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Top of Mind - Children under Fire, Money to the Homeless, Brown Fat
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Even amidst the pandemic, gun violence persisted across the US. Topic 2: What if we just gave newly-homeless people several thousand dolla...

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Spectrum 01/14/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
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This week on the show: You just gotta want it? Is there anything you'd like to change about the way you're living life? If we're honest with ours...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 15, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Crisis in the Desert
From: City High Radio
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Seventeen-year-old Paloma Martinez lives in Tucson, Arizona. She's heard that a global water crisis might be coming, and her mom thinks Tucson is g...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 13:49
  • Purchases: 3
Noble Works
From: Giovana Romano Sanchez
Caption: Maggie and Noble
Maggie Bernard is a teenager with cerebral palsy. She overcame her disability with the help of her best friend. Now, he is the one who needs to be ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
This is what a concussion sounds like
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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When you hear about concussions in the news, it's often about a football player. But kids get concussions too. In one recent year, nearly a quarter...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
WIZARD MODE -- Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry talk spectrums, hugs, and rewriting a classic..

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 13:38
SAD Or Just Sad?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Depression On The Color Wheel, Credit: Stephanie Mooney 2016
Recent studies show that Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, may not be a real disorder after all.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
Episode 13: The Girl Who Dug Up Dinosaurs
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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A 12-year-old girl in blue jeans probably isn’t the first thing you picture when you hear the word paleontologist. But in 1979, young India Wood di...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
Robots: a hands-on approach to STEM education
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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California eighth graders are ranked 45th in the country in math, according to the most recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Pro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 2
Old Brains, New Brains: The Human Mind, Past and Present
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Brain illustration , Credit: The Popular Science Monthly, 1894
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 43:39
Star Wars Brought This Couple Together -- and it's Helping to Keep Them Together
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A pair of lovers get ready to welcome a new addition to their movie marathon dates.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
Teens and Dieting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fad diets and sensible eating

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KISU, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Inventors Bring A Fresh Approach
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Three stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school. From cats to semiconductors, these ...

Bought by WTJU and KALW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 2: How To Do Science: Eat Lunch and Drink Coffee
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Measuring Marine Microbes
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Two professors walk up to a lunch truck, and the conversation they have there may change the way we study microbiology. Sometimes science has a lot...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
Noor learns to manipulate the human brain
From: Tatyana Safronova
Caption: Noor at the piano, Credit: Tatyana Safronova
A couple years ago, this young composer discovered that rhythm manipulation affects us on a deeper level than anyone had imagined. This piece was p...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
In Preparation for Sleep
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
An answer to the American education crisis
From: With Good Reason
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A psychologist and education specialist is finishing up a major study that looks at how teenage brains respond to mental exercises. His findings su...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Show Me The Money: Volcano Edition
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Terrascope Youth Radio's Alexandros Zervos tests Eitan Stern-Robbins' knowledge of Super Volcanos.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
Teen Health Van goes mobile to reach underserved youth
From: KALW
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The Teen Health Van is a one-stop mobile shop that travels to every nook and cranny of the Bay Area’s underserved neighborhoods.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
For Teen, Loneliness, Weight Go Together
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
Caption: Tony before his weight loss
In Part I of our series, Tipping the Scales, we look at how obesity affected one young man's life -- and how he got a grip on it.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
Seasonal Affective Disorder
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever had trouble keeping your motivation during the winter?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
Rainbow-Earth
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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What is spirituality?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Audio postcard from Costa Rica: The Search for the Red-eyed Tree frog
From: ComRadio
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WPSU student intern David Klatt is in Costa Rica this semester. Recently, he ventured into the rainforest in search of the red-eyed tree-frog . . ....

  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:34
Chuck the Seal Learns to Speak
From: BSR Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young harbor seal named Chuck at the Boston Aquarium performs his fledgling talent

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Identification Day
From: Kate Hinds
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the layperson might not be able to tell the difference between a bovine patella and a piece of a T-Rex, the experts at the American Museum of...

Bought by PRX Administrator and 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station


  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2