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From Community Dance to Dance Community: Recalling the Old Farmer's Ball
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: The original Farmer's Ball, and an OFB dance today, Credit: Phil Jameson/Carla Seidl
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 7
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
Part 7 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 14:47
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 6
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
An eight part series, tracing the 25 year career of one of the UK's finest Jazz sax players. It covers initial promise, highs, lows and recovery, w...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:13
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 4
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
Part 4 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 24:52
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 3
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
An eight part series, tracing the 25 year career of one of the UK's finest Jazz sax players. It covers initial promise, highs, lows and recovery, w...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 11:47
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 2
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
Part 2 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, some series-excl...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2018
  • Length: 15:18
Chris Bowden: The Lost Concert pt 1
From: Robin Valk
Series: The Lost Concert - a Jazz story, serialized
Caption: Bowden shot at a concert in 2017, Credit: Elliott Taylor
Part 1 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2018
  • Length: 13:31
Calling Out the Ancestors: My Family's Lingering Civil War Ghosts
From: Saro Lynch-Thomason
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An exploration of regional memories of the American Civil War and the ways we use story to hide or confront our complicated past.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 20:40
Communication in Egypt: A Journey of Letters and Beyond
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Karima Ragab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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“I‘m a coward, I didn’t want to die” - Patty Hearst in 1982, as told to Larry Grobel. Larry Grobel told us the story about a time back in the earl...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 11:27
  • Purchases: 1
M4M
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1930's
From: Michael Fussell
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My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
West Texas 1941: The Story of Guy Clark
From: KUT
Caption: Susanna and Guy Clark, Credit: Music Road Records
Join a who's who of Texas Music, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Willie Nelson and many, many more in a 70th birthday celebration o...

Bought by KSUT, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 5
Casa Rico
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 17
Piece of My Heart: The Story of Janis Joplin
From: KUT
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Winner of the Grand Trophy 2011, International Radio Festivals! An intimate reconsideration of Janis' journey from a tiny Texas refinery town to t...

Bought by KCNP, Prairie Public, WRGY, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 20
Take The Old Road, program four
From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road
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A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:30
Take The Old Road, program one
From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road
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A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:34
The Flipside
From: KUT
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KUT`s Texas Music Matters - in cooperation with Texas Monthly magazine - presents The Flipside: An hour at the crossroads of music and memory.

Bought by KGLT, WCPN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Valdivia: Stories of Survival
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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MIT Freshmen travel to Valdivia, Chile, and report on three stories of survival they have found there: ecological survival, cultural survival, and ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 23:26
Surviving a Tsunami: The story of Valdivians in 1960
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A college freshman travels to Chile and interviews survivors of the 1960 tsunami/earthquake.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1
From WWII to Iraq War: U.S Veterans on War and Peace
From: Miae Kim
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Four U.S. veterans share their views on war. An eighty-three year-old World War II veteran, two Vietnam War veterans, and a Gulf War veteran tell ...

Bought by KZYX, Marfa Public Radio, New England Public Media, and WDNA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2006
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 4
First Trumpet Memories
From: Adam Allington
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Trumpet player Irving Sarin recalls the strict disicpline of legenardy conductor Fritz Reiner

Bought by PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WUNC, PRX, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 7
Edward Barrett Rings the Chapel Bell
From: Jackson Braider
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Edward Barrett rings the bell at King's Chapel, Boston, at 10:45 on Sunday mornings.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:15
Anna on the Homefront
From: Whit Richardson
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An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq

Bought by KHNS, KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The PRX Podcast, KTUH and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 11