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From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A 20-something party-goer fights the apathy of his peers.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Finding a Spiritual Home
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young couple seeks community through joining a church.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
Lend A Hand
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A college student dispels stereotypes about her generation.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
Health Insurance Dilemma
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young mother weighs the costs of buying health insurance against the risks of living without it.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 4
Faye
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
German Measles
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother reveals to her daughter that, faced with a likelihood of birth defects, she decided against abortion, and was lucky. "What would you have...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
First Time
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman, on her deathbed, reminisces with her daughter-in-law about their first big quarrel: the moment that first brought them closer.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
The Children of Logan
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The producer returns to her Philadelphia home and finds hope amid the ruins. The life and death of an inner city neighborhood.

Bought by WFUV and Audible


  • Added: Jun 04, 2004
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Behind Barbed Wire
From: Adam Allington
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A small farming community in northern Maine reconnects with it's history as a WWII POW camp

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
Nightfall in Chester County
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Pennsylvania farmland that was the first stop on the Underground Railroad, a strike by Mexican mushroom pickers polarizes a Quaker community.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, WRIR, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 16
Circus Life: To Catch the Quad
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A trapeze star of the 1920s, his present-day counterpart and a colorful supporting cast reveal the heartbreak and gritty reality behind the tinsel:...

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, Audible, and WZBC


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 4
Circus Life: The Last Sideshow
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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What is it like on the other side of the peephole? The Half-Girl, the Snake Lady, the Fat Man and others share their experiences and surprising vi...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, WETA, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 5
Hollister
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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On July 4, 1947 thousands of bikers roared into a small California town and changed our assumptions about America. A new investigation raises prov...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRPI, KUT, PRX Remix, KALW and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Justin on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Amy is a man trapped inside a woman's body.

  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 08:06
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice"
From: Angela Taylor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Hard to Say
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ninety year old Ed Werler takes listeners on a sentimental journey exploring love and loss.

Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 14
Mystery Train
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenage couple's date takes a turn for the worse when they run into a girl they know.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 4
Diet Coke
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
what diet coke reveals about global identity

Bought by East Village Radio and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 30, 2004
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 2
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
What's Left is Not Who We Are
From: Paula Mauro
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Ash scatterings at sea, as told by the ship's captain

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 25, 2004
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
My Father's Songs
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dr. H. is reminded about the songs of his tribe while practicing songs with his grandson.

Bought by WGDR and WCOM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Blood Donation
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are you afraid of needles? Join Maia Chong in conquering your fears at Portland High's blood drive.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, KXOT Public Radio, WXLV-FM, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 5
Profile of Sgt. Jim Johnson
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Spencer Scott interviews Sargeant Jim Johnson of the Maine National Guard as he departs for eighteen months in Iraq.

Bought by WXLV-FM, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3
Gillian Welch ENCORE: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Gillian Welch reconsiders the fate of a fallen American hero: Elvis Presley.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, KGLT, KMHD, WNCW and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 6
Different Worlds - Moving From NY to San Fran
From: Dave Adox
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3

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