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How Is School Reopening Going?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Schools have reopened in Fall 2020 amid the COVID19 pandemic, and educators are putting in overtime to make it work. Four educators speak about th...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 46:33
This is the kind of story that begins in a forest
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to Growing Old
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old
This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
SXSW EDU Live: Podcasting and Designing Lessons
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Recorded in the middle of South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU 2018, this episode features educator Rachel and engineer Pius. They discuss their immediate...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2018
  • Length: 25:09
George Carlin: Class Clown
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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George Carlin’s seminal 1972 album “Class Clown” includes his infamous bit, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” which still rings true 4...

Bought by KPIK-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Sandy in Gowanus
From: Jamie Courville
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Hurricane Sandy was nearly one year ago. Days after the storm, one woman described seeing the storm surge cause a flood of the extremely toxic wate...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:22
A Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It! (1 or 2 hours) [59:00 or 54:00 lengths]
From: Paul Ingles
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As the Rolling Stones keep touring, and, in 2016, released a new blues cover album, we join the celebration with a public radio special from award-...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KVMR, KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:56
  • Purchases: 21
Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power
From: Joyride Media
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Tracing the creation and influence of The Stooges 1973 album.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WOMR, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WFAE and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
Goodbye Oral Roberts
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: Praying Hands at Oral Roberts University
In this controversial piece, attorney Gary Richardson recounts a run-in with the famous televangelist that has left him questioning ever since.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
From Elvis In Memphis
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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After a 13 year absence, Elvis returned to his hometown and created one his most highly acclaimed albums.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WGZS and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Jazz: The '59 Sound
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Exploration of some of the enduring jazz recordings of 1959.

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Gloria Estefan: 90 Millas
From: Joyride Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New one-hour radio special dedicated to Cuba's musical diaspora, and its rich heritage that continues through its most prominent exiled artists.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Political Prisoner Solidarity
From: Sean McMahon
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My first radio piece, produced in December 2005, about the first annual week of solidarity with political prisoners.

  • Added: May 21, 2006
  • Length: 06:27
Voices of Iraqi Americans on War and Peace
From: Miae Kim
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Three Iraqi Americans share their views on the war in Iraq and solutions for peace.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2006
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
First Tuesday in March
From: Vermont Public
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Every year, Vermont citizens gather at their annual town meetings in a remarkable showing of democracy. Experience this moving example of grassroot...

Bought by KQED, KTNA, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Three women who visited North Korea
From: Miae Kim
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Three Korean-American women who visited North Korea give their impressions of family, food, politics, and beliefs.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims
From: Miae Kim
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30 years after the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims are demanding the U.S. pay reparations for damage caused by Agent Orange.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2005
  • Length: 27:17