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Ode to a Female MC by Deja Taylor
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her third year in the competition, Deja says this piece is an about the under appreciation of female MCs. Deja Taylor is 18 years old and a membe...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:24
Leviticus 20:13 by Jesse Welsh
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Jesse says this piece is about the bible's opinion on homosexuality. Jesse Welsh is 17 years old and a member ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Tree Falls And No One's There... by Team Northside
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Northside College Prep High School, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bo...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:08
The Bad Kids by Marvin Gutierrez
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His seventh year in the competition, Marvin says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Marvin Gutierrez is 16 years old and a member of Kuumba...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
KERA Commentary: A Love Poem to the Season
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An appeciation of Spring and the beauty to be found in nature year-round.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
"Identity Crisis" by Andrew Laluz
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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People have such problems being themselves - this piece is about issues with individuality. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Cheesing!
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Sound-rich comic essay about language

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) The Naked Truth
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It's Christmas night. The kid is asleep. Two tired adults get naked under the tree for a little celebrating of their own. What could go wrong? Eve...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
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By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Moving forces you to take stock of what you have, what you want and what you need.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
Home Planet: The Dance
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
Home Planet: Dana Reeve - What really matters.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve, died March 6 at the age of 44.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
Home Planet: What I see in your eyes.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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One day, when my first child was just a toddler and I was holding her close, she stopped talking suddenly and leaned quite close to me. Capturing m...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
Red-Speak, Blue-Speak: Why Conservatives and Liberals Fail to Communicate
From: Janis Jaquith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal essay illustrating George Lakoff's theory that what's moral for US is immoral for THEM

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: (Christmas) Silent Night
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We can't see magic at work. Sometimes, we have to be content with looking at where it's been.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: None So Blind: A Thanksgiving Story
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A plate full of homemade food, the gift of a Thanksgiving meal, connects a lonely, blind, old woman and the shy little girl next door.

Bought by WTIP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WHRV, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 19
Yo-Yo Ma ENCORE: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Yo-Yo Ma describes how a 21st-century hotel key helps him create the right sound for a rustic piece called "Drunken Fisherman."

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, KMHD, and KNAU


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 4
Stuck on a Word
From: Patricia Priest
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this offbeat essay the commentator examines her newfound habit of cursing, a feeble but oddly satisfying response to these Orwellian times.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:31