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How green is your grass?

From: peter stock

An update -- with a twist -- on ecologically-friendly lawn care. (18m35s)

Bought by KVMR and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Jan 19, 2009
Length: 18:35
Purchases: 2

5. Michael Moore, cellist and scene builder

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)

Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

Added: Aug 21, 2008
Length: 03:45

4. RA Scion, hip hopper and leaf blower

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)

Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

Added: Aug 21, 2008
Length: 05:00

3. Kinoko, YMCA staff and musical chip bender

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)

Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

Added: Aug 21, 2008
Length: 03:12

Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."

From: Chelsea Merz

Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Added: Aug 30, 2007
Length: 08:42
Purchases: 7

Quest_Flying Cars

From: KQED
Series: QUEST

NASA is sponsoring a technology contest to revolutionize small planes -- and it's open to the general public.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Aug 24, 2007
Length: 05:47
Purchases: 1

An Angel-headed Hipster's Howl

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Fifty year's after the publication of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and its subsequent obscenity trial, poets and friends look back at its origins, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, KRZA, KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio and more

Added: Jun 05, 2007
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 6

'Til Death Do Us Part

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: May 22, 2007
Length: 08:16
Purchases: 4

Swirls of Deception

From: John Ryan

At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast

Added: Apr 05, 2007
Length: 05:53
Purchases: 1

Pink

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and Third Coast International Audio Festival

Added: Dec 19, 2006
Length: 05:13
Purchases: 4

Joe Bussard, Record Hunter

From: Justin Levy

Joe Bussard on his collection of 25,000 78's and his own Fonotone Records label

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Nov 13, 2006
Length: 19:35
Purchases: 2

Ice Cutting in Vermont

From: Sarah Yahm

a small community in Vermont revitalizes the old New England tradition of ice cutting and in the process talks about sustainability, communal livin...

Bought by CKMO and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jul 20, 2006
Length: 11:13
Purchases: 2

Radio~Sound~Art

From: Joan Schuman

A short primer on radio artistry.

Bought by PRX Remix and KGOU

Added: Jun 28, 2006
Length: 06:07
Purchases: 2

MetroNaps

From: Chelsea Merz

Matthew, who's been living on the streets of Boston for nearly ten years, travels to NYC to test the latest sleeping invention: The Metropod.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WSCS-FM

Added: Jan 09, 2006
Length: 06:34
Purchases: 2

Sad Happy Birthday

From: Pete Mills

Sad Happy Birthday Voicemail

Added: Jun 07, 2005
Length: :32

Music from the Ether

From: Amber Edwards

a weird-sounding musical instrument that's nearly impossible to play still attracts followers

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMBR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.

Added: Apr 01, 2005
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 3

Josh

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Eighteen year old Josh Dayton lives in the real world, and his own fantasy world.

Bought by WCFM and WHQR

Added: Jan 10, 2005
Length: 07:24
Purchases: 2

"My Daughter Knocked Out The Power On The Whole East Coast"

From: Charles Lane

Amusing vox pop about how a girl caused the '77 Blackout

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and High Plains Public Radio

Added: Dec 19, 2004
Length: 01:17
Purchases: 2

The Walls

From: Laura Vitale

Girls' bathroom graffiti

Bought by KSFR, WBEZ, East Village Radio, and WYSO

Added: Oct 31, 2004
Length: 04:08
Purchases: 4

Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae

From: Aaron Henkin

Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jew, and the front man for his own reggae band.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, PRX, KZUM, KCUR, Audible and more

Added: Aug 25, 2004
Length: 12:48
Purchases: 6

The Pierogi-eating contest

From: Judah Bruce Leblang

An essay 'snapshot' of an ethnic neighborhood fair in Cleveland, Ohio

Added: Aug 23, 2004
Length: 03:37

Ken Best/Stephen John Dunkley

From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change

another musician/songwriter playing for change in the subway

Bought by WZBC

Added: Aug 01, 2004
Length: 06:39
Purchases: 1

Joey's Phone Call Home

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out

Joey, an incarcerated teen, calls home.

Bought by The Story, Remix Radio, WYBC, YouthCast, Space Gallery and more

Added: Apr 13, 2004
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 6

The Most German Day Ever

From: Brendan Greeley

Six hours in Krautsand, a German town of 200 souls that sponsors the World Championships of Lawnmower Racing and wishes to secede from the Federal ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KGLT, BSR Radio and more