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Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 2 Hour 4
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:29
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 2 Hour 1
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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For the first time in KVSC's 43-year history, a live international broadcast is coming to you from the Winnipeg Folk Festival. With help from the M...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:41
Ted Leonsis, Owner of the Washington Capitals
From: National Press Club
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Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and one of the most powerful figures in Washington sports and business, addressed the National Press ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Avon Area Arts: Where Fine Art Meets the Front Porch
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The volunteer driven arts group, Avon Area Arts, has been steadily growing since its inception only about three years ago and has brought vibrancy ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 27:14
Sasha Abramsky: Inside Obama's Brain + Irreverent Holiday Music!
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Inside Obama's Brain by Sasha Abramsky, Credit: Sasha Abramsky
Award winning journalist Sasha Abramsky returns to Active Voice Radio to discuss his newest book Inside Obama's Brain. Also, irreverent holiday mus...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Lipstick from a bug
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Cochineal Bug
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:37
Poet Robert Pinsky takes on another poet, King David of the Bible - and of the Psalms - in his "Life of David."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible - the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer - in his "Life of David."

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 1
Troy Night Out
From: Joel Patterson
Caption: Troy Night Out
30 minute montage of a street festival in Troy, New York

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:59
The Top 10 Texas Tunes of All Time
From: KUT
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We've identified more than 250 songs about Texas—from ‘Abilene’ to the ‘Yoakum Texas Blues’. The hard part? Picking the Top 10.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, NPR Illinois, and KVNF


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 55:37
  • Purchases: 3
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 57
Yisrael Campbell, non-narrated feature
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of Yisrael Campbell's comedy

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
CAROLE KING: TAPESTRY
From: Joyride Media
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New one-hour radio special tells the story of Carole King's classic album, TAPESTRY

Bought by WJCT, Radio Catskill, KFAI Minneapolis, Harford Community Radio, WFAE and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 36
Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Do Watcha Wanna
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
Caption: Honey Bannister - Flag Boy - <br>Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Credit: Erika Goldring
An explanation of the history and recording of the Mardi Gras Standard "Do Watcha Wanna" by the mighty Rebirth Brass Band

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of Young America Holiday Special 2007
From: Jesse Thorn
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Music and comedy for the holidays.

Bought by KMXT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Soul of Chaka Khan
From: Joyride Media
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This new hour of music and conversation will feature Chaka Khan's career as one of R&B's leading female vocalists, and her influence on contemporar...

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WJAB and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2007
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band: Never Say Die
From: Joyride Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour radio documentary pays tribute to American legend Waylon Jennings, tells the story behind his final concert at Nashville's Ryman Theatre, ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KPVL, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Voices for peace in the streets of Portland
From: Ryan White
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Peace marchers share thiers thoughts on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
RN Documentary: The Music of Love (Valentine's Day special)
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Seated at his Bechstein grand, concert pianist and astrologer Gary Goldschneider talks to Dheera Sujan about the music inspired by and written abou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KRPS, KFAI Minneapolis, KRZA, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2007
  • Length: 30:59
  • Purchases: 7
RN Documentary: Durga's Court
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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One woman is running a very unusual court of justice in a small Indian village where she uses folk tales, religious stories and her own common sens...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, WJAB, WBEZ, and KWCW


  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: A Conversation with Fiona Wood
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A conversation with Fiona Wood, the only female plastic surgeon in Western Australia and one of the world?s foremost burns specialists.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Iraqi opinion dub (oh, its a disaster)
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Iraqi opinion interviews Dub piece

  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 01:31
RN Documentary: The Music Boat Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Reinier Sijpkens musician, magician, laughter collector talks to Dheera Sujan about his life?s goal to develop his soul.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 14, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
Political Fracas in Fountain
From: KRCC-FM
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Fountain residents talk about their local recall campaign

  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:41
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From: KRCC-FM
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Musicians talk about playing Telluride

  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
Laugh Tracks Part One and Part Two
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two parts, each 28:58 minutes. A one-hour celebration of ethnic humor.

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Spokane Public Radio, Audible, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 6

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