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Caption: Projectionist Nikki Weispfenning at Trylon Microcinema , Credit: Todd Melby
Fewer Americans are watching movies in theaters—ticket sales fell by 11 percent between 2004 and 2013. For those attending the cinema, just about e...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
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With Halloween on the way, it’s scary movie season. That means isolated cabins, psychopathic hillbillies, and evil in the woods. One scholar believ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland talk sensitivity, existential souls, and truth being stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features songwriter and bandleader...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 11:04
Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA 8/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Morgan Spurlock talks the ferocity of fourteen-year-old girls, the innocence of young pop stars, and the logistics of camping in the Swedi...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Photo of Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) reading as Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans) comes with a surprise cake to announce the fifth anniversary of the television program Captain Kangaroo., Credit: CBS Television
A box of sound effects from the Captain Kangaroo show opens the door to a bygone era of live television production. Interviews with key players on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Max Theriot, San Francisco, CA 4/5/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Theriot talks breathing right, staying gold, and giving it his all.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
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On December 3rd, Herb Ivy became the 35th Castaway on "Desert Island Discs"; as an on-air personality on WBLM radio he has seen phenomenal success ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:27:27
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In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

Bought by KENW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 13:06
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Outspoken Comic Amy Dresner takes aim at Conrad Murray and more...right here!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: "Hawaii Five-0" filming on location, Credit: Mario Perez/CBS
Hawaii is becoming a growing hub for TV and Film production thanks to the series reboot of "Hawaii Five-0," and recent movies like "The Descendants...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Chris Bashinelli
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Chris Bashinelli.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 15:41
Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA  4/8/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Morgan Spurlock talks selling out, buying in, and bathing with a Shetland pony.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 18:12
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Director Joe Wright and star Saoirse Ronan talk cold climes, harsh sun, and being grounded.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 12:10
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Filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell give their definition of terror, explain why making money isn't the point, and why sound is the scariest th...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 18:21
Caption: Hawaii Five-0 stars, Credit: CBS
Hawaii is growing more popular as a destination for TV and film production. And now the show that put it on the map is back. The new Hawaii Five-...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:09
Caption: Vikram Jayanti, September 10, 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Vikram Jayanti on lies, truth, and Hollywood Babylon in his doc, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 21:01
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Hollywood's new found love of Boston-centered crime films reveals a lot about Boston and Hollywood.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ben Steinbauer and Jack Rebney, San Francisco, July 30, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
WINNEBAGO MAN subject Jack Rebney and its director Ben Steinbauer talk logic, politics, and the pleasures and perils of making a film about a cultu...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2010
  • Length: 22:43
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fashion, fun, entertainment, hollywood, business and food

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 51:45
Caption: Director Dianna Dilworth
The Mellotron was the sound of progressive rock and space music in the 1970s. Before digital synthesizers, it was an instrument that played back t...

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: RJ Cutler strikes a pose in San Francisco, Credit: Andrea Chase
RJ Cutler on Anna Wintour, the ethics of filmmaking, and the economics of the fashion industry.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 15:56
Caption: TheOatmeal Cartoon Frame, Credit: TheOatmeal.com
Remember the Farside comics? Here's an interview with the Farside 2.0

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:48