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The Emotion Roadmap Successfully Planning for A Special Holiday Gathering
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Emotion Roadmap explained with an example from a caller, Jim, who wants to make sure his new partner, and his son and daughter, who are all meeting...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 23:29
The Show Must Go On(line)
From: Elia Powers
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Art is best experienced in person. But what happens when events get cancelled during a pandemic? Artists do what they do best: improvise.

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 15:47
S2 Ep 6: Treating addiction from the ER
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Justina Bauthues (center) poses for a photo with her parents, Lisa and Tom Hilton.
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:04
Defensiveness Can Get You Fired
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Need to control your emotions?
A caller to my radio show asked me about how you manage your defensiveness in a work setting. Here is an excerpt of my dialog with Ann, a book edit...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2019
  • Length: 06:11
These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
A House Built on Sand
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Muzica Populara
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Keep Bowling As Long As You Can
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Nellie Kenyon , Credit: Nancy Klingener
Final advice from a bowling teammate has one veteran of a candlepin bowling league reconsidering whether to retire.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6
A New Orleans Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan
From: WWNO
Caption: A rendering of the 'Sunny Side' section of Parisite Skate Park, Credit: Emilie Taylor / Tulane City Center
There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
Guns and Suicide: The Hidden Toll (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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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
7th Ward Residents Await the Return of Circle Food Store
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Caption: the iconic exterior of Circle Foods on St Bernard and Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
A Novel That Confronts Modern-Day Slavery (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The U.S. State Department has estimated that 1 million children each year are exploited by the global sex industry. Through a new novel, one author...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Cyber Teachers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Republican Party has reached its peak in the South
From: With Good Reason
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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
Brain Injury and Couples
From: With Good Reason
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Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
West Nile and Birds
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Channels of Peace
From: War News Radio
Caption: A Sudanese woman casts her vote at a refugee camp this April., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
A guest show by our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project.

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
SRP: Dance and Theater in Sudan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we explore the relationship between dance and theater in Sudanese culture.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
SRP: A Bay Area Sudanese Cultural School
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we visit a Sudanese Sunday school in San Leandro, California.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
SRP: A Conversation with Mango Radio's Mamoun Mansour
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we speak with a representative from Khartoum's first privately-operated radio station about the growth of commercial ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:02
Creating Conversation
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: Surfing an internet cafe in Khartoum, Sudan., Credit: Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
SRP: A Conversation with Sudanese Musician Nile
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
SRP: A Conversation with "The Sudanese Thinker"
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we talk with a Sudanese blogger whose provocative writings have narrated the evolution of his personal politics and f...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:29
Cashing In on Fear
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2