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The Sound of Blindness
From: Radio K
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Corruption in International Adoption
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Jennifer Hemsley with daughter, Pearl and Hazel (R), 2007, Credit: Jennifer Hemsley
Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
INTO THE ABYSS -- Werner Herzog
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Werner Herzog, San Francisco, CA 11/5/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Werner Herzog on respect, justice, and the Culture of Death.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 12:52
An old school game gets a new following
From: KALW
Caption: Adisa Banjoko (left) is the founder of the Hip Hop Chess Federation., Credit: Nina Parks
In another story KALW brought you the story of the so-called Chess Cinderella, Dyhemia Young. The foster child won a college scholarship at a prest...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Trouble finding a parking space? There’s an app for that
From: KALW
Caption: SFPark Manager Jay Primus, Credit: Casey Miner
San Francisco is the epicenter of all things digital, especially when it comes to innovation. Most recently, the city launched an app that tackles ...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:07
Saving language with a Record-A-Thon
From: KALW
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The Bay Area is so diverse, that walking down the street or sitting on BART, you might hear a number of languages being spoken. Some you might reco...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:58
Moss Landing State Park’s quiet end
From: KALW
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One of California’s greatest assets is its natural environment. Nearly every landscape imaginable is within a day’s trip from here. To the east you...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
Oakland parking: the good, the bad, and the downright disgusting
From: KALW
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Think of a place you’d never go, unless you really had to. Think of Oakland’s Parking Citation Assistance Center. It’s a non-descript room in a ty...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:49
Mobile clinic brings health care to Santa Maria farm workers
From: KALW
Caption: Photo courtesy of the National Farm Work Ministry. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfwm/5535843066/
In California, many of the farm workers who harvest the state’s crops are undocumented. Their lack of legal status often means they don’t have heal...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Hip Hop Hamlet at 75th season of OSF
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Hamlet at OSF, Credit: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 75th season with a fresh take on Hamlet.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KLCC


  • Added: May 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Coho Survival
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Can we save Coho salmon from "the vortex of extinction?"

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Online Parodies
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? On this edition of the TippingPoint, we take a closer look.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 30:37
The World of Online Retail
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 26:10
Winter Amusements
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 19:42
Mash Ups
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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Are mashups the new metaphors– combining rather than comparing unlike things — as a commentary on our culture? How have mashups influenced and chan...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 23:37
Curl TV
From: Jim Cosco
Caption: Curltv.com, Credit: Curl TV
The Winter Olympics only comes around every four years, but fans of the peculiar sport of curling can find curling content online all year round. T...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
Another Year
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan security man asks local people to get out of the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009., Credit: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Features on the war in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Greening the DNC
From: Y-Press
Series: 2008 Democratic National Convention
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Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced the 2008 Democratic National Convention was "going to be the greenest in history." In this report, Y-Press...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:35
Microfinance in the US gets a boost
From: Rachel Dornhelm
Caption: Viki Sinipata is one of the microentrepreneurs whose loan was funded by Kiva.org users. Her business offers support and companionship to the elderly.
A number of Web sites help Internet users fund entrepreneurs from developing countries. Now one of the biggest, Kiva.org, is allowing users to make...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
A Refugee in America
From: With Good Reason
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After 9-11, the number of refugees who could come into this country was cut back drastically. Slowly those numbers are rebounding. Nancy King has ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KWCW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
The Long Train to Freedom
From: Aaron Kohn
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The Story of Refugees Going Back to Zimbabwe

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:28