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American Soundways - Portland, OR
From: Tripp Clarke
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging in Portland w/ Kelly Joe Phelps interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
American Soundways - Charlotte, NC
From: Tripp Clarke
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging from Charlotte w/ Jorma Kaukonen interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 52:00
Andrew's Mix
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Trading mix tapes with strangers is a work of passion with members of Esther's Mix Tape Collective.

Bought by WBHM, KTNA, WMPG, WILL, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 5
Before the Bell
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Boxers at the Portland Boxing Club spend months and years preparing for eight minutes in the ring.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5
Here Comes the Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a night on the road with Dan Furst, a designated driver for hire.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
King of Instruments
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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What's better than one accordion player? Four accordion players and a percussionist. Meet The Maine Squeeze.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Here and Now, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 3
Birth Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Follow doula-in-training Megan Sloat as she witnesses and assists with birth for the first time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Ministry of Presence
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chaplin Nash Garabedian ministers aboard visiting tankers and cargo ships in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:10
Taxi Line
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Escape Velocity
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ten homeless teens write and perform skits, poems, and letters based on life experiences.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 3
The Runaway Lake
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The residents of Newcastle, Maine are still reeling from the disappearance of Sherman Lake.

Bought by The Night Air, Third Coast International Audio Festival, The Nature Podcast, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Story of a Yup'ik Eskimo rapper
From: Ashley Gross
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A sound-rich portrait of a young Yup'ik Eskimo man who uses rap music to work through his suicidal thoughts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and KCUR


  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 3
A Piece of Paradise
From: Sean Kelly
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A documentary about communal land and life in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 2
Connecting The Hebrides
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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The Internet helps revive a dying culture in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides islands.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
Andean Harvest
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Peruvian farming community weighs the risks of entering the market.

Bought by WBEZ and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
Rach on the Road
From: Tina Antolini
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A community chorus from rural Maine finds solace and joy in performing a piece of sacred music for the Russian Orthodox Church.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Lo-Fi Ballad of Daniel Johnston
From: KUT
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He's been called the 'Brian Wilson of Indie Rock', but the true story's a little more complicated....

Bought by KUOW and PRX Administrator


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: The Walker
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A documentary about walking; its benefits and cultural history.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: Three Photographs
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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War Photographer Thorne Anderson tells the story behind three photos from Iraq which continue to haunt him.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 07, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain
From: Aaron Henkin
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Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfathe...

Bought by WXDU and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 2
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Style Warz: an underground M.C. battle from the inside out
From: Aaron Henkin
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A look at Baltimore's preeminent M.C. competition, Style Warz, from the perspective of the rappers who square off in front of a live audience to do...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 1
Annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry
From: KRCC-FM
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A festival of testicles!

Bought by KISU, KISU, Prairie Public, and KOTO


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 4

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