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Information Golem
From: Jerry Gaura
Series: #Dragonsbread
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Artist Joseph Matheny struggles to manage the chaos unleashed by the world’s first ARG “Ong’s Hat.”

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:35
Clarinetist Bob Turizziani
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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You always have to think about the air.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chilkat & Ravenstail Weaver Lily Hope
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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One square inch of Chilkat weaving can be up to 3 hours in the making.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
Therapy for a Therapist
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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If you're a good listener, you'll probably be a damn good therapist

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Canción Mixteca
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Panther Cubs
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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We don'y just plant the seeds so we can eat the fruit. We plant the seeds so the fruit will be there for generations.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Puppeteer Michael Lamason
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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We watch the audience's reaction. I feel like we're the ones being entertained.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Nether
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I love my city, and I rep it to the death. But at the same time, I’m a white boy in a black neighborhood.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Why Art Residencies Matter: A Talk with LA's 18th Street Arts Center
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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A short talk with the artistic and executive directors and a current artist-in-residence at the 18th Street Arts Center in LA.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:34
The Darkroom
From: Annie Sinsabaugh
Caption: Peter Simon and his archives
In Peter Simon’s 50-year career, he’s photographed The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, and so much more. Now, at age 69, he’s thin...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Out of the Blocks: 400 E Patapsco (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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400 E Patapsco Ave: One block. Everybody's story.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 2
Out of the Blocks: 3300 Greenmount (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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3300 Greenmount: One block. Everybody's story.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 2
Chef Hugh Acheson
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Chef Hugh Acheson, Credit: Tanner Latham
Athens, Ga.-based Chef Hugh Acheson is one of the most celebrated and influential chefs in the country. The James Beard Award winner and Top Chef s...

Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering Eudora Welty
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Eudora Welty, New Haven, CT, 1974, Credit: William Ferris
Eudora Welty was one of the South’s most beloved writers, and her fiction is still a study in detail and dialogue and wit. Her settings were often ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
  • Purchases: 2
Shenandoah Valley Shape Note Singers
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Cross Keys Ruritan Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, Credit: Sarah Cumming
Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sac...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 4
Bestselling Novelist Cassandra King
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Cassandra King, Credit: Tanner Latham
Bestselling novelist Cassandra King talks about her new book Moonrise as well as her writing relationship with her husband, famous author Pat Conro...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:07
  • Purchases: 2
Southern Folklorist Bill Ferris
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: The Storied South , Credit: Bill Ferris
Preeminent Southern folklorist Bill Ferris has spent the last 40 years documenting the South in print, photography and film. His latest book, The S...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 3
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
Singer-Songwriter Josh Vasa
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Singer-songwriter Josh Vasa, Credit: Tanner Latham
Birmingham, Alabama, singer-songwriter Josh Vasa of the band Sanyasi talks about his Indian heritage, writing, and the value of cheesy lyrics.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 3
Southern Storyteller Les Thomas
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Les Thomas, legendary travel writer and storyteller, Credit: Tanner Latham
Les Thomas wrote his way across the South. His travel writing, for Texas newspapers, Southern Living magazine and beyond, has spanned over 45 year...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
To Teach To Learn To Eat
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Chef Roscoe Hall, Credit: Tanner Latham
In our food-obsessed culture, we likely never think about what's on the menu at an eating disorder clinic. A couple of gourmet chefs bring their in...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
Hungarian Blues
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
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Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 5
Sonny Newman, Tango Master
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
Black Grace - New Zealand Dance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
Caption: New Zealand contemporary dance troupe Black Grace. (Artistic Direction: Neil Ieremia; , Credit: Photography: Duncan Cole
If you’ve ever seen New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team, you know something about the Haka. It’s the traditional Maori warrior dance they use as a ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1