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The Tiny City That Almost Wasn't
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The water tower of Hilltop, MN, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a tiny town just north of Minneapolis that is entirely surrounded by Columbia Heights. It's called Hilltop. In a way, Hilltop was forced in...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 07:56
Garland
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Painting, landscaping, demo work, dish washer... I'm available.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Makers Series 8: Theo Chocolate
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Theo Chocolate was founded in 2006 by Joe Whinney and Debra Music and is based in Seattle, USA. The company is known as being the first organic, fa...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
Makers Series 7: Cailo Chocolate
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Cailo Chocolate was founded in 2016 by the Castillo and Carniello families and is based in Perth, Australia. The bean-to-bar producer sources its c...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
Playing Pickleball, Raising Money for the Library
From: Barb Seaman
Caption: Michelle Annet - avid pickleball player and librarian at Cascade Middle School
Michelle Annett loves being a librarian, but she also loves pickleball. She decided to combine the two into a fundraiser- she opens up the gym thr...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:29
Beyond the Golden Leaf: Tobacco, Food Culture and a Changing Farming Landscape (Gravy Ep. 50)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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For generations, farmers in western North Carolina have relied on tobacco as a core crop, their lifeblood. It was more than just income, though: to...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 26:01
  • Purchases: 1
Inside Tow-Knight, Ep. 7: "Iron Woman Tackles the Pivot"
From: Jeremy Caplan
Series: Inside Tow-Knight
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You've got to be one brave businessperson to realize your startup is heading in the wrong direction, and do something about it. This week, we talk ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
Inside Tow-Knight, Ep. 4: "What's your problem?"
From: Jeremy Caplan
Series: Inside Tow-Knight
Caption: Ana Ormaechea, Tow-Knight 2015 Fellow
Understanding your audience goes deeper than simply asking, "Do you like my idea?" This week, we talk about how to figure out what it is that your ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 04:49
The Secret Art of Hair Replacement
From: Ellen Payne Smith
Caption: Women's Wig Display at Richard Theodore's Office
Hair loss is taboo and the measures people take to replace hair are rarely mentioned out loud, but for Richard Theodore on Cape Cod, hair replaceme...

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 3
Collective Living
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: The 25th St. House owned by Portland Collective Housing, Credit: Portland Collective Housing (PCH)
What happens when a group of friends get together to buy a house? That's what some people did in Portland, Oregon in 2003. The house is still owned...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 1
Transport: A Canine Journey
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is th...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
Up All Night
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Ali Jaffri, Credit: Alex Stonehill
Jessica Partnow takes us through a night in the life of Ali Jaffri, a professional telemarketer in Lahore, Pakistan.

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


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
Security in a New Homeland
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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John Yanga is a refugee from Sudan. He's trying to start a family farm in Maine, where he and his family of nine settled.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Five Things
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Motivational speaker Bill Picard meets the challenges of cerebral palsy.

Bought by KALW, HowSound, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, American Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 6