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Episode 40: Pappy
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When it comes to the bourbon Pappy Van Winkle, it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have — you can’t get it unless you’re exceptiona...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 23:53
  • Purchases: 1
Fisheries Recovery
From: Susanne Bard
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A new report finds that global fisheries could boost both sustainability and annual catch.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 5: From Syria With Baklava
From: The GroundTruth Project
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The epic journey of a group of Syrian refugees brought together by a famous sweets shop called Salloura. Syrian-American correspondent Dalia Morta...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bread Mold Battery
From: Susanne Bard
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Could fungi be a key to safer and longer lasting lithium ion batteries?

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Disease Fighting Beer Hops
From: Susanne Bard
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Scientists are isolating and synthesizing the chemical compounds that make hops bitter, and studying their medicinal properties.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wine’s Fruity “Nose”
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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You can thank fruit flies for your favorite wine’s fruity “nose”.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cutting Edge: Knives + Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Forget the robots, meat processing is still a human's job
From: Harvest Public Media Group
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The answer to the lack of robots in meat processing gives insight into the limits of robotic technology, and the economics of what it takes to put ...

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
Historic Campus Beer
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered evidence of a brewpub on the campus of America’s second-oldest college. These days, students at William and Mary...

Bought by KENW, WKCC, KPVL, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 5
Defining "Local" in Colorado
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
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A look at the broad use and various meanings of the term "local" on Colorado products

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:53
Coffee, Tea & Climate Change
From: Susanne Bard
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Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Caffeine Kick That Can Kill You
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
Coffee: Trouble Brewing?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRIR, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The history behind White Castle building #8
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Jess Mador goes behind the scenes of a familiar fast food landmark: White Castle building #8.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:05
The tipless restaurant movement
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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At a full-service restaurant you know the drill. You eat your food, you get your bill, and then you calculate the tip. But not at Sous Beurre Kitch...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:06
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
The Ice Cream Bar: Frozen for years by SF's permitting process
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The Ice Cream Bar, Credit: Thomas Hawk
Juliet Pries, the owner of the Ice Cream Bar in Cole Valley, talks about the massive red tape she had to deal with to open her business.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:06
Mission High and Bi-Rite Market partner in a neighborhood divided
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
Fear and Eating in Fukushima
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Fukushima produce and farmers' faces at Yokubenimaru supermarket, Fukushima City, Credit: Ali Budner
We are no strangers to earthquakes here in the Bay Area. But there’s been nothing in recent memory to match the 9.0 quake that shook Japan on March...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 16:21
Fructose & Hunger
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Chemical structure of fructose., Credit: (That kiwi guy/Wikipedia)
Does the sugar fructose fool us into eating more calories than we need?

Bought by WXDU and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Consider the Oyster—and the Oysterman
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Boats of Apalachicola Bay seafood workers , Credit: Daniel Ward
Oyster yields in Florida's Apalachicola Bay are at an all-time low. For the small fishing communities along the bay, all of whom rely on a healthy,...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 20:41
Yaupon Tea
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Yaupon tea is brewed from the leaves of Ilex vomitaria., Credit: Mary Vaux Wolcott
Can you get a caffeine fix without growing your carbon footprint?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
From home bakeries to warehouse businesses, food companies expand in Richmond
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rosa Robinson turns out cupcakes and other confections for Sweet Dreams Bake Shop, Credit: Sukey Lewis
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
Wine's Fruity Nose - Thanksgiving 2014
From: Susanne Bard
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You can thank fruit flies for your favorite wine’s fruity “nose”.

Bought by WVTF, WKSU, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3