All Pieces for Al Letson

 
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In one town, it might be an oil spill. "I should not have seen three dead dolphins in my lifetime. And I've seen em." In another, saving a basketba...

Bought by WEAA and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 2
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You know, listening to the news, it can sometimes feel like everything is falling apart. But across the country, ordinary people are bringing thing...

Bought by WEAA and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 2
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A company town, where the company is government. In a city where one in four households contain a government employee, the crippling state budget d...

Bought by KUOW, WGBH Radio Boston, KOSU, Vermont Public Radio, KQED and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 14
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From Rockefeller's Standard Oil to GE's first industrial park, Cleveland was a city made by entrepreneurs. But since the polluted Cuyahoga River ca...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUOW, KOSU, Vermont Public Radio, KQED and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:54
  • Purchases: 14
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Wyoming is the least populated state in the US. In this sparse landscape, where tradition and self-reliance are prized, what are the things that b...

Bought by WTIP, KUOW, KOSU, WGBH Radio Boston, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 18
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After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then, just as t...

Bought by KOSU, WGBH Radio Boston, Vermont Public Radio, KQED, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 19
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From President Carter’s famous 1977 urban decay photo-op in the wastelands of the South Bronx to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s iconic ea...

Bought by KOSU, Spokane Public Radio, WEKU, WGBH Radio Boston, Vermont Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:37
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: State of the Re:Union
Promo 2 for Spring 2011 Season

Bought by KOSU and WRVO


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: State of the Re:Union
Promo for Spring 2011 Season

Bought by KOSU and WRVO


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Famous for its beaches and clubs, Miami is also the 3rd poorest city in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2004 numbers. If you own ...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, KUOW, KQED, KSJD, KOSU and more


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 13
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Refugees, entrepreneurs, visionaries—these are the historic roots of Oakland, California. The city has long been home for people building new live...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, KUOW, KSJD, WGBH Radio Boston, KOSU and more


  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 15
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A couple of decades ago, Utica was dying; a popular bumper sticker in the '90s read "Last One Out of Utica, Please Turn Out the Lights." Once a bus...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, KOSU, KSJD, KUOW, WRPI and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 14
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Birmingham, Alabama. Just the words make you think about freedom riders, church bombings, civil rights marches and police dogs. This is a place tha...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, WTIP, KOSU, KQED, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 15
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These days, competing versions of Las Vegas occupy the public imagination. One is of Sin City, the City of Lights, home to The Strip, and to glitte...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, KOSU, KQED, WTIP, WRVO and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 16
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are sending our veterans home with wounds and obstacles not always clearly visible to the rest of the country. The...

Bought by Vermont Public Radio, WUIS, KMXT, WSGE, KTEP and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 33
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SOTRU explores the misguided portrayal of the rural Appalachian region as a place of victims — a people at the mercy of the region's poverty or big...

Bought by WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WGBH Radio Boston, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Cathedral of Junk - Austin, TX, Credit: State of the Re:Union
Austin is a town wrestling with its identity, not as a result of a natural disaster or economic meltdown, but rather its success. The population ha...

Bought by WEAA, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 11
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Los Angeles...Lala Land…often thought of as the city of movies and money and fame.  But that characterization doesn't get at the heart and soul of ...

Bought by WEAA, KFAI, Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 11
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It isn’t exactly Lake Wobegon anymore… Once known as the home of Midwestern Lutherans and Scandinavian farmers, the cities of Minneapolis and St. P...

Bought by KFAI, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN, WFPL News and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Española - The Land Remembers, Credit: SOTRU
Broadcast Window Opens September 15th 2010 - Española, New Mexico is known as the first Capitol City in America. Settled by Spanish conquistadors i...

Bought by WEAA, KTEP, KUT, WNYC, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:53
  • Purchases: 16