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Too Curvy and Not Enough Shoulder
From: Julia DeBruicker
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wilma and her son on bicycling

Bought by KUT, KZSC, BSR Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 4
Different Worlds - Moving From NY to San Fran
From: Dave Adox
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: A Man's Choice - A Look at Male Contraceptives
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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With the advent of the male pill, men will now have the opportunity to become more involved in family planning and society is ready for it

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
9/11 Rewrite: Memoir in a Time of Violence
From: Laura Jackson
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"What does it mean to fashion a self in the midst of a violent world"?

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 20, 2004
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lolita Unveiled: Muslim Women's Take on a Scandalous Classic
From: Laura Jackson
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Confronting the tyrannies of our times through the transformative power of the novel.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WETA, WFUV, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2004
  • Length: 22:40
  • Purchases: 6
Michael Franti and His Roots
From: WXPN
Series: Artists and their Musical Roots
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Michael Franti spins music by some of his most enduring influences.

Bought by WSLR, KUSP, KSFR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTNA and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2004
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 9
Polly Thayer Starr and a Student Drawing
From: Jackson Braider
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An artist remembers an early piece of work

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
holy war
From: Benjamen Walker
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Sci-fi religious meditation on god, war, and forgiveness.

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


  • Added: Dec 28, 2003
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 2
Stress Test
From: Hans Anderson
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I took a stress test that seemed to include testing my stress level on getting to the stress test.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUT, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 9
The Camera and Conservation
From: Guy Hand
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Does nature photography instill a true empathy for nature?

Bought by KUER, KXOT Public Radio, KRCC-FM, KVNF, The Nature Podcast and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2003
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 6
A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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A personal story about people with my name

Bought by XRAY.fm, WEKU, KTNA, WGCU, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 5
Piazza San Marco
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Audio Postcard from Venice

  • Added: Oct 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:44
call to canada
From: Benjamen Walker
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american calls canadian immigration in search of refuge

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 08, 2003
  • Length: 15:54
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas in New York, 2001, Ground Zero
From: Jake Warga
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Christmas day at Ground Zero--Essay

Bought by KUT, WMNF, WKMS, KQAT, WMPG and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 7
Life Stories - Jobs: Women at Work
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three portraits of women working - A pastor, a seasonal worker, and a judge

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KUER, WFAE and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 72
Street Music
From: Jackson Braider
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A meditation on a street musician in the heart of the Renaissance

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
Crafting a Sound Response - Sept. 11 Memorial
From: Michael Joly
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Making a Flute on Sept. 11, 2001 to process the day

  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:44
A Cook's Notebook: Paella - Let the Men Do the Cooking
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Two men walk into your kitchen to cook paella - what are you going to say - No?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: King Mackerel - The Fish That Shouldn't Have Been
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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It's about a fish that shouldn't have been

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: Groovin' with The Toll House: Chocolate Chip Cookies
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Two New York girl-d.j.'s bake cookies as they mix dance beats

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Deep-Fried Turkey
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Deep-frying a turkey for Thanksgiving

Bought by KTXK, KUAC, KDNK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUHB and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 8
A Cook's Notebook: Minaho Fish Cakes
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Why we keep those random half-jars of things in our fridges and pantries.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Jennifer Cecil Moore, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 3
An Anatomy of Humanity
From: Geo Beach
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Five thousand miles from New York, commentator and medic Geo Beach had to practice a different kind of medicine, praying for a minister at Ground Z...

Bought by WZBC, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, WYSO, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4

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