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Wednesday 3PM
From: monika mueller
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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
Reserved for Father
From: Elizabeth Dribben
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That's what the ads always say about the third Sunday in June. Father's Day. Reserved for Father.

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Spalding Gray and Sedge Thomson radio conversations: "I'm Beginning to Doubt My Doubt"
From: Sedge Thomson
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The late, great monologist in retro-talkfest about his art, life, laughs, and hopes for the future.

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 50:05
  • Purchases: 1
The "Laggy" Awards
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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One way to get your small company paid

  • Added: Apr 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:19
My Father's Songs
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Dr. H. is reminded about the songs of his tribe while practicing songs with his grandson.

Bought by WGDR and WCOM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Spring Clean/The "Junk Shrink"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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How a professional organizer cured my spring cleaning fever.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2004
  • Length: 02:34
Our Adult Prom
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Former HS geeks -- Muslim, ex-Jehovah, gay/straight and fabulous attend an "adult prom" for an NYC friend who's moving on...,

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
My Bi-(Partisan) Boyfriend**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Can you help me? Because my beau may be "you know," politically.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2004
  • Length: 03:48
Too Curvy and Not Enough Shoulder
From: Julia DeBruicker
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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

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