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Andy meets a girl with a GNR T-Shirt

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we take a look at an American ballet about the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
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The U.N. estimates three million Colombians have been displaced from their homes because of the ongoing war for land between guerrilla fighters, pa...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Santa Marta
Personal story about a trip to Nicaragua

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 17:07
  • Purchases: 1
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A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
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We learned from the Velveteen Rabbit how toys become real. But all things become real and emerge daily from the secret source at the back of my clo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
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The discovery of art in the New York subway system

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 35:12
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An experimental audio documentary/sound collage on people's perceptions of scents.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 14:27
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Never Judge A Show by It's Pilot: Moonlight.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
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Never Judge A Show by it's Pilot: Journeyman.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 10:17
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Never Judge A Show by it's Pilot: The Big Bang Theory.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:42
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Never Judge A Show by it's Pilot: Chuck.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:57
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In an unlikely moment at the height of the Cold War, art and culture crossed seemingly impassable political barriers.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
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The art and life of chainsaw carver Mark Watson.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
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It was 50 years ago this summer that a judge rejected attempts to ban poet Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as obscene and virtually ended government book-b...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1
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How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 13:53
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promo for THE LABYRINTHINE SUBWAY GAME

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 07:26
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A commentary on silent films, which are among the most important, yet most neglected of the visual arts.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:01
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Blues scholar on the importance of B.B. King

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio New Zealand, WABE, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 6
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A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.

Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
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Composer Ingram Marshall scores a double guitar concerto for rocker Andy Summers and classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 14:01

  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 8
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What is scarier than shrunken heads, dancing iguanas and King Tut? Cheryl-Anne Millsap thinks it might be The Rolling Stones 2005 concert tour.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:14