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Forgotten Foods of NYC: "I Guess Dessert Has Been My Upbringing"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Debra Klaber (right) and Paul J. Hintersteiner (left). , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: :48
Purchases: 1

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Me Nacieron Mi Diente Cocinando; I Was Born Cooking"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.

Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: 01:28
Purchases: 1

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Missing Hong Kong Handmade Noodles & Winter Melon Soup in NYC

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.

Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: 02:04
Purchases: 1

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: 02:01
Purchases: 2

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: 01:56
Purchases: 2

The Trick That Turned Skateboarding Upside Down

From: Andrew Norton

Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding

After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 28, 2012
Length: 05:25
Purchases: 1

Red, White, and Bruised

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories

Don Floyd looks back on his life of 80 years after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 24, 2012
Length: 02:57
Purchases: 3

Island Childhood

From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project

Caption: 1948, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project

Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Sep 02, 2011
Length: 04:15
Purchases: 1

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 Jackknife Incident

From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project

Caption: Bernita Joyce, Credit: Meghan Vigeant

The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.

Added: Sep 02, 2011
Length: 03:31

I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds

A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 11, 2011
Length: 03:05
Purchases: 1

America America

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...

Added: Jun 08, 2010
Length: 30:00

Preperation for National History Day at SCSU's Miller Learning Resource Center

From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage

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

Reenacting Like They're Related

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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

"Burn, Baby, Burn: The Magnificent Montague"

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

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

Remembrance of Things Fried

From: Philip Graitcer

The Silver Grill - a "Meat and Three" restaurant closes for good

Added: Feb 25, 2008
Length: 03:37

Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Second Line

From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles

Caption: Honey Bannister - Flag Boy - <br>Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Credit: Erika Goldring

This brief program talks about the Mardi Gras standard "Second Line."

Bought by KSLU, Troy Public Radio, and WNCU

Added: Jan 18, 2008
Length: 03:09
Purchases: 3

Park Stories: Tour Yosemite with a Buffalo Soldier

From: Jim Williams

A Buffalo Soldier comes alive through a Yosemite park ranger

Added: Dec 11, 2007
Length: 08:49

Mom, I'm taking that house

From: Megan Hall

Annalise was determined to live in the oldest home in Rhode Island

Added: Jul 29, 2007
Length: 05:17

It's King Biscuit Time

From: WKNO

In an era when media monopolies dominate the airwaves, there still are independent voices and programs. King Biscuit Time is the longest running d...

Added: Dec 07, 2006
Length: 08:06

pedigree - word of the day

From: Charles Hodgson

The story behind the word "pedigree"

Added: Nov 13, 2006
Length: 02:32

'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain

From: Aaron Henkin

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

Darondo

From: Chris Roose

A long-lost Bay Area soul singer, newly found.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG

Added: Mar 12, 2006
Length: 07:08
Purchases: 2

RN Documentary: The Story of the Carmina Burana

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Its got to be one of the most recognizable pieces of music we know, spanning classical and pop cultures, yet not many people would recognize the Ca...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio