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International Women's Day torture survivors in Argentina fight for justice
From: Marie Trigona
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Women who survived Argentina's military dictatorship fight to put their perpetrators behind bars

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:22
Bluma Shapiro: Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bluma Shapiro is a grandmother of four... and a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 15:25
Humankind: Meeting Hate With Love -- Stories of King and Gandhi
From: Humankind
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Explorations on the non-violence philosophies shared by King and Gandhi

Bought by KZYX, KUT, KPIK-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 48
RN Documentary: Modern Day Mongolia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Mongolia in the 21st century must choose which aspects of modernity and tradition will shape its identity in the 21st century.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFUV


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp
From: Stefan Christoff
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A radio documentary on Burj el-Shemali refugee camp, located on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and home to upwards of 20 000 P...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 29:03
Battleship Missouri Memorial
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Battleship Missouri Memorial, Credit: USS Missouri Memorial Association
The Battleship Missouri is best known as the site where World War II officially ended on Sept. 2, 1945. Veterans share tales about the ship, nickn...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Delta College Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 4
Everything Was Right: The Beatles' Revolver
From: Paul Ingles
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Either a two-hour program (with optional 5:00 newscast length content in each hour that can be dropped), or a one-hour program (with additional new...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WSKG, KSRQ, WCBE, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 43
Lower Manhattan Diaries
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three New Yorkers reflect on 5 years since the 9/11 attacks in audio diary form.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Chinatown, Five Years Later: An Audio Diary
From: WFUV
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A Chinatown business owner shares her audio diary on what life's been like in the five years since the 9/11 attacks.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 07, 2006
  • Length: 30:05
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: "Copyists, Collectors and Curators" (Rembrandt's 21st century legacy)
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Interviews with people whose lives are in some way tied up with Rembrandt today.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
Vivaldi For All Seasons: Program One
From: WILL
Series: Vivaldi For All Seasons
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One of four programs exploring the instrumental music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Bought by WMNR, WUAL, WUGA (part of GPB), Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMUK and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
Vivaldi For All Seasons: Program Two
From: WILL
Series: Vivaldi For All Seasons
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of four programs exploring the instrumental music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Bought by WMNR, WUGA (part of GPB), Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMUK, WCQS and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 15
Vivaldi For All Seasons: Program Four
From: WILL
Series: Vivaldi For All Seasons
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of four programs exploring the instrumental music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WMNR, WUGA (part of GPB), South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WMUK and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 16
Vivaldi For All Seasons: Program Three
From: WILL
Series: Vivaldi For All Seasons
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of four programs exploring the instrumental music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Bought by WMNR, WUGA (part of GPB), South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WMUK, WCQS and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 15
Rembrandt Anniversary Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Rembrandt?s image through the ages, and interviews with a copyist, a collector, and curators of Rembrandt , marking the 400th anniversary of the p...

Bought by WFUV, KXOT Public Radio, NPR Illinois, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What's the Word? Images of the American Self
From: Modern Language Association
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the "American self," from Puritans to successful businessmen to changing roles for women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDUR and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: Rembrandt: Portraits of the Artist
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Rembrandt , as he has been seen and portrayed through the ages by admirers and critics, from his contemporaries to the present-day, in various coun...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KFAI Minneapolis, KREV-LP, and WYSO


  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 4
Holiday Series: Memorial Day
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Guest Matthew Dennis and Talking History's host Bryan Le Beau delve into the history and meaning of Memorial Day.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 1
THE CITY WILL RISE
From: Jesse Boggs
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Lessons learned and lost from a century's catastrophes

Bought by WRIR, KUT-HD, WETA, WMFE, WKUF-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 14
Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Corps Revisited [59:00/54:00/29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by U.S. president John F. Kennedy. On this program, 5 returned Peace Corps volunteers share stories and g...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WNYC, KUOW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KGOU and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 8
After The White House
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Max Skidmore takes a look at what America's former Presidents have done in their post presidential years. The show features our regular segments.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Early Signals
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sound-rich reflection on origins of wireless and radio broadcasting

Bought by KWMR, KZSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Day John Lennon Died
From: Paul Ingles
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[An enhanced hour-long version of this program is posted here at PRX - http://www.prx.org/pieces/54843] Music fans recall how they heard the news ...

Bought by KWMR, KVSC, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 12
Yesterday and Forever December Special
From: Helen Engelhardt
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Documentary composition featuring six widows in remembrance of Lockerbie tragedy - on 17th anniversary

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRPS, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 4
Norwegian Wood Deconstructed
From: Paul Ingles
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On the 40th anniversary of the recording and release of The Beatles song "Norwegian Wood," commentator Sarah Karni says the song's been a riddle to...

Bought by KLCC and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2

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