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A proposed east-west highway across the state of Maine has been on the minds of legislators since it was included in the original proposal for the ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:41
Caption: Tiny house living requires a minimalist approach., Credit: Califia Suntree
This episode features stories about projects that might seem impossible at first: tiny house construction, moving by bike, "hacking" reality, and h...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Esther England
Esther England was good at everything she did. Singing opera around the world, teaching university students who wanted to be her, doing that even a...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
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Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
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With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
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My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
Caption: Interviewing at Pearl Roundabout 20th February 2011
In 'Bahrain: Desert Island Risks', Former expatriate Miranda Diboll took advantage of her housewife visa status in the country and interviewed prot...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:59
Caption: The only known image of Mad Genius
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Amend The Constitution!" Meet James Christophersen, a conse...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
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Stephanie and James worked together at the University of Illinois at Chicago before they both found out that they were going to be fired.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
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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 Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Julia and Marion in Marion's Kitchen
This is the first part of my Bon Appetit series celebrating the life and legacy of my friend and mentor Julia Child whose 100th birthday would have...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 22:13
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This month's program is about human rights.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:03:38
Caption: no bills installation view, Credit: Katie Denny
Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
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The tragic tale of an ambitious project to give a million shirts to the people of Africa - produced in association with Stanford Storytelling Project

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 12:47
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In a war you have your typical players. They're the soldiers, the medics. Politicians and journalists. The translators and engineers too. And then ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Susanna and Guy Clark, Credit: Music Road Records
Join a who's who of Texas Music, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Willie Nelson and many, many more in a 70th birthday celebration o...

Bought by KSUT, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Tim Lynn, artist, Credit: Cheryl Bowlan
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 11:14
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
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A young man proposes to his girlfriend... and then reconsiders.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2