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Two-Acre Nation: A Pilgrimage to Zaqistan
From: Benjamin Bombard
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In 2005, an artist in Brooklyn went on eBay, bought two acres of land in a remote part of Utah, and declared it a de facto sovereign nation: Zaqist...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 33:50
Dayton Indy Garment Makers Band Together
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Tracy McElfresh and Lawanda Stonerock, Credit: Renee Wilde
Dayton has an eclectic population of independent fashion designers and craftspeople. Today on Culture Couch, Renee Wilde introduces listeners two l...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
The Karaoke Singer
From: Sophie McKibben
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Meet Jstar, the sexagenarian karaoke singer. After raising 7 kids, surviving abuse, and overcoming alcoholism, Jstar (aka Joyce Korsak) became a re...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
Rolanda Scott: The Art of Transformation Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rolanda Scott, Credit: John MacLellan
Art teacher and glass sculptor Rolanda Scott was first diagnosed with breast cancer years ago, but she kept teaching and for the longest while surv...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:20
Rolanda Scott: The Art of Transformation Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rolanda Scott , Credit: John MacLellan
Sometimes art can ease your pain, maybe even save your life. And the medium you started working in sometimes becomes another form all together. Rol...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:30
Emmett and Trayvon
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mike Wiley performing Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till
Documentary Theater artist Mike Wiley performs and discusses Dar He, his one-man play about the murdered teenager Emmett Till.

Bought by KUER and WUNC


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 2
A fan of the frequency
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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An artist revives the beauty of shortwave radio

  • Added: May 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
Pittsburgh, PA
From: American Student Radio
Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
Moving Closer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 2
Latitude News Podcast #4 - Channeling Venice in Cleveland
From: Latitude News
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
Capes & Corsets
From: Frances Harlow
Caption: Nicole Jean dressed as Emma Frost., Credit: Wolfgang Daniel, courtesy of the Salt archives.
Comic books and women's fandom.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Loop: Eversive
From: KUT
Series: The Loop
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In this episode of The Loop, Chris Medders talks about his transition from rapper to "beat" artist, his musical roots, and how his music is a perso...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
Happy One hundredth Birthday
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Arthur and Aggie, Credit: Walter Murch
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:20
Dear Dish,
From: Katie Ball
Caption: Nathaniel and Roberto Aguilar, Credit: Lori Grey
A melodic fan letter to the band Dish - one of loss, acceptance, and hope.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Something Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rich keeps doing graffiti, even though at age 34, he knows the consequences.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
2. Whiting Tennis, artist and folk-rock guitarist
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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A Look at How (Seattle) Musicians Pay the Rent

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Shindig
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The process of choreography requires vision, perserverance, and most of all, courage.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Men in Tights
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Meet several generations of men who say they just have to dance.

Bought by KLCC, WUFT, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 4
The Turning Point
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet has a goal to preserve ballet's classical roots, and at the same time, help to push the boun...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 3
Secrets and Noise
From: Amy Conger
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Experiment in amplifying the noises that often get ignored while also hinting at some internal drama.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, BSR Radio, KGLT, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 5
Collecting Christmas Creches
From: John Hingsbergen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of the world's largest collections of Christmas creches at the University of Dayton (Ohio)

  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
Arts on the air - Cathleen Calkins
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with freelance photographer Cathleen Calkins

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:54