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Memphis Musician Sid Selvidge Dies At 69
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Caption: Sid Selvidge, Credit: Archer Records
Sid Selvidge has died. He was a cultural voice in Memphis for more than five decades, and he helped start the Beale Street Caravan radio show, whic...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:09
Here's The Church, Where Are All The Young People?
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Caption: The lights are dark and the music is loud at a 5:30 service at Hope Presbyterian Church called The Stirring.
One in three young Americans say they do NOT belong to any organized religion. That’s according to research by the Pew Forum; and that’s more than ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
A Tale Of Two Cities: Memphis By Bus And Memphis By Car
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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Public transportation is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than driving a car, but in cities where it is widely used—like New York, Boston ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:52
I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
In Amish Country, Fracking Here to Stay
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Spokane Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Volunteers hunt for moose bones on Isle Royale (Part 2)
From: Michigan Radio
Series: Lessons from Isle Royale's Wolves & Moose
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Watching the lives of wolves and moose unfold on Isle Royale (Part 1)
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Amid Theft, Ranchers Scramble to Locate Hay
From: Grace Hood
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One of ranching’s most basic materials is in high demand right now. With the price of hay doubling for some smaller operations along the Front Rang...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Rocky Mountain Whitewater Takes Center Stage at London Olympics
From: Grace Hood
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Lyons, Colorado is far removed from the Olympic Games in London. But the inspiration for the 300-meter, manmade whitewater slalom course that’s fro...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
National Dairy Goat Show
From: Maeve Conran
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In July 2012, thousands of goats and their goatherders descended on Loveland Colorado for the American Dairy Goat Association National Show.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
Knight Life Ministry Quietly Strives To Keep Young Men Out of Gangs
From: Candice Ludlow
Series: Gangs in the City
Caption: Second Presbyterian - Where Knight Life meets., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Eva Miller was a high school teacher in an inner city high school when she noticed her students needed something more in their lives, so she create...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Think Gangs Are Only In Memphis' Poorest Neighborhoods? Think Again
From: Candice Ludlow
Series: Gangs in the City
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This piece examines the gang problem through the eyes of Shelby County Sheriff Sergeant Eldridge, who leads the Street Crimes Unit working to elimi...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:52
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Occupy Everything: An Oakland Story
From: Leila Day
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Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
#2: Revisiting Mandatory Recycling
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: City recycling worker, Credit: QUEST
Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city steppe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 8 (One Hour) World Vacation
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Summer tourism with a twist is the theme this week on the World Vision Report. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical ins...

Bought by KMUD, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WDSE, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 5
Proposed Post Office Closures Spark Anger, Challenge Rural Identity
From: Grace Hood
Caption: New Raymer Post Office
Small towns across America may soon lose a part of their identity if the U.S. Postal Service has its way. Up to 3,000 post offices are targeted for...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
GNP 007 (Half Hour) Emmanuel Jal and Spleen Sandwiches
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 06 (Half Hour)-World Hunger and Popcorn
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
(To air the week of June 18,2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 06 (One Hour) World Hunger
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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(for air the week of June 18, 2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WBEZ and WDSE


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 05 (Half Hour) Afghan Orphans
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
(To air the week of June 11, 2011). An orphanage in Afghanistan for descendants of Genghis Khan… …teenage refugees sing peace but get death threats...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 05 (One Hour) Afghan Orphans
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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(For air the week of June 11, 2011) Stop at a red light in Mexico and chances are young children will approach your car selling food, trinkets, or ...

Bought by WDSE and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 004 (Half Hour) - Coffee
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Global News Partnership Show #04 on Coffee to air week of June 4, 2011
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

Bought by WDSE and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:22
  • Purchases: 2