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E's Barbershop Lounge
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Crime of Punishment
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Virginia State Penitentiary
The Virginia State Penitentiary in its early years was considered an extremely progressive prison. That didn't last long. Not long after it opened...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Hardy and Patti Plyler, Credit: Charles McGuigan
this is the conclusion of The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Ocracoke Island, and how local fisherman saved their way of life.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 24:42
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: James Gaskil, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island is the Key West of the southeast. And where that notable Key claims the conch as its emblem, this remote island off North Carolina...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 27:26
Life of the Law #91: Death on a Dairy
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Arminio Órtiz Pérez, Credit: Eilís O’Neill
Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the pas...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 20:18
Life of the Law #83: Recuse Yourself
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:36
Episode 2: Ludlow and its Legacy
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On April 20th, 1914, just north of Trinidad, Colorado, one of the bloodiest, most overlooked events in the history of the American labor movement s...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
Crossing Over
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Master mason Victor Ayala, Credit: CharlesMcGuigan
When he was just a boy, Victor Ayala whose family was struggling in Guadalajara crossed the Rio Bravo on his own, only to be taken back to Mexico. ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
Yours, mines and ours
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Mining in Minnesota has been going on for decades, but today, economic and environmental issues are raising important questions about the industry....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Pillsbury A Mill
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
John's Corner: Homeless in Richmond, Virginia, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: John, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 27:05
Bio-hackers Grow Their Own Ink
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Biohackers grow their own ink from soil-dwelling bacteria., Credit: La Paillasse
What does it mean to live in a world where biotech is done for and by the people? How long might it be until we are all growing our own ink, laund...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 10: The Window Washer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 16:10
  • Purchases: 1
Lilian Alfonso, Metal Scrapper
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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At USA Recycling in East LA, a two-story yellow crane smashes cars, refrigerators and stoves into neat piles of wreckage all day. The mistress of t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Milkman
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The travels of the last milkman in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:05
On My Own Two Feet
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Entering her 19th year as a truck driver, Debbie Seelow is no burly man, but rather a self-described "grandma who loves to knit and crochet".

Bought by WABE, KZYX, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 7
Dialog in the Dark
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Jorge Aguilar, II
From: Pauline Bartolone
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Day in the Life of a Latino Public Interest Lawyer

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
We Put Our Lives Into This Place
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After 60 years in business, Moosehead Manufacturing Company is closing up shop because of overseas competition.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Where You Least Expect It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As a maintenance man at The Waynflete School and a working writer, Michael Macklin?s world is filled with sawdust, kids, and poetry.

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Other End of the Line: Profile of a 911 Operator
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a look at life on the phone at the Baltimore City Police Department's 911 call center

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Taxi Line
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Tending the Barter's Island Bridge
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Step out onto the Barter's Island Bridge as Duane and Dwight Lewis run around in circles opening the bridge for passing boats.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Making Ice
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim Leo has been driving in circles for eighteen years but he?s not dizzy yet. Producer Dylan Merriam takes us out on the ice with an experienced Z...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1