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WRM08 Will Starts Writing
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers becomes wildly popular in the newspapers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
Laughter Yoga Clubs
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
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In this episode of Happy producer JP Davidson drops into a Laughter Yoga Club. The first one started in the mid-90s in Mumbai. Now there over 8000 ...

Bought by Radio Catskill and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 2
The Man With the Long White Beard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Logan Square's Brown Bread Underground
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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On one block in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, an unnamed baker whips up artisan sourdoughs to sell to his neighbors.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cheaters Never Prosper on the 4th of July
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: 4th of July on Swan's Island, late 1950s, Credit: courtesy of David Joyce (Swan's Island Memory Project)
Celebrate America's independence the Island way, with pranks, potato-spoon races, and pie eating. But remember, cheaters never prosper here.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Parrot Fortune Teller
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
The Art Of The Stall
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look into the world of ice cream truck drivers in southern Maine.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
Chickens Are People, Too
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A family in Falmouth, Maine fights for their right to keep chickens.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:29
Cody Appleseed
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man on a mission to reclaim an island off the coast of Maine.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
First day for Ya Ugly Mug
From: Megan Hall
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Matt always dreamed of opening a coffee cart. Listen to what happens on his first day.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2007
  • Length: 03:21
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
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
King of Instruments
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
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
Um
From: paul overton
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The "cutting room floor" yields a musical montage.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:30
Stepped on by an AT-AT Walker
From: Aaron Henkin
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John Morton landed the role of Dak, Luke Skywalker's ill-fated gunner in the 1980 blockbuster, The Empire Strikes Back. His life has never been th...

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 13, 2005
  • Length: 15:15
  • Purchases: 1
Slots of Fun
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Who knew racing four inch "slot cars" could be so much fun?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
Office Artist
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Office Artist Larissa Brown finds beauty in ordinary office supplies.

Bought by KUOW, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: May 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
Spam-o-Rama!
From: John Basile
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SquareToes Restaurant patrons in Kennebunk, ME pay their annual homage to the processed meat product. Spam-o-Rama '04 is THIS WEEKEND! (3/13/04)

Bought by KPIK-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Allure of Karaoke Singing
From: Scott Gurian
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Regular singers describe what attracts them to karaoke

Bought by WABE, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, and PRX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 5
8 Minute Soulmate
From: Evan Roberts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will Rich find his soulmate in eight minutes?

Bought by PRX Lovesick Stream


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1