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Part 4, Coal
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Duckbill dinosaur footprints and other Cretaceous-era fossils that were recovered in local coal mines are preserved in the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3, Natural Gas
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: A dead pronghorn antelope on the Pinedale Anticline in Wyoming., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2, Wind and Water
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Part 1, The Journey Begins
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Ross Chambless stands outside a substation near his home in Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Viva Elvis
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour radio special provides insight to how Cirque du Soliel "shook up" Elvis Presley's classic songs for the new "Viva Elvis" show.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Easter 2010: Biblical Blockbusters 10-13
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week, inspiration, violence, sex and drama. Since cinema's earliest days, directors have turned to the Bible for great script ideas. From the ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Radio Catskill, KPVL, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Jon Hopkins's Quaint Electronica
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inaugural Whites 100 Challenges Athletes in Remote Alaska
From: Emily Schwing
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38 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska, the first ever 100 mile wilderness adventure race in the White Mountains National Recreation Area tested athle...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:35
Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
BEAR McCREARY: FROM SYNTHESIZERS TO CYLONS
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Bear McCreary
The music and musician behind TV’s best Sci-Fi show

  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
The R&B Chronicles - Clarence Carter
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB and WNCU


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Birth of Rice-A-Roni
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old Armenian woman converge in this story of the creation o...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Boise State Public Radio, KWMR, WABE, KALW and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 8
Black Chefs, White House
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
Caption: George Washington's Chef, Hercules
Hidden Kitchens explores the food of the founding fathers through the stories of Hercules and James Hemings, enslaved chefs of George Washington an...

Bought by KWMR, KZYX, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 12
Radiolab Fundraising Show - Fall 2008
From: Radiolab
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Radiolab Fundraising Show - Fall 2008

Bought by KUSU, KOSU, WRVG - Georgetown College Student Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 46:10
  • Purchases: 11
Ottmar Liebert and the Scent of Light
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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A pioneer of Nouveau Flamenco guitar expands in cinematic colors

  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
The R&B Chronicles - Jackie Wilson
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 4
The R&B Chronicles - Graham Central Station
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 3
Japancakes: Ambient Chamber Country
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Japancakes mixes electric guitar with pedal steel guitar, classical strings with synthesizers for a sound that's got country airs strung out in cla...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Berlin Without Walls - The Sound
From: WNYC
Series: Berlin Without Walls
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In this series, we examine various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, in both modern and historical context. From the players themselves...

Bought by WDAV Classical Public Radio and WETS


  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 2
Crash, Race and Taiwan
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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Learning about race relations in the U.S. from the Oscar-Award winning CRASH.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Dry Smoke and Whispers:The ShadowMan Pt.3
From: Marc Rose
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A mysterious Man of Power puts Emille Song, Special Detective, on the trail of a galaxy-wide conspiracy - but does he want our Hero dead or alive?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2007
  • Length: 31:38
Dry Smoke and Whispers:The ShadowMan Part 2
From: Marc Rose
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A mysterious Man of Power puts Emille Song, Special Detective, on the trail of a galaxy-wide conspiracy - but does he want our Hero dead or alive?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2007
  • Length: 27:15
The Emergence of Paul Simon
From: Paul Ingles
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Two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Paul Simon as revealed by musicians, writers and fans and archival interviews with ...

Bought by WHRV, KSUT, WHYY, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:59:03
  • Purchases: 17