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Women Making Music: Candye Kane
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Doolin Tales _1 Jack Garrihy and the Charm Cure
From: elizabeth hart
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humorous true story from an Irishman's memories of a "charm cure"

  • Added: Mar 11, 2006
  • Length: 06:13
So, You Wanna Be A Rock Superstar?
From: Matthew Spitz
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A step-by-step guide on how to be a rock star in today's music industry.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 16:34
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 19
Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville
From: Miae Kim
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Hurrican Katrina survivor's first -hand account

Bought by KSJD, KGOU, KTNA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 08, 2005
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 5
A Cowboy Christmas
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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A musical and poetic celebration of the Christmas holiday from the open ranges of America's outback.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUAT, KETR-FM, High Plains Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2005
  • Length: 54:24
  • Purchases: 83
Interview with Grayson Capps
From: WUSM
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Interview with Hyena recording artist Grayson Capps from New Orleans, LA

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:44
In Honor of Veterans
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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This Veterans' Day program pays tribute to America's fighting men and women through first-hand accounts of battle, as well as music and poetry that...

Bought by KSLU, KVLU, KMSU, KRCB 104.9, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 53:07
  • Purchases: 39
Fear, Hope, and Friendship: Mideast Teen Girls Speak Out (Peace Talks Radio Series) [29:00 / 59:00 / or Newscast Ready 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Teen girls from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel have been gathering each of the last several summers at the Creativity for Peace Camp in New Mexico...

Bought by KUOW, KSKA, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 01:23:04
  • Purchases: 3
In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands
From: Eve Abrams
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This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS


  • Added: Sep 25, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Gerson Legacy, Three Generations: Medical Evidence v.s. Persecution
From: Edward May
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Three generations of Gerson's have been persecuted by the medical and pharmaceutical industries, yet they continue to educate the public about the ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:10:44
Culture Shock: An Audio Documentary on the Rose Urban Rural Exchange
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Audio documentary profiling the experiences of four Alaska teens who took part in a unique cultural exchange.

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 16
The Heart of Song: Renée Fleming with Fred Hersch
From: WNYC
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In conversation and performance, Renee Fleming reveals her great love of jazz.

Bought by KMUW, KTNA, WCPN, WFIU, WBST and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 22
Stories of Liberation
From: WAER Syracuse, NY
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Two World War II veterans recall memories of serving on the front lines, and helping to liberate two concentration camps.

Bought by KVMR, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 4
Unquiet Graves
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Special essay on living in Flanders

Bought by KMXT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KMSU, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 11
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
A City Bigger Than
From: Radio Arte
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This is a social commentary/spoken word piece about the City of Chicago.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
The real Irish St. Patrick's Day
From: Maeve Conran
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How do the Irish celebrate St. Paddys Day?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 15
Shawn Brownell Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Shawn and the fishing crew endured hurrican force winds and 25 foot waves - it took them 26 terrifying hours just to go 22 miles to the safety of s...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: :04
George Edwards Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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George Edwards tells the story of when his boat sank.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: 06:45
Becky Nash Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Becky Nash knows about rearing children on a fishing boat, watching them grow up to be fisherman and losing one to the sea that helped rear them.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: 14:51
David Trout Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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David Trout "Trapper" fishes out of a smaller boat called a Dory

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 08:37
Jim Moore Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Jim Moore tells a remarkable story of how a cow fell out of the sky and sunk a Japanese trawler and what he likes about being a commercial fisherman.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 06:30
Bruce Bauer Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Bruce broke his arm and severed two arteries, his crew and a small fishing village worked together to get him to a hospital.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 11:43

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