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Tesla vs. the United States
From: Deus Ex Machina
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Who invented radio? Marconi or Tesla? 90% of people get this wrong. Find out by attending the Supreme Court trial in 1943. The answer will surp...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: 49:13
  • Purchases: 1
Goodbye Oral Roberts
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: Praying Hands at Oral Roberts University
In this controversial piece, attorney Gary Richardson recounts a run-in with the famous televangelist that has left him questioning ever since.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
The Thing At The Foot Of The Bed
From: Rachel Yoder
Caption: Sleep, Credit: Salvador Dali
A chorus of voices shares stories and insights about the phenomenon of sleep paralysis and nighttime hallucinations.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 2
100 Years of Whiffenpoofs
From: Gretta Cohn
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Every year at Yale, 14 male seniors are tapped to sing in an elite a cappella group called the Whiffenpoofs. Their repertoire ranges from Cole Port...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Encounters Sealion
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Go kayaking in a pod of sealions

Bought by KDUR, KMXT, KHNS, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
Honeyboy Edwards - blues legend talks about hoboing through the great depression
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Series: Sitting With Gianluca
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Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Please Don't Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia
From: karen zusman
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Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
Mind on the Brain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal look at Traumatic Brain Injury.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Healer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A story of the surprising healing power of sound.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Termination of the Klamath Tribes
From: KLCC
Caption: Spring Creek, near Chiloquin, Oregon
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Idea: How to Make Texas A Better Place
From: KUT
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A special report from KUT Austin and "Texas Monthly" based on May ideas issue. Ideas to change the world.

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
Patch Dynamics
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
Caption: Ms. Arnold
Elizabeth Arnold looks into a new strategy for studying the Bering Sea called Patch Dynamics

Bought by KDUR and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Loons
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Hear the haunting voices of the loon on a summer day with host Richard Nelson

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WMNF and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Adjusting to Medicine
From: Steve Busalacchi
Caption: Adjusting to Medicine
Doctor Daniel Wik discusses why he became both a chiropractor and a medical doctor.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2009
  • Length: 14:21
"Not Fade Away"- Buddy Holly Anniversary Special
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Buddy Holly
A ninety minute documentary about Buddy Holly and the Crickets, celebrating his life & music, on the anniversary of "The day The Music Died".

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:24:23
  • Purchases: 4
Bowie's Waiata
From: Sam Coley
Caption: Bowie at Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua NZ, Credit: Ngati Toa tribe
This documentary looks back at the 25th Anniversary of David Bowie's "Serious Moonlight" visit to New Zealand. It recounts Bowie being welcomed by ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
Death's Footprint
From: Todd Melby
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A documentary exploring the environmental consequences of traditional funeral and burial practices.

Bought by Prairie Public, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
The Practice of Living and Dying
From: Karen van Vuuren
Caption: Scott Eberle - Hospice physician and wilderness guide
The School of Lost Borders organizes solo wilderness retreats that often involve a symbolic death and rebirth experience. Hospice physician Scott...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 28:52
WWOZ Street Talk-6t9 Halloween Parade
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a city where many houses are blighted and crime is high trick-or-treating is not always possible

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
Someone Worth Finding: The Unlikely Journey of John Bruna
From: The Tibet Connection
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A homeless addict becomes a high school teacher...and a monk

  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 13:01
Iceland: Volcanoes, Geysers and Fish, Oh My!
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:30
The Story of Lata
From: Outer Voices
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who's sailing now? women and the revival of traditional polynesian sailing in the solomon islands

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KWMR, WLPR , KMXT and more


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
March to Tibet: The Forgotten Story
From: The Tibet Connection
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100 Tibetan monks try to walk back to their homeland

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 10:19
A Shortcut Back To 1968
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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1968-The 50th Anniversary Mix

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Catskill, KGLT, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 37:32
  • Purchases: 4

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