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Home Planet: The Temporary Green of Spring
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Writer Cheryl-Anne Millsap reflects on the meaning of being "green."

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons of the CIO
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
Father's Day
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Me and My Dad
Going through my parents' stuff 10 years after their deaths, I found a box of cassettes of my father interviewing me when I was a kid. Simple and s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, WABE, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 19
Barry, Bob & Me
From: Brian Beatty
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An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:00
Chasing Love
From: Miguel Macias
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A poetic and creative exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by KMUD, KUT, PRX to iTunes, KCUR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 11
Armstrong Williams: Master of Zakazuka
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
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Commentary on Armstrong Williams Scandal

  • Added: Jan 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:18
RN Documentary: Gamers
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Gamers explores the unique voice of a large, extended community who breakthrough “normal” social barriers and communicate through the game.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
Media Mea Culpas Encouraging Sign
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Year-end commentary on News Coverage

Bought by Public Radio East


  • Added: Dec 30, 2004
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Muddy Waters
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A visit to a quirky cafe in New York

  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
My Dad Died
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seven journal entries chronicling loss

Bought by KISU, WYSO, WUAL, and WKSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2004
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 4
Snowballs at Midnight Mass
From: Andrew Witmer
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Essayist Jonathan Malesic learns something new about Christmas after attending one of the only midnight Catholic masses ever to end in a snowball f...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUT, KUT-HD, KMXT, WNKU and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 11
Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thoughts about the Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Added: Nov 16, 2004
  • Length: 02:58
Killing for Fun
From: Dick Meister
Caption: dick meister
A commentary on the barbarity of hunting.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2004
  • Length: 02:33
Vanished
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Observations at my Apartment Building

Bought by KUOW and Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 2
Preserving Values
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Smucker's CEO explains why Smuckers is a great place to work

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Slavery, Capitalism, and Business Ethics.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rev. Jesse Jackson argues for big business to invest in the under classes.

Bought by WUSM, KSFR, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 4
Radio Row: The Neighborhood Before the World Trade Center
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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Before the WTC was built, the neighborhood was known as the bustling "Radio Row."

Bought by WRNC-LP, KVNF, KXOT Public Radio, WMPG, WHYY and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 13:03
  • Purchases: 6
The Pierogi-eating contest
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An essay 'snapshot' of an ethnic neighborhood fair in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 03:37
Small Dreams
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A word portrait of a young woman in a poor neighborhood

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
Wednesday 3PM
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Observations at my neighborhood newsstand

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Aug 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Smells Like Camping
From: Sean O'Connor
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The author rhapsodizes about the multi-sensory joys of a camping trip.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2004
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming Islam: A Woman's Perspective
From: Laura Jackson
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Muslim scholar Leila Ahmed argues for an alternative to fundamentalist Islam, for an oral, ethical tradition, passed down from mothers and grandmot...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFUV, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 17:40
  • Purchases: 4
Father's Day Tribute: Fix'er Up, Dad.
From: Joshua Kilpatrick
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A Father's Day Tribute to a Dad who love to fix things.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, XRAY.fm, KPIK-LP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 15
Eat Wisely
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A writer ponders the intersection of food and the environment.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 3
Support the Expos
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A baseball fan pleads for others to join in his support for the fading Montreal Expos.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1

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