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Black Love
From: The Stoop
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From our words, to dance, to the everyday sounds that surround us, we explore the special ways we express and feel the love..

Bought by KALW, WFSU, KVCR, WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 12
Against The Grain
From: Things That Go Boom
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In this fall special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: how Indigenous knowledge is challenging the military industrial complex.

Bought by KCBX, KUOW, WXXI Rochester, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
PROLOGUE - BURNING MAN meets THE INTERSECTION
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Are you ready to experience Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 04:37
Food Fight
From: Things That Go Boom
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In this special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: Two stories about food, family, and the choices our government makes in our...

Bought by WFDD Ops, KECG, WYPR, WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 36
The Big Ponder #34: Sounds of Nature
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Tosca Terán creates soundscapes using fungi. In this immersive piece, Tosca takes listeners on a soundwalk, pausing periodically to interview other...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 25:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #3: Radio Wanderlust
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Bilal Qureshi explores the German-English idea of ‘Wanderlust’ through his personal audio archives and conversations with fellow travelers. Does th...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Re:sound - The Family Ties Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.

Bought by KOSU, Troy Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Michigan Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Making Beyoncé
From: WBEZ
Caption: WBEZ's 'Making Beyoncé'
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is a media mogul. A philanthropist. A feminist hero. But before the Grammys, the platinum records and Destiny’s Child, ther...

Bought by KUHF, WCMU Michigan, KOSU, KERA, WXPN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 29
Announcing Best of the Best 2019
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2019 Third Coast Festival Broadcast
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival is back with our annual Best of the Best broadcast, featuring the winners of the 2019 Third Coast / Ri...

Bought by KALW, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WJCT, WFHB, WABE and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 19
Connie's Kitchen
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Caption: Participants Elizabeth Maldonado and Ezra McPherson in Connie's Kitchen, Credit: Danea Johnson, Texas Folklife
Musician Connie Jo Kirk uses food to share her legacy and love. This story was produced by Elizabeth Maldonado, Taylor Prewitt, and Ezra McPherson,...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #31: The Berlin Ringbahn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Hop on board Berlin’s Ringbahn, a suburban train that carries over 400,000 passengers each day and circles some of the city’s most authentic and li...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
Smackdown: City Hall vs Big Oil
From: Claire Schoen
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Richmond California is a working class town that grew up in the shadow of a Chevron refinery. The company ran both the economy – and the local gove...

Bought by KUOW, KUNM, WFAE, WAMU, WUTC and more


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Making Obama: Part 2
From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama
Caption: WBEZ's Making Obama
From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Making Obama: Part 1
From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama
Caption: WBEZ's Making Obama
From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 33
The Ashes of Truth
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Documentary film and science do not appear to have much in common, except that, philosophically, they have everything in common. Two men met in 197...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 48:08
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 5: Ties That Bind
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 4: There's No "I" In Team
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This week's hour long radio episode takes you from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, to the trails that snake through the White Mountains, an...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 2
Season 2 Ep. 3: Fighting the Odds
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 2: Go Big or Go Home
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 1: Take the Reins
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Season 1 Ep. 5: Stake Your Claim
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
Season 1 Ep. 4: Living Fossils
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Technology advances at breakneck speed, so why hasn’t the electric grid changed in 60 years? This week’s episode explores things, that for one rea...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:28