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Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple Sclerosis
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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Josie's decades-long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is helped by the ongoing support of her husband, Joe, and their much-loved custom tandem...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 17:24
Mom-on-the-Run Erin: The Challenges of Postpartum Depression
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
Caption: My Body Odyssey - Episode 4
"Pregnancy is no joke," Erin tells us in this body odyssey that's both deeply personal and all-too-common. Having been on bed rest with preeclampsi...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 20:39
Iron Woman Diane: The Rewards & Challenges of Exercise With Diabetes
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
Caption: Episode Artwork
This 2nd MBO episode features Diane, an amateur triathlete who’s also a Type 1 diabetic. Diane's completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 18:04
Ep. 21: Pain, Pain, Go Away
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Rapper P.O.S, Credit: Erin Cahanes
For some artists, sickness can fuel their creativity. But for others, illness can drain the inspiration right out of them. In this episode, musicia...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 17:21
Tandem
From: Anna Rose MacArthur
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Two skydivers died in a fatal tandem jump. The men’s parachutes didn’t open completely. A month later, what happened to the man who found the parac...

Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 3
Go For It: Life Lessons From Girl Boxers
From: WNYC
Caption: Claressa Shields at the Olympic Trials. , Credit: Sue Jaye Johnson
This year women will enter the Olympic boxing ring for the first time. Hosted by actor Rosie Perez and producer Marianne McCune, "Go for It" expl...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WBEZ, Delta College Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 38
Robert Leo Sheppard (Voice of Yankee Stadium) July 11, 2010
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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For more than fifty years ... an unbroken streak of more than 4500 games, Bob Sheppard was the voice of Yankee Stadium. As Reggie Jackson said, "t...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The Women of Roller Derby
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby has exploded across northern MN, with the Babe City Rollers in Bemidji, and the Iron Range Maidens. Derby is a very...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMSU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 35:15
  • Purchases: 2
Dyana, Goddess Of The Moose Hunt
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It all started out as a simple moose hunt...but a lot can go wrong.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 3
Alter Ego
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inside and outside the wrestling ring, Keith Dinsmore gets knocked down and back up, again and again.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:04
Hunting With My Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, hunters talk about their fathers and grandfathers and the role these men played in their own development as hunters

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
The Culture Is Changing
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, hunters describe hunting culture in New England as they were growing up, and how they see that culture changing

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Taking a Life
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this show, hunters talk about the experience of taking an animal's life

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
Zuni Running
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Long distance running has long held symbolic meaning for many Native Americans, particularly Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. And as Hal Cannon of ...

Bought by WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCC-FM, The Nature Podcast, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 5
The Only Voice
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Champion bull rider Kenny Churchill recounts the reason he chose family over bull riding.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
Brooklyn Cyclones Groundskeepers
From: Cyrus Farivar
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Brooklyn Cyclones' two groundskeepers tell their tricks of the trade.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Owning Guns
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Writer Jay Allison talks about the events in his life that cause him to rethink his relationship with guns.

Bought by WMPG, KUAF Public Radio, KKRN, Indie3 Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 15
Challenger Softball Team
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Team Effort

Bought by WXLV-FM and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 23, 2003
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2