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Shopping For The Twelve Days of Christmas
From: Mandy Walker
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Shopping for the Twelve Days of Christmas may sound like fun but where do you find lords-a-leaping and how much do maids-a-milking cost?

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
Hidden Persuasions: taking marketing to the street
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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More on one of the newest sales techniques.

Bought by KENW, WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Hawaii Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hairdressers of New York City
From: Laura Spero
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Hairdressers in New York City describe how things look from behind the chair

Bought by KUT, KXOT Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 3
Eating (in) Las Vegas
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Gambling is fun but what about the food?

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:27
Selling the US, One Inch at a Time
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a mere $3.95, you can own a piece of America.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
DC High Tech Prostitution
From: WAMU
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The "oldest profession" goes high tech in the nation's capital.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 1
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
Coke: the unreal thing
From: Merle Kessler
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Soda meets skin care: why?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
Everyday's Christmas at "Unclaimed Baggage"
From: Tanya Ott
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Got a little last minute holiday shopping to do? How about all that unclaimed airline baggage? It's a unique shopping experience!

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 2
Adventures at Kosherfest
From: Julie Subrin
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A visit to the world's biggest annual kosher food show

Bought by KUOW and CKMO


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Undone
From: Zak Rosen
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Chose a random industry (zipper), found bloggers to talk about it

  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
Tales of the Free Market
From: Merle Kessler
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Ian Shoales finds disturbing evidence of the failures of capitalism.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
Long Tail Schmong Tail
From: Merle Kessler
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A new book suggests that niche markets will take over. Ian's not buying it.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
Checkout checking out?
From: Merle Kessler
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Unintended consequences of automated checkouts considered.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Why I am not a Scientologist
From: Merle Kessler
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A new program from Scientology gets Ian to thinking.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
Summer Jobs
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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One teen looks into options for summer jobs.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 8
Just Be Funny and Funny
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Meet comedian Christine O'leary.com.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:19
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Googling Google
From: Merle Kessler
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What happens when you google Google. Don't do it!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Wal-Mart in China
From: BBC
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The world's largest retailer -- and the world's largest buyer of Chinese goods -- has jumped with both feet into the rapidly expanding Chinese market.

Bought by WGVU, WBST, KCLU, WBEZ, WILL and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2005
  • Length: 12:19
  • Purchases: 8
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
Metrology
From: Allan Coukell
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A romp through the history of measurement standards.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and AMERICAN-FM Internet Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
Hell Means Money!
From: Merle Kessler
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Belief in hell has direct correlation with prosperity. Good? Bad?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1