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These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Basque Radio
From: Addie Goss
Caption: Jean Cinquambre feeding his cows, Credit: Addie Goss
Through much of the last century, French and Spanish Basques herded sheep, alone, in northern Wyoming's mountains. For company, they listened to a...

Bought by WMMT and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Warsaw Village Band
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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Feet in Two Worlds and Polish Daily News reporter Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska recently produced an audio profile of the innovative Polish musical group, ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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This Minnesota Historical Society site is a focal point of Ojibwe culture in Minnesota and has been in existence for nearly 100 years. The museum ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 1
Preperation for National History Day at SCSU's Miller Learning Resource Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Goodbye Bell's Amusement Park
From: Michael Paul Mason
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New York has its Coney Island; Tulsa had its Bell’s Amusement Park. Founded in 1951, Bell’s rapidly became the city’s must-visit attraction--but to...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Reenacting Like They're Related
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Virginia Indians: The Nonexistant
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2009
  • Length: 15:16
The Torchbearers of the Tidewater Gospel sound
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: The Paschall Brothers onstage, Credit: Virginia Folklife Program
The Paschall Brothers of Chesapeake sing four-part harmony in a style with a storied tradition.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
The Return of Fine Cider
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Steve Wood, owner of Poverty Lane Orchards., Credit: Scott McIntyre
A fine cider revival could provide a lifeline to struggling New Hampshire apple growers.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
Honeyboy Edwards - blues legend talks about hoboing through the great depression
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Series: Sitting With Gianluca
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Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Rebel Yell
From: Peter Solomon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A historian in Richmond, VA believes he has solved the riddle behind the legendary Confederate War cry that was thought to be lost to the ages.

Bought by WEZU, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
Besides Life Here
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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What happens when the most important event in your whole life is something no one believes?

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, WMPG and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 8
A Well Read Book Fair
From: Emma Jacobs
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Dealers of Americana talk about the allure of old books.

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBHM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 4
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John K. MacLellan
Jay Ipson and his family escaped Nazi persecution often by the skin of their teeth. But after liberation they had to contend with the Soviets. And ...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Farmington Diner
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The legendary Farmington Diner closed to make room for a new RiteAid pharmacy.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
The Guardian of the Murder House
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Marfa Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 10
Inside the Glore
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: A Tranquilizer Chair inside the Glore
An otherworldly visit to one of America's most bizarre museums, the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 6
"Burn, Baby, Burn: The Magnificent Montague"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An interview with pioneering African-American radio disk jockey,The Magnificent Montague"

Bought by WJSU and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:53
  • Purchases: 2
Chicago: January 20, 2009
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chicagoans reflect on the inauguration of Barack Obama.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 18:36
What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
Nothing To Cheer About
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A town is divided when presented with the idea of changing the school mascot.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KWIS 88.3 FM, KUOW, KRUA and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 6
Ellen Gibbons: Going vs Staying
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Montage: Chicago fire, train, Credit: Private Archive Photos
An immigrant story: longing for permanence but restless in pursuing it. My great-grandmother.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
OTL: The Bloomingdale Trail
From: OTL HQ
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The Bloomingdale Trail proposed elevated greenway park in Chicago

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 09:30

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