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Dheeraj Singh is the first officer on a container ship that makes regular runs from China, to California, to Japan, and back again.
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 08:51
Home prices are higher than ever before in the Bay Area. So it begs the question: are we in a housing bubble or a housing crisis?
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 06:18
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:20
When most of us talk on the phone we don’t think much about the cost—it’s pennies. If we don’t like a phone company or can’t afford a plan, it’s pr...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:39
For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 09:07
- Purchases: 1
So you want to open a bookstore? Excellent news. Here's your guide to survival.
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 06:07
I’m here at Pick-n-Pull to sell my beat-up 1998 Subaru Outback Legacy to the State of California under the Consumer Assistance Program, or CAP.
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 12:51
There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
Sky-high rents, Google buses and gentrification are all buzzwords around the Bay Area. But that is not the case in the city of Richmond. With unemp...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 05:59
It all started a couple of years ago, when a happy-go-lucky guy I swim with named Joe Omran showed up at Aquatic Park one day in a foul mood. Thirt...
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 14:18
California entrepreneurs saw potential in the gusty winds that blew out at the Altamont Pass, between the Central Valley and Bay Area. By the mid-’...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 07:09
“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.”
Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 06:04
Andrew Livingston, Alex Kreit, Taylor West join host Kris Lotlikar to discuss the backlash to the State of Colorado considering banning most edible...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 56:46
For some people, getting dressed in the morning isn’t about just throwing on what’s in reach, or clean. For others, it’s more of a ritual with atte...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 05:15
When Deborah Bevilacqua lost her leg in a motorcycle accident ten years ago, she had to get a prosthetic leg. It’s been functional she says, but it...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 11:41
Kris Krane, Dan Goldman, and Adam Smith join host Kris Lotlikar to belatedly discuss the repercussions of Attorney General Eric holder stepping dow...
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- Length: 58:20
Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard in Central City has recently seen a lot of redevelopment. Why has it been so hard to bring business back to this bou...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 05:10
For a Radio Bootcamp project in 2013, I went to discover what consumers in a New York City park thought about a potential government shutdown.
- Added: Oct 10, 2014
- Length: 01:21
The Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Doctor John Wernert, was the keynote speaker at a Healthcare Financial Mana...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 08:52
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2014
- Length: 08:40
- Added: Sep 14, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Unlicensed, short-term rentals are illegal in New Orleans, but there aren’t a lot of people getting busted for renting out their house on websites ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
Americans work 137 more hours per year than the Japanese, and almost 500 more than the French. How can we stay motivated for our long hours at work...
- Added: Jul 25, 2014
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 3
Today, we hear increasing talk about Big Data, supposedly about to revolutionize everything from the way wars are fought and policies are shaped to...
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 02:00
It can be hard to donate your old things to a thrift store, but the idea is that your stuff will get a second life. Once it is donated, it will mak...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 05:08
