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Producer Profile: Adrian Baker
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Adrian Baker
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Adrian Baker.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 15:50
Into the Unknown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Into the Unknown, Credit: Seth Shostak
From voyages to the bottom of the sea, to the edges of space: join us on treks of modern exploration.

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: Plotting Along
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Plotting Along, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why conspiracy theories persist – from 9-11 to UFOs to fluoride in our water.

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Water the Chances
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Water the Chances, Credit: Seth Shostak
Getting the salt out: the most promising technologies for desalination… how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink… and, turning salt pond...

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
NOVA Minute: A Freaked-Out Physicist
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says that when scientist Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms were made mostly of empty space, he was afraid ...

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 5
Winona Women in History
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Catherine Goddard Smith
Did you know that Winona was home to a silent film actress, an opera singer, a beautician to the elite and ladies of the night? Today on Culture Cl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 19:36
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sugar -- Groks Science Show 2011-02-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos discussed how sugar changed the world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Great Migration that Changed America - Isabel Wilkerson
From: Open Source
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Isabel Wilkerson is the epic tale teller of the Great Migration of Southern black people that remade America — sound, substance and spirit — in the...

Bought by KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Producer Profile: Michelle Danforth
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Michelle Danforth
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Michelle Danforth of the Lacrosse documentary Sacred Stick.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 14:58
Who are the largest ethnic group in America?
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Drawings from the kids of the Liebfrauen school
40 million Americans have German ancestry, but none speak German-how come? Why did the Germans emigrate at all? And the amazing story of the treaty...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 37:35
Texas Dance Hall Memories
From: David Martin Davies
Caption: Fiddler on stage at Club 21, Credit: david martin davies
Can the historic dance halls of Texas be saved? These are the stages where the great Texas singers and musicians developed and Texas culture took r...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why Thanksgiving?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Why is it that Thanksgiving is celebrated almost exclusively in the United States and Canada. How has it been celebrated and how is it celebrated now?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 6
Expert Remembers Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later
From: Grace Hood
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Monday, November 9 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. KUNC’s Grace Hood sat down with University of Northern Colorado polit...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Darwin to DNA -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
James Schwartz discussed the history of the gene from Darwin to DNA.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:49
  • Purchases: 2
Berlin Chicago Kids Talk
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Richton Park school kids in Chicago interviewing Berlin Kids live
This segment clearly illustrates the virtually endless possibilities inherent in new forms of media and its impact on primary school children worl...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Generations: Cherokee language through art
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: A piece of artwork depicting the Cherokee character "ma.", Credit: Cherokee Heritage Center
The Cherokee Heritage Center is using art to help pass on the Cherokee language.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
THE STORY OF TIBET/Conversations with the Dalai Lama
From: The Tibet Connection
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The Tibet Connection producer Julie Adler interview journalist Thomas Laird on his book, The Story of Tibet, based on conversations he had with the...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 18:49
  • Purchases: 1

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