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Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 26:08
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 24:26
It’s interesting how every great work of music, literature, visual art is immune to the predilections of time and space. Whether they were crafted ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2024
- Length: 27:38
Nico Cathcart has been an artist practically since birth. From the time her fingers could grip the ferrule of a paintbrush and guide it along a fla...
- Added: Mar 22, 2024
- Length: 25:47
John LaFratta didn’t start practicing law until he was in his thirties. He had studied business and English literature as an undergraduate, and wor...
- Added: Jan 19, 2024
- Length: 26:38
From: Barb Seaman
The Forest Service would allow hiking access only if a volunteer group formed to caretake the trail. So the Cape Horn Conservancy was born. Now t...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:27
Corneal blindness affects millions worldwide. A husband-and-wife team at the University of Pittsburgh has been working toward the dream of regrowin...
- Added: Jun 08, 2016
- Length: 13:23
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way ...
- Added: May 07, 2016
- Length: 27:49
Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 09:38
- Purchases: 3
Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2015
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 1
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 07:33
Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...
Bought by KUER
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 05:36
- Purchases: 1
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 Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 2
September 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. What started out as a modest two day affair heavy on regional ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 55:44
Janis Joplin. Roky Erikson. Doug Sahm. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Names like these helped establish Austin’s global reputation as hothouse for great music...
- Added: Aug 22, 2011
- Length: 01:00:00
Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...
- Added: Jan 11, 2011
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 2
The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...
Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 11
The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:37
A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.
- Added: Oct 14, 2008
- Length: 05:03
The Reincarnation of an Austin Rocker
- Added: Mar 13, 2008
- Length: 04:49
One of the most stunning comebacks in the history of rock and roll...
- Added: Mar 10, 2008
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 2
Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...
- Added: Aug 29, 2007
- Length: 15:57
- Added: Aug 18, 2006
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Boxers at the Portland Boxing Club spend months and years preparing for eight minutes in the ring.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG
- Added: May 24, 2006
- Length: 06:46
- Purchases: 5
Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.
Bought by WMPG
- Added: May 24, 2006
- Length: 06:44
- Purchases: 1
