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Del McCoury in his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Bluegrass veteran Del McCoury talks about the choreography of playing bluegrass — in front of just one or two mics.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Surviving the Depression and Segregation
From: KUT
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First-Person Oral History on surviving the Great Depression in a Segregated Society.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:09
My Brother
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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No matter how many times Allen has screwed up his brother has always stood by him. Now Allen's incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Ce...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Dads
From: B-Side Radio
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Golf is the ultimate sport of dads. So in honor of Father's Day, B-Side's Tamara Keith went golfing with her father, husband and father-in-law. On ...

Bought by KMXT, KGOU, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Despite dangers, an Iraqi mother is determined to educate herself and her children
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! A mother of four in Iraq tells her story of going to University and sending her children to school

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
B-Side: Food
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith cooks up a pot of her mom's vegetarian lentil soup and explores food and our relationship to food.

Bought by KVNF and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Being Black
From: Radio Rookies
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Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Bought by The Story, KUOW, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
At the Children's World Water Forum, girls from Kenya and Nigeria shares her views
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Children come together to talk about water and sanitation: the girls' education ramifications

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Southwest Side Stories: Forty in a Classroom
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Overcrowded schools mean sixth grade in a mobile unit, seventh grade at a highschool.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
"I Still Love Him...Oh Well."
From: Curie Youth Radio
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The struggle to accept that your parent didn't put you first.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
Gut Feeling
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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When he was a young pilot Norm Barry wishes he'd obeyed a strong gut feeling about one particular flight.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Gary Nunez ENCORE: In his own words ... on Eddie Palmieri
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A salsa hero teams up with a leader of Puerto Rico's plena revival.

Bought by KMHD and KNAU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Fair
From: Jason Rayles
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The fair is bright and nice and happy, and then the sun goes down....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, WNIJ, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 7
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
Gillian Welch: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Gillian Welch is known in Nashville for songs that echo the sounds of the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers. But Welch isn't after nostalgia -...

Bought by PRX Remix, KMHD, KNAU, East Village Radio, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2003
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 9