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Constant Wonder - Freedom House

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Freedom House is on the way!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Fabric: History Hidden in Plain Sight

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

The history of fabric is the history of life and death on this planet.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Marathon Mayhem, Wacky Inventions and World's Fairs

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Topic 1: Why the mishaps of the 1904 Olympic Marathon almost led to the event being banned in all future Olympic Games. Topic 2: How world's fairs ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP

The Pillsbury A Mill

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...

James J. Hill's Minnesota legacy

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

James J. Hill is known as the “Empire Builder.” His vision for a Great Northern Railway in the 19th century helped put Minnesota on the map. Produc...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

The Francis Little House was a Frank Lloyd Wright design

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

The Francis Little House in Deephaven, Minnesota, was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building and design took some time--l...

Bought by KSRQ

Technology Brings Long-Silent Voices Of 20th Century Poets Back To Life

From: Curt Nickisch

Caption: A rendered image of the etched grooves of a record. IRENE software converts these squiggles to sound., Credit: Julie Martin/NEDCC Courtesy

A innovative technology to preserve endangered sound recordings without playing them (which would further damage them) is bringing the voices of po...

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

Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society

A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix

The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison

From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves

Look around your daily life. There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

An Ode to Morse Code

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Richard Dillman transmits from KPH, Credit: Julie Caine

For nearly a hundred years, Morse Code was the official language of international communication for ships in distress. Then, at the end of the twen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

The Last of the Iron Lungs

From: Julia Scott

Caption: Martha Lillard, 65, uses her iron lung to breathe at night., Credit: Julia Scott

Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lill...

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KOSU, Hark! and more

The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/

After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Clever Apes: Apes in space

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA

In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WVTF, WTJU, KBGA 89.9 FM, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix and more