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In India, Everyone Wants To Be An Engineer
From: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Caption: Students study math at a cramschool in Kota, Rajasthan, India, Credit: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Getting into the top engineering schools in India is statistically harder than breaking into Harvard. So hard that students study for two years in ...

Bought by Outer Voices, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3
Rescuing a Student in Spain
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Saxton on rescue.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering A Slain Trooper
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Trooper DeLaittre's remains guarded outside the funeral service , Credit: Emilie Ritter
Montana's youngest Highway Patrol officer to ever die in the line of duty was remembered in his hometown...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
The Day John Lennon Died (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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Music fans recall how they heard the news of John Lennon's death in 1980, and what Lennon's music has meant to them. Also, excerpts from an interv...

Bought by KSJE, KBBI Alaska, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUT, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 42
The Termination of the Klamath Tribes
From: KLCC
Caption: Spring Creek, near Chiloquin, Oregon
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans and the Economic Downturn
From: KLCC
Caption: Veteran Larry Severs and his wife Pam.
This story looks at the plight of veterans during the economic downturn through the experience of an Oregon family.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Devastation in Myanmar
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
UNICEF Officer in Charge in Myanmar describes devastation

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
The Intervention-Part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Treating medical professionals

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
Teen Vox Pop: Why Teens Are Still Driving Drunk
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A disturbing look at the surprising reasons we still get into cars after drinking.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Displaced with her family in northern Iraq, a girl dreams of education
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! A young girl living in a displaced persons camp in Iraq, talks about how she has never been able to go to school, and how life ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2007
  • Length: 05:15
Life on the Outside
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Two mentally ill and homeless repeat offenders attempt to break the cycle -- one that for years has spun from jail, to psychiatric hospitals, to th...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: Brussels Sprouts
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A man eats the Xmas meal alone.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Dec 17, 2003
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2