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China has cemented its position as the world’s leader in solar power, adding more capacity in 2023 than the world as a whole did in 2022, according...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:03
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Oregon’s refillable beer bottle program started out small with just seven craft breweries participating. But the idea is catching on and these recy...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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IKEA makes alternative delicious foods for the future.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:08
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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
Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
"The Economics of Ramadan" is produced by Sarah El Safty looks into how Egyptians are coping financially this Ramadan following the devaluation of ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Melissa Austria, Founder of GotStyle
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:44
Caption: Jérôme Le Breton, notary, Credit: Sarah Elzas
If you buy or sell property in France, get divorced or inherit something, you will have to spend time with a notary. Unlike a notary public, who ta...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fadi Jaber brought his American bakery concept from the Middle East to the US., Credit: Sugar Daddy's Bakery
Opening a classic American-style bakery in the heart of the Middle East might not be the easiest endeavor, but that didn't stop entrepreneur Fadi J...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
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There are challenges to running a little cow sanctuary in the center of one of the biggest cities in the world.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lisa Fruchtman, San Francisco, CA 11/22/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:51
Caption: The Dialogos Interview Series, produced by Dialogos Radio, Credit: Michael Nevradakis
An interview with young entrepreneur Nikolaos Kakavoulis, the founder and CEO of the "Daily Secret" group of websites. "Daily Secret" launched in ...

  • Added: May 26, 2013
  • Length: 10:29
Caption: Italian Negar Azhar Azari makes a ring by hand in the centuries-old Florentine tradition.  , Credit: Maurizio Rufino
Italian artisans craft exquisite objects with their hands, particularly in Florence. Yet aging artisans crippled by Italy’s bureaucracy aren’t abl...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bookalokal.com
Expat in Brussels, Evelyne White, launches the first version of a new website on Monday 15th October 2012. Bookalokal.com helps guests seeking a l...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: You bet this story is about fish.
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Often the only chance coffee farmers have to be successful is to band together in groups called cooperatives. In eastern Uganda, there’s one man wh...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 06:33
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In a new series, “Stuff that Works” we look at good ideas that solve a specific problem. All across West Africa, you can buy water on the street. ...

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
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If you can’t read or write, how can you sign important documents or cash your paycheck? In Afghanistan, you get a signet ring. Engravers carve r...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
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It’s monsoon season now in Nepal and that means few tourists. Street vendors in the capital of Kathmandu are accustomed to the slowdown in sales. ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Camels are critical in parts of Africa and the Middle East. If you want to buy one, they’re not cheap and haggling over the price is a long establ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:24
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June is the most popular month for weddings. And in Uruguay, like many places, it’s traditional to throw rice at the newlyweds. But at City Hall ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
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