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Shakeout Street: the Great California Earthquake Drill, 2012 edition
From: Sean Dillman
Caption: setup for TV crews onsite at Union Station
New to California, the narrator experiences his first earthquake drill: online, and at LA's Union Station

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Our History: The Journey of Chagobay and Brunia - Ten-part series
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The places near water we treasure now were just as special to the people before us. Producers Brian Whittemore and John Sumption take us on a ten-...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:13:13
  • Purchases: 1
Our History: The Journey of Chagobay and Brunia
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The places near water we treasure now were just as special to the people before us. Producers Brian Whittemore and John Sumption take us on a trip...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 2
Changing on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota: Cabin Fever Reliever Bluegrass Draw Band documentary by Dave Lathrop
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Bluegrass Draw Band, Credit: Dave Lathrop
Producer Dave Lathrop documents the "draw band" process at the Cabin Fever Reliever Bluegrass gathering in Duluth. Dave follows one of the draw ban...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Girl Who Couldn't Laugh and the Way Back to Joy: A Breadcrumb Tale
From: Dave Stefan
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This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
Wade: Blow from bale of hay
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Wade Wipperling
Wade Wipperling tells how a stack of unstable bales of hay fell on his head, breaking his neck.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
Victor: Bull Fatality
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Victor Jensen
Victor Jensen, tells about finding his dear friend face down in the bedding of a pasture…”the bull had gotten him”.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
Chris: Tractor Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Chris Furrer
Chris Furrer [FUR] describes a frightening incident rolling over his tractor on their dairy farm.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:47
Scott: Flywheel burn
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Scott Furrer
Scott Furrer [FUR], dairy farmer, describes how his son Chris got his hand caught between a flywheel and shield, burning off the top of his fingers.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:39
Russell and Eric: ATV Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Russell and Eric Zacharison
Russell Zacharison tells the story of how he got pinned down by his ATV for eight hours out in his pasture.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:14
Ron: Ladder fall from grain tank
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Ron McHargue with son Mike McHargue
Ron McHargue [mic-KAR-guh'] describes to son Mike his fall from a ladder on a metal grain tank

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria: Fall in Manure Pit
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Gloria Edwards with granddaughter Eryn
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
Diana: Combine Amputation
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Diana Hansen and her daughter Tanya Mitchell
Diana Hansen, wheat farmer, recounts losing her arm, relearning to do everything and refusing to be a victim.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
Brett: Harobed Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Brett Schrom with his sister Neesha Schrom
Brett Schrom [sh'-RAHM], a hay grower/beef producer, describes to his sister Neesha how his harobed threw him off.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
They Emerge in the Dark
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland is Maine’s largest city and busiest hub for travel and immigration. However, in recent years it’s become a haven for a new visitor: the be...

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
GetWool with Nanne
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nanne Kennedy left a life of mortgages and the career rat race to pursue something of a higher calling. She believes she has a responsibility to w...

Bought by WMPG and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 2
Ocean Dead Zones Proliferate Around the World
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The geologic impacts of global warming.
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A scientific conference in London, England studied the geologic impacts of climate change by reviewing the records of previous warming periods. It...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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
The Right To Die
From: Anton Foek
Caption: The right to Die, Credit: unknown
In this audio piece the audience visits the Netherlands and listens to a way of dying in dignity. We tell the story of how the Dutch may have found...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 24:45
When Silence Sings
From: Joanne Coombs
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tonie Flaathen has been profoundly deaf from birth. That doesn't stop her from absorbing and relishing the sounds that surround and 'sound' throug...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Milkman
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The travels of the last milkman in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:05
Fly Fishing in Montana
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: Me in Montana
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KSUT, XRAY.fm, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 12

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