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Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
I Have The Day Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the only woman in Maine serving a prison sentence in home confinement.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
A Conscious Effort To Build Community
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a co-housing development in Maine.

Bought by KUNM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Award
From: Marie Lovejoy
Series: WWOZ's Street Talk
Caption: Kelvin Harrison at Work, Credit: Tricia Steel
New Orleans Teacher Receives Coveted Award

  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:00
El Michoacano en la Mixteca (The Michoacano in the Mixteca)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Dioniso Arriola
A migration story told and sung by Dionisio Arriola; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 1
El Ciclo (The Cycle)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
A farmer's story; a mix of poetry, sound and interviews.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
La Primera Vez (The First Time)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Epifami Jiménez Santiago
A portrait of a chicken vendor in San Andrés Chicahuaxtla, Oaxaca.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 17:59
Pearl Harbor Patriots
From: Laura Spero
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As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
Adirondack Election Views
From: Brad Horn
Caption: Downtown Tupper Lake
What do people in the Adirondacks of New York think about the upcoming election?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Bomb That Healed
From: Philip Graitcer
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The Bombing of The Temple in Atlanta

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
KARMAPA IN AMERICA
From: The Tibet Connection
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Emerging Tibetan Buddhist teacher, the 17th Karmapa makes first historic visit to the US

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 17:01
Iraqi war translator struggles with new life in America
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Profile of an Iraqi who came to Seattle as a political refugee

  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
Surrounded by Lights
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a day with Amy, a single mother, as she works to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter two years ago.

Bought by KGLT and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
Everything's Dandy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Adrienne Damicis has been in and out of the hospital since birth. As she becomes a teenager, her parents struggle to learn the difference between k...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
I Played D&D on Monday
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Brad Lessard has been playing Dungeons and Dragons since he was 19 years old. Now, aided by his ability to morph into new characters, he's recover...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Gangster of Matinicus
From: Courtney Stein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revenge comes to an island in the form of raccoons.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
To Dream an Anarchist's Dream...
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Anarchists in Baltimore try to open and run a totally free store

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
Learning to Sing
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a choral program teaches children the universal language of music...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2007
  • Length: 07:45
The Break Up Project Performance
From: Megan Hall
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recording of a live mix of Providence break-up stories

  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 49:00
Raider of the Lost Ark
From: Jake Warga
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Looking for the not-so-lost Ark and finding something else

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, KUOW, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
Hunting Companions
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Some hunters will only hunt alone. Others choose their companions carefully. In this program, you'll find out why.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Ms Tris Beats: A Rumination on the Art of Cooking Big Beats
From: Aaron Henkin
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Hip hop producer Ms Tris Beats shares some of her secret recipes for cooking up heavy-hitting beats

  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:21
Second Line in New Orleans
From: Mary Rose Madden
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This is one snapshot of the New Orleans tradition taken in the summer of 2006

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2006
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Goodman, Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows
From: Sarah Yahm
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
Valdivia: Stories of Survival
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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MIT Freshmen travel to Valdivia, Chile, and report on three stories of survival they have found there: ecological survival, cultural survival, and ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 23:26