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A Political Diet Plan
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with food journalist Marian Burros about the US Senate’s attempt to encourage healthy eating in the 1970s, and the pushback...

Bought by WOUB and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 2
Art of the Side-gig, Prison Consulting, Choco-dieting, Grounding the Fear of Flying, and the Casserole Consorts
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, Kimberly Palmer, Senior Money Editor at US News and World Report tells how to discover your "inner entrepreneur" start and side-gig and crea...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
How candy moved from luxury good to cheap everyday snack...
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Prof. Samira Kawash has written a fascinating cultural history of candy: "Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure." WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke with h...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 20:52
Sugar in your Tea Party?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Political scientist Peter Andreas tells host Peter Onuf about the ways sugar – and smuggling – shaped early America, and helped fuel the Revolution.

Bought by XRAY.fm, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 3
Sickly Sweet?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with historian Carolyn de la Peña about the rise of artificial sweeteners in the 20th Century, as they went from unhealthy ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:08
  • Purchases: 4
Tainted with Blood
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Ed Ayers sits down with historian Alan Taylor to discuss the 18th Century search for a sweetener untainted by slavery.

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 3
Sweet Talk: A History of Sugar
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: "Sugar - save it!" Detail from U.S. Food Administration poster, c1917 , Credit: U.S. National Archives
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and that means candy, chocolate, cakes – all the sweet stuff for your sweetheart! It’s just one of the ways s...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT, WMUU-LP, WRPI, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Hunger in America
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Hunger in America - Ross Fraser – Director of Media Relations for Feeding America tells us about the startling truth of Hunger in America. In the m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Food stamp cuts felt around the Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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For Jamaisse Payne, the grocery store is a math problem. She’s got a baby boy due in a few weeks, so she says she’s shopping and eating for two. Sh...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
Eating dinner in the dark at the Blind Café
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The weekend is a time for relaxing or maybe going to dinner and a show with friends. One typical scenario is you meet up with them, get dinner. Now...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Tamales y Bicicletas
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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South Minneapolis-based Tamales y Bicicletas educates mostly Latino youth about healthy eating and exercise, with a focus on food justice. Their ap...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Neighbors are doin' it for themselves
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
Caption: Neighbors of the Quesada Gardens Initiative, Credit: Kevin B. Jones
Like many people who see a pretty rose in bloom, Annette Smith likes to take in the sight and scent of it. But when she bends her head to inhale th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Comfort Food - "Did That Truck From the Gargantuan Restaurant Supply Company Really Make A Delivery To Every Restaurant In This Town?!"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Comfort Food - "There's No Such Thing As An Ergonomic Hotdish with Much-Needed Adjustable Lumbar Supports."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:55
One World Everybody Eats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Denise Cerreta
As founder of One World Everybody Eats, Denise Cerreta is determined to change the way restaurants do business and to bring delicious, healthful fo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 20:58
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco soup kitchens strive for healthy lunches
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 17:19
A Citizen's Guide to What to Eat During a Government Shutdown
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Still have to visit the grocery store..., Credit: Susan Cook
Citizens are being reminded these days of everything they don't have control over. Any nutritionist will tell you that the one thing you always ha...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Obama's Fowl Play
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Chicken is big business in the U.S. During National Chicken Month, the industry gives us ways to celebrate -- by eating more chicken of course. Bu...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Not California, it's the State of Jefferson
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Rick Jones, owner of the Seiad Valley store, Credit: Lisa Morehouse
In Northern California and Southern Oregon, many residents identify less with those official states than with the State of Jefferson. The piece ex...

Bought by KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
What's in a Word? Defining Toronto's Food Deserts
From: Kelly Jones
Caption: FoodShare Toronto's Mobile Good Food Market, Credit: foodshare.net
Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
The Struggle for Food Justice
From: Vinny Cannizzaro
Series: A Community of Voices
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How much doe we know about the food we eat?

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
Kroger Health Fair: Carly Perry
From: WFHB
Series: My Health Matters
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Carly Perry talks about the Kroger Health Fair to be held on July 31, 2013.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Global Ethics Corner: Why Does the EU Care About Olive Oil?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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A proposed EU ban on the use of dipping bowls and refillable glass bottles of olive oil in restaurants has people asking questions. Is this more us...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Minnesotans and Bragging - "Any food shaped like the can it arrived in, meat no less, needs no support."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Karen and Hassan
From: Eric Winick
Series: The Bittersweetness of God's Love
Caption: Karen Pearl and Hassan Mazyan, Jr., Credit: KP photo by Janette Beckman
In which Karen Pearl, President and CEO of God's Love We Deliver, explains the mission of the organization, and Hassan Mazyan Jr., a client, descri...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:58

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