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When complaints roll in, PBS's public editor uses them to spark community conversations.
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Interview with PBS Public Editor, Ricardo Sandoval Palos, about misinformation, disinformation, confirmation bias and how that effects programming ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
OHR122: OHR Presents: Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco, 5/11/2020
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco
San Francisco based early 20th Century American music preservationist duo Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
The Write Question - Carlo Nassise & Eva Rendle - 419
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Documentary filmmakers Carlo Nassise ('Coby & Stephen Are In Love') and Eva Rendle ('All That Remains') discuss their respective films as part of t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Raven Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 3
Tall Buildings and the Character of their Cities
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston
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Each city's tallest building reflects the character of that city, or so an old college professor once said.

Bought by KXCR


  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
OHR Presents: Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio (Specials)
Caption: Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco
San Francisco based early 20th Century American music preservationist duo Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center...

Bought by Prairie Public, Ohm Radio , and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
GN_4.47_SwingBomb
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A renegade California group creates pop-up swings throughout the city.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
3 STILL STANDING -- Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Donna LoCicero & Robert Campos, San Francisco, CA 9/28/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero talk social intelligence, casting nets, and what goes on before a stand-up takes the stage.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 18:58
Not your mother's Moby Dick: How one bookstore is putting an unexpected twist on the classics
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The assembled writers and creators behind Shipwreck, Credit: ALAN LEGGITT
When I first started working at The Booksmith, the local independent bookstore a couple blocks from my apartment, it was a lot like what I expected...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
The tipless restaurant movement
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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At a full-service restaurant you know the drill. You eat your food, you get your bill, and then you calculate the tip. But not at Sous Beurre Kitch...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:06
In an old church, the Internet Archive stores our digital history
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The Internet Archive, San Francisco., Credit: Under CC license from Flickr user Beatrice Murch
In San Francisco’s Richmond District, where Geary Boulevard meets Park Presidio, there stands a bright, white, defunct Christian Science church. Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Preparing for the SF International Hip Hop DanceFest
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Dance company, Mind Over Matter , Credit: Allan Frias
About 25 members of the dance company Mind Over Matter, mostly women, are finishing their warm up. Dressed in comfy street clothes, they stretch wh...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
Little Opera: Behind the scenes of a children’s theater company
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Little Opera is an after-school program that leads local children through the creation and performance of an original opera. This past year, the pr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:35
My Place is a Heartbreaker
From: Megan Jones
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When consoling friends about their relationship endings, I often say: "Sweetheart, breakups are never an event. Breakups are a process." And as i...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:26
Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Lost Weekend Storefront on Valencia Street., Credit: Audrey Dilling
A couple on an evening stroll down Valencia Street comes to a stop outside Lost Weekend Video. They’re peering in through the big front window...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:33
An Afternoon with the Bard in Golden Gate Park
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Shakespeare Garden, Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
In a quiet spot, just west of the bustle of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, sits a garden dedicated to English literature’s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Wearing Technology
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Your watch is your personal trainer. Your headband is making an action documentary of your life. Your bracelet congratulates you on your daily wate...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 3
Hitchhiking a Tech Shuttle
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: On board the Facebook bus, Credit: Kristina Loring
Real talk: I’m not the biggest fan of San Francisco public transportation. So when I first heard of the alternative transportation network of priva...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
Rumba and the radio
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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If you happen to walk by the Radio Habana Social Club on Valencia Street on a Sunday afternoon, you might hear Rumba, the music of Cuba. Radio Haba...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
Mission: Gastroclub
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: Gastroclub Dinner, April 2013, Credit: Alison Byrne
An underground supper club pairs beers with dinner, served in a Mission District apartment kitchen in San Francisco.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Nudists continue to cause controversy despite citywide ban
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The Jane Warner Plaza, on the corner of Castro and Market streets in San Francisco, is better known, locally, as the Buff Stop. That’s because of t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 1
What is Hip?: Emilio Castillo & the Tower of Power Vol. III
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Tower of Power , Credit: Amazon.com
The story of the great horn band THE TOWER OF POWER. A special interview with founder Emilio Castillo about the history of this legendary band.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:23
  • Purchases: 1
A Day in the life of a Singing Telegram
From: Becky Palmstrom
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Becky Palmstrom follows a day in a life of a singing telegram and asks – who uses singing telegrams in the 21st century? This segment profiles Gran...

Bought by KUT and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia and Paul's Valentine, Credit: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYAP, KAAD-LP, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 28