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 09:51
- Added: Jun 25, 2010
- Length: 29:00
UP IN THE AIR: Director Jason Reitman talks to Andrea Chase about filming, traveling, and dressing George Clooney.
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 16:56
A young lumberjack in northern Wisconsin gets run over by a team of horses.
- Added: Nov 28, 2009
- Length: 03:13
A profile of a man trying to get out of homelessness.
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 4
If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...
- Added: Dec 03, 2008
- Length: 03:45
The loss of air traffic controllers upset over their working conditions is a major reason airlines are consistently operating behind schedule and f...
- Added: Dec 13, 2007
- Length: 03:08
The Bush administration is abusing air traffic controllers and endangering the millions who rely on them for safe travel.
- Added: Jun 05, 2007
- Length: 04:59
- Added: Jun 04, 2006
- Length: 13:57
Reflections with sound of hiking the Inca Trail, poor Peruvian porters carrying our belongings.
- Added: Feb 24, 2006
- Length: 04:26
- Added: Dec 03, 2005
- Length: 10:01
- Added: Dec 13, 2004
- Length: 11:06
To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.
- Added: Sep 24, 2004
- Length: 02:47
