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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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

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