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When big business news breaks, public relations teams try to get out in front of the story. But that wasn’t always the case. PR in the 19th century...
Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 3
A single lie could cost a job – or a life – as it turned out for Eric Duncan, the Ebola “Patient Zero” in Texas. What if there was a way to accurat...
- Added: Oct 31, 2014
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 2
Interviews with Darryl Jones and Juan Rodriguez. Darryl was an Assistant State's Attorney based at the jail, and Juan Rodriguez has run a food tru...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 14:05
Interview With Jennifer Gonzalez, Girlfriend Of A Cook County Jail Inmate. Interview conducted by Hugo Antunez for 96 Acres. Audio produced by Voc...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 08:20
College-aged Latinos are the fastest growing population in Northern Virginia, yet these young adults are rarely making it through the education pip...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 02:33
- Purchases: 3
Artist and Chicago native, Maria Gaspar, interviews neighbors to uncover their opinions about what it means to live next to one of the largest pre-...
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 13:37
From the forest fires in California to child soldiers in Uganda, survivors of disasters are receiving a new kind of aid. Counselors Without Borders...
- Added: Aug 08, 2014
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 3
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
For high school senior Paula Dinh, the path to graduation has been a long one, with times when she questioned her ability — and desire — to finish ...
Bought by WNIJ
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 29:00
The gun control debate often centers around homicides and the fear of someone else with a gun. However, attention is rarely paid to the link betwee...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUER, WXDU, PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 7
Nonverbal until age four, Temple Grandin was first diagnosed with autism at age 2. Now, so many years and hurdles later, Grandin’s success in the l...
- Added: Oct 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 17:19
Among these new and creative ways to finance solar panels is crowdfunding. Instead of one person or organization paying tens of thousands of dollar...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:39
- Purchases: 1
Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
Lawrence Cumberbatch (R) tells his son, Simeon (L), how he traveled from New York City to Washington DC with Brooklyn CORE for the March on Washing...
Bought by WEZU, WRIR, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 4
China is everywhere in American news, but we seem to hear the same stories over and over. A new book set in Shanghai seeks to tell a less familiar ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 02:32
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...
Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark
- Added: Jun 28, 2013
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 4
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors are much more likely than their straight counterparts to be alone and isolated as they age. Housing ...
Bought by Wild Planet Radio and WXDU
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The growth of the ex-gay movement in the last two decades gave rise to hundreds of therapy programs aiming to change people’s sexual orientation. B...
Bought by KISU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSFR, KVSC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:28
There are many ways to support your candidates- or propositions-of-choice before voting on November 6. You can obviously give your time, by volunte...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:59
Filmmaker Mark Lewis on challenging himself, glamorizing amphibians, and the human folly of trying to outsmart Mother Nature.
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 19:17
The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 09:43
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
