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Caption: Mr. Softee, the soft ice cream man!, Credit: Youtube
Another piece done for Weekday's ice cream show. I edited this piece.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
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Imagine that you’re a farmer and you’ve just lost your crop due to pesticide drift from a neighboring farm. Who do you think should be responsible ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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Alex Landau, who is African American, and his adoptive mother, Patsy Hathaway, who is white,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Regional and international experts join WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer to discuss the global reality of child abuse and neglect, its impact on childr...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 27:08
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Up until fairly recently, the public knew very little about what happens to a woman when she lands in jail and is pregnant. What prenatal services ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:30
Caption: Anderson in Bucharest, Credit: Anton Foek
His most important dream is to have the best possible education for his son who is 9 years old now. And not to endure the horrors of a life as a ch...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 16:46
Caption: Lance Corporal Nicholas Rodriguez
Nicholas Rodriguez joined the Marines because he thought he could make a difference. His service changed Nick–and his family–forever. Nick’s mom &...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey is currently serving as both the Poet Laureate of the United States and of her home state of Mississippi. Trethewey discusses he...

Bought by KQED and WJCU


  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
Caption: Mingus RIP, Credit: Robert Vye
For years I've been obsessed with death, asking people about living, dying, killing (www.livediekill.org) but really getting into the dying. For ev...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
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Even at war there is order. Or is there?

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:03
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:46

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO Project. Do you agree that consumers have...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Nathan Hoskins tells his friend Sally Evans how his family first learned that he was gay.

Bought by KALW, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
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A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: The Guerette family of Pittston, Maine two years after attackers broke into their home with machetes. , Credit: Sarah Craig
"Left for Dead" is probably the most gruesome story reported by a Salt student. It's not for the faint of heart.

Bought by Radio Newark, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 17:50
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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Why is teen pregnancy a big thing right now?

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
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Smoking causes stroke, heart attack and droopy cigarette

  • Added: Jul 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:32
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Satirical Bulletin about government surveillance

  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
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A pet obtained in a moment of weakness can be given away or eaten.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:48

  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: :38
  • Purchases: 2
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Life-long Detroiter remembers the 67' riot

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2