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Destination DIY teamed up with the Life of the Law podcast to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy and how different cities ...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 20:40
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Host Doug Storm offers selections from two previous shows on the state of public education in Indiana and the nation.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:11
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Some members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe are concerned that their perspective won't be adequately portrayed at the 400th commemoration of the Pi...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
Caption: An instructor at Moscow's Kulakov Center, a flagship hospital for maternity care in Russia., Credit: Julia Barton
The Russian government wants to improve its country's birthrate. One way to do that is to improve maternity care and reduce infant mortality. But n...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: A job application asks about past convictions., Credit: Flickr user: Waponi
When you fill out a job application, you expect to answer some basic questions. Things like your employment and education history, and relevant ski...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
Caption: Oakland Police Department, Credit: Credit under CC license from Flickr user vision63
In every police department, there’s a special division just for policing the cops. Its responsible for investigating all officer misconduct, includ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:45
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Cameron Smith testing out his homemade, hand-sewn space suit, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The maker movement is taking off and the private space industry is booming right now. So, naturally, some fearless do-it-yourselfers are crafting t...

Bought by WDBM, Marfa Public Radio, Hark!, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Air National Guard students train on maintaining the MQ-9 Reaper at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, NY., Credit: David Sommerstein, NCPR
Drones, or unmanned aircraft, are making headlines for their controversial attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan…and for how they could be used for s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 2
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The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
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In the finale of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott takes us into the public square, to look at how governments must re-engage with citizens.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
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In Episode four of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks as how the digital revolution has changed how business are run.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
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In part three of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the future of heath care and medicine.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
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In episode two of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science, and the emergence of knowledge-sharing an...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
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In the first installment of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the media and how the industrial-age model of mass production is giving way ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Caption: TOMS Founder, Blake Mycoskie.
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...

Bought by KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
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After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 12:39
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: California Pacific Medical Center is negotiating with San Francisco to build a new hospital at Van Ness and Geary.
May 11 marked the two-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0 quake set off a devastating tsunami, taking the lives of more t...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:08
Caption: The earth at night is still bright!, Credit: International Dark Sky Association
Turns out, light pollution could be even worse for us than previously thought.

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


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Baghdad's famous Al-Rasheed Street, Credit: AP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: American armored trucks used on patrol in Anbar province., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 29:00