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Accepting Me
From: City High Radio
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Teen Sexuality in High School

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Unicef Digital diarist reports on Education in Nairobi Kenya
From: UNICEF
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Unicef Digital Diarist reports on Education in Nairobi Kenya

  • Added: Apr 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
Dave Brubeck on Russia and Jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dave Brubeck reflects on the importance of jazz and foreign relations

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 20
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Six Trillion Concertos)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The cynical judgment often leveled against Vivaldi is he wrote the same concerto 100 times. Vivaldi fans respond to that charge with varying degre...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Emanuel Ax (Battling Brahms)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Although musicians, critics and academics set high benchmarks for performing, most have come to terms with the fact that no performance will ever b...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: :26
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front (w/ news hole)
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
Surrounded by Lights
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a day with Amy, a single mother, as she works to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter two years ago.

Bought by KGLT and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
Everything's Dandy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Adrienne Damicis has been in and out of the hospital since birth. As she becomes a teenager, her parents struggle to learn the difference between k...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
The All-American Cambodian
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...

Bought by WMPG and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Universal Soul Mate)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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While your spouse or significant other is likely to be your soul mate, you might also have a composer who fills the musical equivalent of a soul ma...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Quick Connection)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When you play before an audience, you're focused on reaching the people in the front row all the way to the person sitting in the last seat of the ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Jingle Bells)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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You can only dress up a well known piece of music so much, whether it's the Star Spangled Banner or the Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells." And so...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Canadian Hanukah)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Hanukah music has not always been that easy to find on the radio or on CD in December, but there's never been a Hanukah music shortage with the Can...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :23
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
Virtuoso Voices - Olli Mustonen (Rare Sibelius)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Although Jean Sibelius is best known for his symphonies and his violin concerto, he also dabbled in the world of short piano pieces. Olli Mustonen...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
The "Purban" poetry pulpit
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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The people and urban potery movement

  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
Change My World
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Steph, a young environmental activist, ponders her role in the movement.

Bought by KOOP, KLCC, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 3
WWOZ Street Talk-Silence is Violence
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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A look at some of the initiatives started by Silence is Violence, which strives to address the crime and social issues facing New Orleans

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:46
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Don't Worry)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Melody and Words)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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In a song or aria, what comes first - the melody or the words? It depends on whom you ask. A singer is almost guaranteed to say it's the words. ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Perfect Violin Concerto)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Joshua Bell's relationship with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto goes back more than 35 years. It's not just one of the world's favorite concertos ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 1
"Virtual" Internment for Japanese Americans
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Portraits of Japanese-Americans Who "Stayed Behind" during World War II

  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 06:27
Benny Goodman: Flyin' Home
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio documentary explores Benny Goodman's life and music, and the impact it had on both jazz and popular culture.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WDCB, Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Salzedo's Sugar)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Carlos Salzedo was an innovative man of the harp. He performed, he taught, he built instruments and composed. As a composer, Yolanda Kondonassis ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Primal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When you love your work, it's more than just a "job." And that's certainly the case with many musicians, including violinist Gil Shaham (SHAH-hahm)...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2

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