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A Postcard from Paris: Obama Mania
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
Interest in the US Elections and in Barack Obama run high in Paris

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 1
Addiction
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gabe Rima's poem about addiction with an interview at the end about addiction.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
Should I Stay or Should I Go (To the Prom)
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's considered by many to be a rite of passage, but Blunt reporter David Barber-Callaghan isn't sure whether he wants to go to his senior prom. In...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and YouthCast


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 3
KERA Commentary: Public Sense of Identity
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How much our place of origin determines our sense of identity

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Secret Asian Woman
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Secret Asian Woman is a brief personal history of Mixed Race in America.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
New York's Sculptured Sky
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Changing scenes in New York, on the ground and in the sky

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 09:30
Muni Miles
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Riding the muni on a Sunny day

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 09:23
Harlem Poem
From: Youth Mic
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8th grader Diogenes wrote this spoken-word poem about Harlem

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: A Love Poem to the Season
From: KERA
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An appeciation of Spring and the beauty to be found in nature year-round.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
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
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Moving forces you to take stock of what you have, what you want and what you need.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
Home Planet: The Dance
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
Letters
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
This I Believe - Eddie Cantor
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Eddie Cantor talks about work, family, and faith.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
This I Believe - Josh Rittenberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Despite of his parents' fears, teenager Josh Rittenberg believes his generation will see a better world.

Bought by WLRH, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: Dana Reeve - What really matters.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve, died March 6 at the age of 44.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
Drive Feature with David Isay
From: Vermont Public
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StoryCorps creator David Isay talks about ripples of hope public radio provides.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WYSO, WMNF, WEKU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 16
Bi Chic
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Are bisexuals just "faking it"? An investigation.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and PRX


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 4