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John LaFratta didn’t start practicing law until he was in his thirties. He had studied business and English literature as an undergraduate, and wor...
- Added: Mar 18, 2024
- Length: 27:06
There’s a man in a small city thirty miles south of Richmond Virginia whose business was pretty much wiped out by the Coronavirus pandemic. But des...
- Added: Apr 14, 2020
- Length: 12:26
this is the conclusion of 2828 Story of a House. It’s about a man named Leroy Basham who hoarded for several decades, and the people who dug throug...
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 22:09
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
Aristotle said it best: “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Whenever there is a void in our lives we fill it, consciously or otherwise. Too often, people tr...
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 26:45
Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2015
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 1
How a detour, a patch of goathead thorns, and a flat tire changed one guy's life, and brought an economic boost to a sleepy, little town in rural W...
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 3
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 27:05
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 1
Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.
- Added: Mar 06, 2015
- Length: 27:40
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
Destination DIY producer Alex Johnson has the story of a one-woman restaurant where customers can't help but feel like a part of the family.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti traces the roots of the phrase "do it yourself" through its evolution in both corporate advertising and subcul...
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 12:52
- Purchases: 1
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 2
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
When a neighborhood newspaper folds, the publisher creates a unique ritual to mark its passing.
- Added: Sep 01, 2011
- Length: 05:42
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
Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.
Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 05:36
- Purchases: 4
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
Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:50
- Purchases: 4
The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:37
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.
- Added: Oct 07, 2009
- Length: 04:20
For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:34
In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:35
