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Why Our Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This should be the lead piece from HiPapa Days

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:46
The Charles River Didn't Kill Me
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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A science experiment that didn't go tragically wrong

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 1
Encounters Mosquito
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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The summer drone of doom.... the mighty mosquito has a long history in the north country.

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
The Disadvantages of Growing Old
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You have heard many sparkling wits say that growing old beats the alternative.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:17
Father's Day Among the Immortals
From: Charles McGuigan
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My son and I, after many years, were reunited at his home in Mendocino, CA

Bought by XRAY.fm and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
On Elmer Gantry and President Clinton
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Having an affair wasn’t bad. Getting caught was bad.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:09
Growin’ Up, Comin’ Out, Speakin’ Proud
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Diego Ruiz, Credit: http://www.outloudradio.org/
Every year during the month of June, in honor of LGBTQ Pride, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queers, and those who support them, gather to ma...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Case For Solar Power
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the next 10 years your electricity bill will at least double

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:47
Chilkoot Bears
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Get close but not cozy to bears in this exciting episode of Encounters

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 6
Continental Divide
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Shekaiba Wakili's aunt was en route to New York, September 11, 2001, when her plane turned around and flew back to Peshawar, Pakistan. Shekaiba str...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: May 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
My Socialism
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Andy takes a scenic tour of the Arizona elite.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Fixer
From: World Vision Report
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We rely on journalists to bring us the latest news from around the world. They in turn rely on local helpers, or “fixers,” to get what they need f...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
AIDS Orphan in Tanzania
From: World Vision Report
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15-year old Anthony Kagoma is an AIDS orphan in Tanzania, one of the million children in that country who’ve been orphaned by the epidemic. David ...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:44
I Am Not A Metaphor
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy's parents deliver the news that they were to move to Arizona. At Disneyland.

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:20
Kenneth Jerera in South Africa
From: World Vision Report
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Many of those who leave Zimbabwe for South Africa are children and teenagers. When Tendai Maphosa was in the border town of Musina, he saw scores ...

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:09
Falling in Love and the Cultural Age Barrier
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:52
Right Use of Power
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Internally versus externally derived power

  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
No Wonder You Listen To The Radio
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There ain't nothing on television

  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:21
The Body Secrets Project
From: Ross Chambless
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An anonymous 'Body Secrets' project reveals deep insecurities about a community.

Bought by Vocalo.org, Vocalo.org, KUT, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
Rocking Chairs
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Our physical inheritance offers clues about our ancestors

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:53
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
From: World Vision Report
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During Pope Benedict‘s recent trip to the Middle East, he called for greater respect for women. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd would endorse tha...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Hummingbird
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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This is a sweet segment on one of the smallest but best known little birds.

Bought by KDUR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Amy Tan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Acclaimed writer Amy Tan believes in ghosts and the messages of joy, love and peace they bring her.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Luis Urrea
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Eve Birch
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Tired of chasing personal prosperity, Eve Birch now believes in an American dream of shared success.

Bought by WEZU, KHSU, KVNF, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 8

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