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In the heart of the Tenderloin, amid the crowded corners and occupied stoops, there’s an anomaly that’ll catch your eye. It’s a man in a suit and a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: Dr. Charles Horace Mayo operating at the Mayo Clinic, 1913 , Credit: Courtesy The Minnesota Historical Society
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the state's most iconic entities, renowned worldwide for its top-quality healthcare. KFAI produc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: Solar workers installing panels on the Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Credit: Andreas Karelas
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
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Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: SFPark Manager Jay Primus, Credit: Casey Miner
San Francisco is the epicenter of all things digital, especially when it comes to innovation. Most recently, the city launched an app that tackles ...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:07
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One of California’s greatest assets is its natural environment. Nearly every landscape imaginable is within a day’s trip from here. To the east you...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Viki Sinipata is one of the microentrepreneurs whose loan was funded by Kiva.org users.  Her business offers support and companionship to the elderly.
A number of Web sites help Internet users fund entrepreneurs from developing countries. Now one of the biggest, Kiva.org, is allowing users to make...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
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
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After 9-11, the number of refugees who could come into this country was cut back drastically. Slowly those numbers are rebounding. Nancy King has ...

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A discussion of advances in mammography and reasons to use it

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 1
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The Internet helps revive a dying culture in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides islands.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
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News and features on the war in Iraq

Bought by WMPG and KSJC


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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News and features on the war in Iraq

Bought by CKMO, KWCW, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 27, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
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In Athens, Ohio the ATCO Sheltered Workshop for developmentally disabled adults is making money - and art! Their 'outsider art' made $100,000 last ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
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MoMA returns to Manhattan...and leaves Queens behind

  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:22
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A feature about Don Gummer's sculpture, "Southern Circle" and a new public art initiative in Indianapolis.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2004
  • Length: 15:09