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Why Do Kids Drop Out of School?
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

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


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 2
Experiencing Antarctica
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: A view from the tent, Credit: Cari Corrigan
There are places in Antarctica so thick with meteorites that you can find them like a child would shells on the beach. Others plunge into the ice ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/17/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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LIKE A SIGN SAYS HOUSE IS SOLD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Life Through a New Lens
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Lindsay Ordower - "The Go Getter"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
Bayoji Akingbola - "The Victim of Circumstance"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:11
Mr. Hsu Comes Out
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Caption: Sushi Song, Credit: Evan Roberts
"My father took me to a strip club to turn me straight...". A touching memoir of rejection, acceptance and forgiveness in Mr. Hsu's third period ge...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 4
Educating Borrowers Away From Debt
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We take a look at MEDA, a program providing support and financial literacy so borrowers don’t fall into lending traps.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
Asian American Psychological Association fights racism
From: Mahi Palanisami
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A personal reflection about the Asian-American Psychological Conference.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 06:09
Say Wot?
From: Eddy Durnan
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A reflection on English language accents in Britain and elsewhere.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, CKMO, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3
Of Bonds and Blooms
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Gary and Barb Kirkpatrick at the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida., Credit: Lance Robson
Sometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they’re doing to n...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:10
The Ocean As Classroom
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Brunswick Acres Elementary School (Kendall Park, NJ) students Alec, Janani, Megha, Nikita, Pritha., Credit: J Benoff
Janice McDonnell and Jim Yoder describe the urgent need to translate ocean science into formal and informal educational opportunities across the co...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Glide of A Lifetime: Part II
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Google Earth is one of the many tools Glenn and Schofield use in their classes and for their research., Credit: Google
Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commi...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 10:56
Recent College Graduate For Hire
From: Youth Radio
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This year more than other years, a college degree is no guarantee of a job. Commentator Emma Jacobs of Youth Radio graduated spring 2009 from Colum...

Bought by WMNF and Topics Education


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
EMBODYING ENLIGHTENMENT: AN INTERVIEW WITH REGGIE RAY
From: The Tibet Connection
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Producer Julie Adler meets up with reknowned Buddhist teacher and author, Reginald Ray in Los Angeles to talk about his latest book, 'Touching Enli...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 16:16
Quincy Dean's Radio Diary
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Quincy Dean is trying to decide whether she should quit being home-schooled.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special (2008) [59:00/54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special reminds listeners that there ARE people who are actually pursuing peace and offering ideas ho...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
For teen in trouble, streetwise mentor makes the difference
From: WSHU
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To get kids off a path of drugs and gangs, sometimes it takes a mentor who's been there

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 3
Genius
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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The diagnosis of genius is sometimes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Senior Poets
From: Catie Talarski
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Senior poets discuss their art.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 1
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
Lester and the Art of Mindfulness
From: Ted Magnuson
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A fun encounter with a former Budhist monk

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 10:48
My Moment of Silence
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What will students really be thinking?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1