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Off Script: One Pharmacist's COVID Woes and Wins

From: Tradeoffs

A pharmacist and co-owner of an independent pharmacy in Iowa shares what life is like nearly two years into the pandemic.

Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'

From: Great Lakes Today

It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO

A Question of Character

From: Mitchell Borden

In Tisbury, voters recently drew battle lines and took sides as they headed to the polls to say yes or no to Question 1. It was a question that man...

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

Nicklesville Pushes Seattle Towards Acceptance of Tent Cities

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Nicklesville, Credit: Sara Bernard

Seattle is one of the only cities in the nation to have passed an ordinance formally sanctioning tent cities. A lot of that success can be chalked ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE

Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen

Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

Megabus Tells Story of New Orleans' Katrina Diaspora

From: Eve Abrams

Caption: The most popular destinations for Megabus routes out of New Orleans are Atlanta and Houston., Credit: Eve Abrams

Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...

Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Comedy Bootcamp

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A new course dreamed up by students at the College of William & Mary, called Veterans Comedy Bootcamp is bringing laughter and storytelling to a cl...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KENW, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN and more

NaNoWriMo

From: David Berner

A newly updated piece on NaNoWriMo. November is National Novel Writing Month, sometimes known as NaNoWriMo. In a studio loft on the Chicago's North...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

A carnival and Catholic devotion in San Bartolome Bacerra, Guatemala

From: Benjamin Reeves

Caption: Onlookers press against the barrier to take photos of the display depicting the biblical creation of the world in the church of San Bartolome Bacerra, Friday., Credit: Benjamin Reeves

Religious devotion and carnival revelry combined Friday night as thousands of devout Catholics gathered in the small Guatemalan village of San Bart...

The Music of Noise

From: A. Randall Wenner

Caption: Syracuse University Design Professor Zeke Leonard demonstrates his intonarumori noise-making instruments., Credit: A. Randall Wenner

Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix

Biodiesel On the Hudson

From: Willis Arnold

Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

Here's The Church, Where Are All The Young People?

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Caption: The lights are dark and the music is loud at a 5:30 service at Hope Presbyterian Church called The Stirring.

One in three young Americans say they do NOT belong to any organized religion. That’s according to research by the Pew Forum; and that’s more than ...

I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.

It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Roots Thinning In Rural America

From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America

Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.

A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix

News 39

From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show News

Tune in to the small town news you need to know!

The legacy of Harry Crews

From: With Good Reason

Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...

GNP Show 8 (One Hour) World Vacation

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour

Summer tourism with a twist is the theme this week on the World Vision Report. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical ins...

Bought by KMUD, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WDSE, and WRST-FM Oshkosh

GNP 007 (Half Hour) Emmanuel Jal and Spleen Sandwiches

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour

Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKRN

GNP Show 06 (Half Hour)-World Hunger and Popcorn

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour

(To air the week of June 18,2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WEZU

GNP Show 06 (One Hour) World Hunger

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour

(for air the week of June 18, 2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WBEZ and WDSE

GNP Show 05 (Half Hour) Afghan Orphans

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour

(To air the week of June 11, 2011). An orphanage in Afghanistan for descendants of Genghis Khan… …teenage refugees sing peace but get death threats...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station

GNP Show 05 (One Hour) Afghan Orphans

From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour

(For air the week of June 11, 2011) Stop at a red light in Mexico and chances are young children will approach your car selling food, trinkets, or ...

Bought by WDSE and WRST-FM Oshkosh