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Garlic? Yuck!
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A daughter rebels against the bland life her mother has led, while the mother sees it from a very different perspective.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Visit
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man calls his mother to tell her he can't bring his family home for the holidays, but ends up talking himself into it.

Bought by KMXT, WEZU, WRVO Public Media, WQJC, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 6
New House
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother explains that they had to move because they're out of work. The child understands only that his friend's house is nicer.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Wrappings
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
What's a Bastard?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Falling Out the Car
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
It's Locked
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Thank-You Note
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Stoplight
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Out Dancing
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Vietnamese Homecoming Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Fishermen and their families escape from Vietnam to a new home in Louisiana and struggle to earn a living along the Gulf Coast.

Bought by WFHB, XRAY.fm, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 3
Summer Camp
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution.

Bought by KSUT, KPIK-LP, KGNU Community Radio, KMUZ, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 23
Broadway Memories
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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From a riot in 1849 to today’s regulars at Barrymore’s Bar, how a street became the universal symbol of live theater.

Bought by PRX Remix, Audible, and WFUV


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 3
Keb Mo and his Musical Roots
From: WXPN
Series: Artists and their Musical Roots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Blues man Keb Mo talks about his music and his inspirations.

Bought by KISU, KCUR, KZYX, and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 08, 2004
  • Length: 13:12
  • Purchases: 4
School Front Office
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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You're going to the Principal's office. But don't worry. There's a nice lady down there

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KSJD, PRX Remix, KCUR, and KUHB


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 5
Josh's Diary, Part 2: First Kiss
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Josh's second diary, he packs his tape recorder for his first summer away from home. "What I have here is an envelope on which this girl Nicole ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 4
The Sweetgrass Road
From: David Kattenburg
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Aboriginal wisdom and approaches to life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Nature Podcast, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 54:49
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Lost/Hidden Waters
From: Barbara Bernstein
Series: Radio Tales For The Road
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Transformational journeys through time, space and memory.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2003
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 1
Little Odessa in Brooklyn
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One hundred years of Brighton Beach memoirs.

Bought by KUER, KFCF FM, Radio Catskill, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12
The Earth Chroniclers
From: David Kattenburg
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First in a series of narrationless documentaries on Earth and its environment

Bought by KGOU and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2003
  • Length: 55:32
  • Purchases: 2
Kids on the Street
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The lives of street kids in India, Uganda and Nicaragua

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 09, 2003
  • Length: 27:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Child Soldiers of Uganda
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Narrationless documentary about the plight of Uganda's child soldiers

  • Added: Oct 30, 2003
  • Length: 28:37
Be Connected Documentary on Emerging Energy Technologies
From: David Clements
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This program looks at the future of energy production in America and the world.

Bought by WGDR and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Fair Pay for a Day's Work
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Unions embrace undocumented workers

  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 07:09

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