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InstruMental Episode 5: Guitar Special
From: Nathan Phillips
Series: InstruMental
Caption: Lowden F23c, Credit: Nathan Phillips
Recently on Instrumental, we've discussed instrumentalists and, more specifically, guitarists and their music. Today we'll be talking about the gu...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
The Apocalypse (or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the Anthropocene)
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
Instrumental Episode 4: Jeff Russell
From: Nathan Phillips
Series: InstruMental
Caption: Jeff Russell
On this episode of Instrumental, we'll hear from Jeff Russell, a music therapist working in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Jeff has a large collection ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:50
Rage
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It grows on emptiness.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:15
Sonic Ghoul
From: Karen Michel
Caption: Mingus RIP, Credit: Robert Vye
For years I've been obsessed with death, asking people about living, dying, killing (www.livediekill.org) but really getting into the dying. For ev...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
The Scent of My Dreams
From: Brian Bahouth
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The Scent of My Dreams was written by Holly Day and first appeared in the literary magazine Infective Ink. Music from downtempo artists 9 Lazy 9 e...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
Folktale of Ballads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Longfellow called them the 'gypsy children of song', and we call them the stuff this edition of Folktale of Ballads is made on--hope you'll join us!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
You're the Driver?
From: Jennifer Swann
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
German Chef Rolf Schmidt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: At Rolfs Place, Credit: http://rolfsplace.tumblr.com/
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
The Stress Test: Or another piece of my heart now, baby
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
Causation 1
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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In this episode we attempt to define causation - a concept that is central to the way we think.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 13:46
  • Purchases: 1
Biological Death
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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We consider an unusual understanding of death - a biological one. Prof. Tyler Volk describes organisms tuning their lifespan to their surroundings,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes: Toolmakers
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: A chimp at the Lincoln Park Zoo uses a stick to fish for food., Credit: Michael De Bonis/WBEZ
Humans have an incredible ability to fashion tools that make our lives easier and advance the goals of science, but we're not the only species maki...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 4
Blessed
From: Daniel Makagon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary about blessing of the animals.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
I've Never Dreamt Such Things In My Life
From: Van Gunter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Real dreams. Original music. Bottle of wine. Turn on, tune in, drop out.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 13:04
My Body Is (Part 2)
From: Ross Chambless
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Defining our own bodies - a Vox pop project.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
Maine Coast, Oregon Sky
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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A journey to the edges of land and sea

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
Ghost Bikes
From: Mark Saldaña
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In Portland, OR, and across the United States, Ghost Bikes mark the sites of fatal bicycle-autombile collisions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 8
Ballroom Redux
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 21:27
  • Purchases: 1
"Leo speeds up when he sees a yard sale."(B)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Sometimes we look for secrets, sometimes the secrets find us.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 17:22
Peace.
From: Jenna Hammerich
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When you're raised by hippies, anything goes.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2
"Pick up."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The light is flashing on your answering machine. Pick up.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 1
Are There Any More Rare, Plastic Ponies?
From: Julie Shapiro
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An unknown pastime to most, competitive model horse collecting is a serious passion for girls and women of all ages. But why?

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 3