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The Last Pope
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The politics and process of electing a Pope.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Music from the Ether
From: Amber Edwards
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a weird-sounding musical instrument that's nearly impossible to play still attracts followers

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMBR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Cambodia-Opposition
From: Steve Herman
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Cambodian opposition says it has been virtually "wiped out"

  • Added: Mar 31, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
My Body My Temple
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 4
Clockwise: Mayhem Ensues
From: Hans Anderson
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When the earth rotates backwards, well, it's weird.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
UN-Environment
From: Steve Herman
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The United Nations today released a landmark report on the state of the world's ecosystems

Bought by KGOU and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Border Voices
From: Dan Epstein
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Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his work accompanied by saxophonist Charles McPherson at the Border Voices poetry fair in San Diego.

Bought by KZYX and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Poet and the Painter
From: Jackson Braider
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The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.

Bought by KUCB, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
80 Meters
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Development tensions and forced relocation in rural southwestern China

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 25, 2005
  • Length: 12:34
  • Purchases: 2
Japan-Allergies
From: Steve Herman
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Cedar and cypress allergies nothing to sneeze at in Japan

  • Added: Mar 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1976 Meridith Monk - The Tale
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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experimental music and poetry performance

Bought by KUNM, East Village Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 3
1975 Philip Whalen - Statement on Poetry
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Whalen reads poem on consciousness and poetry

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
1975 Gregory Corso - The Mad Yak
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Beat great Gregory Corso reads in 1975

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Thrift Town
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio’s Lauryn Silverman spends her shopping days wandering the aisles of Thrift Town, where she can express herself in a unique way.

Bought by KSFR, WXLV-FM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 3
And Van Der Waals Said
From: Steven Tagle
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A poem that relates chemistry to relationships.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:22
Lapsarian Hummingbirds
From: Dale Short
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A poetic tribute to the arrival of the hummingbird

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
The real Irish St. Patrick's Day
From: Maeve Conran
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How do the Irish celebrate St. Paddys Day?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 15
A Priest and a Barman in Dublin
From: Maeve Conran
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St. Patricks Day in Ireland, religous holiday or big party?

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTRL, KUT, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 13
The Zen of Cappuccino
From: Dale Short
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A guide to contemplative coffee-making

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZSC, KTUH and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 6
Home Planet: In The Mood...For A Good Book.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Like a lot of people, columnist Cheryl-Anne Millsap misses having a little fun between the covers...of a good book.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8
Shawn Brownell Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Shawn and the fishing crew endured hurrican force winds and 25 foot waves - it took them 26 terrifying hours just to go 22 miles to the safety of s...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: :04

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