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Active Voice Radio: Rick Steves PBS Travel Host speaks about Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Rick Steves at NORML 2007, Credit: NORML Foundation
Rick Steves is a popular PBS Travel Host and has authored dozens of travel guides. Here he speaks passionately about marijuana reform at the NORML ...

Bought by KSFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2
You Don't Hear A Thing I Say
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
For almost two years every time my wife Marsha spoke, I jumped from my chair while mumbling, “I’m coming, I’m coming,” and rushed up to wherever sh...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
Please Kick In My Front Door
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Several of my neighbors have whipped out some serious fire power and blasted holes in people.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:01
How To Write A Best Seller
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Involve yourself in an authentic human drama and put it in a book.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:07
It Might Get Loud - Audio EPK tools for Film Coverage
From: Andy Cahn
Piece image
"It Might Get Loud" film excerpts and interview clips featuring the star guitarists Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge, plus director Davis Guggen...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 36:06
  • Purchases: 1
Motivation
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
People who are properly motivated can move mountains.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:58
SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons
From: Claire Schoen
Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Two Miles From Bethel -- On the Road, well, "almost," to Woodstock!
From: Binnie Klein
Caption: 2 girls who didn't quite make it there
There are many stories of those who made it to Woodstock, and those who never went. What about those who, well, "almost" made it?

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Come in and Save
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you noticed that everyone wants to help you "Come in and save" --- at least that’s what they tell you.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: :55
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
Black word nerds
From: Will Wright
Caption: Chris Rock, Credit: Seattle Times
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
She Hired A Hit Man To Kill Her Husband
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most of the men who run ads for hit man services are really undercover policemen. The woman we’re talking about here must have been incredibly stup...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:24
You Can't Beat The System
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
No matter how well you plan out your project, you are going to have to drive into town twice to get what you need.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:54
Brittany
From: Y-Press
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year about 750,000 teenagers will become pregnant. According to The Centers for Disease Control teen pregnancy has risen three percent in 200...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Adel
From: Y-Press
Series: youth and police
Caption: Adel Marte
A Hispanic Indianapolis teen talks about his views on police and their role in his community.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:06
A State of Impunity in Colombia
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: Execution victim's survivors
Extrajudicial executions in Colombia.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 26:36
A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: Jorge Ramos
Journalist and author Jorge Ramos talks about his latest book "Tierra de Todos" and explain why it is necessary to reform the immigration system now.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Are You A Genius?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A genius can immediately see unique and positive alternatives to many situations.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: :56
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (No Drama)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (Spaced Out)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
When Gustav Holst wrote what would become his most famous work, "The Planets," he did not include Pluto in the seven movement suite. Coincidently,...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (Young Charlie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Everyone has a view on the "youth of today," including conductor Charles Dutoit. When it comes to today's youth, he's not a grouch, but he would l...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Charles Dutoit (Dream Audience)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Charles Dutoit
Everyone, from the TV networks to Madison Avenue, wants the attention and especially the dollars from the 20 and 30-somethings. Even our orchestra...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Copland's Afterthought)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
The English horn is a specialty instrument -- a longer, deeper version of the oboe. One of the English horn's best known moments comes with the lo...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Save the Beauty)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
Mission Statements were once the rage, but you don't hear them talked about much these days. Here's a good one from conductor and violinist Vladim...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Oboe Love Sounds)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. The Oboe D'amore is a longer, deeper sounding ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1

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