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Bullitt: A Remembrance
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: Bullitt poster
Forty-five years ago, a classic hit theaters:

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:21
The Dropout Dilemma
From: WXXI Rochester
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THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI Rochester
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To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:10
The Seed Underground
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Janisse Ray
Across the country, a renaissance of local food, local farming and place based culinary traditions is taking hold. Yet, something small, critically...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
StudioTalk No. 2: Music awareness by Love… from Love to Music... with Sarod player Ranajit Sengupta (Kolkata)
From: SABN - South Asian Broadcasting Network
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents.... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone , Credit: ElJay A. on microphone
The StudioTalk presents Ranajit Sengupta, a sarod maestro from Kolkata (India), film composer, lecturer for Indian Classical Music, working on rese...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
StudioTalk No. 1: Music follows Behaviour.... with Mandolin player Sri Sugato Bhaduri (Kolkata)
From: ElJay Arem
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone
Sri Sugato Bhaduri is one of the few mandoline maestros in Indian Classical music and from Kolkata (India). The Mandolin is an Italian instrument b...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
06 - ‘Aye, there y'are now! Where are ye?’
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Throwed Together, Rodney Cordner/Jean-Pierre Rudolph, Quagmyre, Sharon...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
Down the Tubes
From: WAMU
Series: Latitudes
Caption: Jonathan Isbit demonstrates his Nature’s Platform device. , Credit: Courtesy of Andrea Wenzel.
Toilets are a basic necessity. But some 2.6 billion people don’t have them. Every year, more than a million people die from sanitation related dis...

Bought by KQED and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 2
The Life and Music of Thomas Talbert with Richard Hammergren, Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know, Richard Hammergren WSU jazz WSU professor and professional musician stops by to update us on The Black Tie Jazz ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
The Life and Music of Thomas Talbert with Richard Hammergren, Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - we explore the life of Thomas Talbert with the help of Winona State University professor and professional musician Richar...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 40:55
Native Sounds: Steve Wood of Northern Cree and Derek & Melonie Mathews
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Eric Martin speaks with Steve Wood of Northern Cree and Aden Marshall speaks with Melonie and Derek Mathews.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
Chile's 9-11 (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Peaceful Protection in Hot Spots (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: PBI Volunteer Dana Brown Accompanies Local Activists in Colombia, Credit: Dana Brown
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we hear about two organizations working in conflict-ridden parts of the world. Both organizations make use of unarm...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ken McCoy interviews boxer Bryant Theodile
From: Ken McCoy
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Boxer Bryant Theodile fights Dec 6th at the MGM

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 17:07
Christina Gold, President CEO and a rare Dutch bird
From: Anton Foek
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18
Inside the Capoeiristas' Circle
From: Aaron Henkin
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A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
Rediscovering Barbara Jordan
From: KUT
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One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
"Don't Do Anything to Yourself"
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alaska Native teens fight to end suicide in their villages

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Johnny Cash Show
From: Joyride Media
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Highlights from Johnny Cash's variety television program.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WMMT, KFCF FM, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
The History of This I Believe
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 23
RN Documentary: Home Sweet Home Birth
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A look at the Dutch tradition of home births and what the future has in store for his practice.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
DIRTY HARRY - When the American Dream Became a Nightmare
From: Claes Andreasson
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The effects of the nuclear weapons tests in Nevada on people working at, and living downwind from the test site

Bought by KUER, KOSU, Nevada Public Radio, PRX Remix, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
An Unusual Father's Day Gift
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A daughter finds the perfect gift for her eco-conscious dad.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1