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Jim
From: Josephine Halbert
Caption: Jim, A radio play by Josephine Halbert, Credit: original drawing by Josephine Halbert
The story of a 1960s transatlantic 'rock and roll' romance, created for radio. Laura remembers her love affair with Jim, a well known American rock...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:05:40
GPV30 Book Review - A Spool of Blue Thread
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:07
A Picture Emerges
From: Josh Swartz
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This story explores Michelle Obama's early life, expectations surrounding her ascendency as First Lady, and the impact she will leave on the office...

Bought by WWNO, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, CI Dolphin Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 12
Melvin Majors Fathers And Children
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:40
The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Nest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It's one thing to make it to living in your nineties, and another to get to that age and still live independently at home. Bob and Terry Rohe have ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 4
Powered by Laughter
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For Katie West of Bath, Maine, laughter is not only a way of life but a tool for survival.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Up, Getting By: A Radio Rookies Special
From: Radio Rookies
Caption: Radio Rookie Sunnie Hwang with Producer Czerina Patel
For the first time, Radio Rookies presents an hour-long special, “Growing Up, Getting By”, hosted by WNYC reporter and Radio Rookies founder Marian...

Bought by KSFR, WHRV, KUT, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Farmington Diner
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The legendary Farmington Diner closed to make room for a new RiteAid pharmacy.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
Bonjour Chanson Series 2, Episode 7.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson: Series 2
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Wonderful French Language Songs for English Speaking Audiences. Episode 7

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 1
Cake: How You Loved Us
From: Amy Conger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short clips of people talking about cake and childhood and comfort

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:29
The Art of Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jon Joyce, an artist with down syndrome, offers support and love to his 94 year old mother.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Radical Restoration
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radical artists, The Beehive Design Collective and the Machias Valley Grange Hall in Machias, Maine make an unlikely pair... or do they?

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
The Church in the Heart of the City
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Chestnut Street United Methodist Church in Portland, Maine deconsecrates the chapel in preparation for selling and leaving the church.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:49
Home Planet: Wanting the 'Firsts' to Last Forever
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Going to summer camp for the first time is a big milestone for a mother as well as a child.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
Rugged and Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South Portland, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Yellowstone Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
For My Children, For Myself
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somali refugee Abdi Said, 11, narrates his mother's story of war, marriage, and escape.

Bought by WMPG, Arab American Radio, WETA, KUT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 5