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(Not So) Happy Teacher's Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Tripta Tyagi, the teacher in the eye of the storm in India., Credit: Photo courtesy of News9 TV, India.
This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
One Teacher
From: aaron keane
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One Teacher is short form audio content, each vignette is an interview with a story teller where they describe the 'one teacher' that inspired them...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:04
From MIT to the Real World
From: Terrascope Radio
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Physics, math, canyoning between buildings: Not scary. Finding an apartment, learning how to vote: Scary. How one young woman feels about making th...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:40
Feeling Raced
From: Terrascope Radio
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Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...

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


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
Growing up Anxious
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Justin Cruz has always struggled with anxiety, even as early as fifth grade. But as he's getting ready to start his junior year of hi...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
Choosing Money Over Dream School
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Youth Radio's Nanette Thompson has to lead with her wallet rather than her dream when it comes to picking her college.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
Feeling Safe Is My Top Priority This School Year 
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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Samone Perry shares with Youth Radio her concerns about feeling safe at school, as she's getting ready to start her junior year of high school.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:04
My Bay Area Love Letter
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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As Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley heads off to college, she's making sure to soak up pieces of the Bay Area she loves the most.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
Destiny Of a Dishwasher
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio's Billy Cruz grew up dreaming of the day he would join the family business... but when the time finally came, his dream job wasn't all ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
A Students-Eye View Inside Philly’s Public Schools
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
NEA Jazz Moments with JAMEY AEBERSOLD
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 14
Calm outside the infinite
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
NOVA Minute: The Art of Archaeology
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Mark Lehner, Credit: pbs.org/nova
Archaeologist Mark Lehner says that his field is really about the art of observation.

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:16
  • Purchases: 4
NOVA Minute: Studying Mt. St. Helens
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Life returns to Mt. St. Helens, Credit: pbs.org/nova
Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli explains how being at Mt. St. Helens when it erupted completely changed the course of his career.

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 4
NOVA Minute: Speaking Ancient Maya
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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Anthropologist Barbara McLeod explains how she learned to speak ancient Maya.

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Master George Benson On Miles Davis
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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George Benson on being mentored by Miles Davis.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
Rudolfo Anaya Discusses Oral Tradition in Light of His Novel, "Bless Me, Ultima"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Author Rudolfo Anaya discusses the importance of oral tradition in light of his 1972 novel, "Bless Me, Ultima."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
The Des Moines Metro Opera
From: Charles Richards
Series: Turn On The Lights
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Interviews with performers in the Des Moines Metro Opera.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2008
  • Length: 22:00
"Marion the Librarian"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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...in Marion's own words, set to the song "Marian the Librarian" from "The Music Man"

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 1
What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52