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May Day Artist Fury
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
Caption: May Day General Strike 2012, Credit: Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt
In celebration of May Day, The Artsy Fartsy Show covered art in immigrant communities, activism and the artistic influences within the Occupy Wall ...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 52:11
The Emotion Roadmap - Learning from each other about feelings
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Leadership Development through Emotional Intelligence
We had five listeners call and share their experiences learning about how to deal with feelings, their own and others. They all got some help with ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 51:46
Author and Life Coach Michelle Phillips
From: Marc Lemay
Caption: PRX default Piece image
TBR Host Gina Ghioldi talks with author Michelle Phillips about changing both your outer beauty and inner beauty in simple steps

  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 17:38
Taxcast (February)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: The Taxcast
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In February's Taxcast: How Facebook is saving billions in tax via Ireland and Bermuda. Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting f...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:52
Swimming Upstream: A special one-hour documentary
From: Michigan Radio
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
A snapshot from a festival on wheels
From: KALW
Caption: Rock Star Pedaler, Credit: Photo by Celeste Lindhall
San Francisco is a notoriously bike-friendly town. The famous critical mass ride began right here in 1992. Now, on any given day or night you can f...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:59
In Bed Stuy, Brooklyn: Old buildings, new residents
From: Cassie Wagler
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There is an effort underway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Bed Stuy, to protect the old architecture by turning parts of the neighborhood into historic ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Organic Vegetable Garden at the Travis County Jail in Austin, TX
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Host Abigail Mahnke with Sgt. Dianne Bratchett & Pete Trotman, Credit: Lisa Scheps
Starting in May 2010, the Travis County Jail has been growing an organic vegetable garden - and, as you can guess, is tended by the inmates. The wo...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 25:13
Clever Apes Special
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...

Bought by KUT and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Street Bands Bring Protest to the Internet through Flash Mobs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Some bands are getting creative about making a political spectacle, by becoming the protest themselves, and using the internet to make their messag...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 2
Marching to the Beat of their Own Drums
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Marching bands from North Carolina to Portland, Oregon are bringing humor, politics, and a unique sound to the streets.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Marching for Change: Street Bands in the U.S.
From: Making Contact
Caption: The Infernal Noise Brigade in downtown Seattle., Credit: http://www.andrewstern.net/
We look at how political marching bands are stirring up public spaces; from the streets, to supermarkets to your facebook feed.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Crisis as Opportunity: Voices from the U.S. Social Forum
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This June, thousands of grassroots activists converged on Detroit, Michigan to attend the 2010 United States Social Forum. We were there and on thi...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 29:59
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
RoJO: The Positive Alternative
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: RoJO
We take a look at the career of the mexican pop/rock band RoJO

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Magical Sound of Vocal Song
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: Vocal Song
The musical group Vocal Song and their talent singing a capella.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Hip Hop Hamlet at 75th season of OSF
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Hamlet at OSF, Credit: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 75th season with a fresh take on Hamlet.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KLCC


  • Added: May 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
From Mario to Don Francisco
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: Don Francisco
The life and career of Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, host of Sábado Gigante.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Flying Steps Breakdance Team, Harlem Globetrotters, Ice Hockey
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: ice bear
A varied sport show for you, with live interviews by our Transatlantic reporter, Chance, interviewing one of the Harlem Globtrotters just before hi...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
Oklahoma Politicians are Tweeting
From: Gideon Thompson
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The four candidates for Oklahoma governor in 2010 are using Twitter in their campaigns to help connect with their constituents.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
On the floor of the 2008 Republican National Convention
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
Caption: Me interviewing RI GOP chair Gio Cicione, Credit: Lammis Vargas took this photo with my camera.
I spent the first three days of my senior year of college in Minnesota watching Rhode Island's Republicans get rowdy at the site of a woman from Al...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 05:59
A Planetary Population Explosion? Dava Sobel Hopes So
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Do we now live in a solar system with twelve or many more official planets? Galileo's Daughter author Dava Sobel was the only non-scientist on the ...

Bought by WPSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3
Building Community Through Soccer
From: Adam Allington
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Migrant farm workers in Michigan establish their own soccer league

Bought by KCUR, Here and Now, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Portraits of our Elders
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of growing old with grace.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Healthy Communications -- Part 2
From: Robert Feinberg
Series: Minute for the Mind
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Communication skills in a relationship.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:00

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