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Playing In The Street: Halloween Tames Traffic
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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David Engwitch author of Mental Speed Bumps explains how the street activity of Halloween is just what we need to calm traffic.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
WTU: Solar Powered Scooter
From: Mike Mossey
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Donald Dunklee creates solar powered scooter.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
WTU: Vegan Diet May Stop Cancer.
From: Mike Mossey
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Researchers discover switching to a vegan diet may stop or reverse prostate cancer.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Teens are Smarter than Their Schools
From: Ellen Weber
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Teens bring extravangant minds to school daily, and deserve the best back.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:57
THEY MADE AMERICA: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators, with Sir Harold Evans
From: Sarah Montague
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Sir Harold Evans looks at the lives, times and ideas of the innovators that shaped America.

Bought by WNIJ, WFDD, WFIU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPBS and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11
Every Picture Tells a Story... Or Does It? (#136)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Does computer editing of photographs undermine their utility?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Night Frights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The curious connection between sleep paralysis and night frights….

Bought by WKMS, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 14
Globetrotting Citizen Peace Advocates (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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What motivates an individual concerned about global issues to finance their own travel into the heart of the conflict? This episode of Peace Talks...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Ventana Backpacker Vox Pop
From: Steve Sergeant
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Vox Pop of first-time backpackers in the wilderness.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:41
They Lied
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Born in Poland, Joanna Pittner thought she was only visiting America for a vacation.

Bought by WERU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Maniac Magee’s legendary - he’s incredible at basketball, running and untying knots. All he wants is a home. But sometimes finding where you belong...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
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
Fundraising Pitch #2 by Bill Harley
From: Jody Evans
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bill Harley asks you to join him in supporting public radio

Bought by KTNA and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Dave Douglas: Redemption Song for "Fatty"
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Jazz artist pays tribute to silent film star

  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:37
District 11 School Board Race
From: KRCC-FM
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How outside money and a national agenda is influencing local school board race

  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 12:18
Majorities Rule the Village (#135)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes it takes a village. But what if we don't want to join in?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KDNK, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Twelve-year old Summer’s only support is her Great Uncle Ob and he’s lost his will to live. But don’t give up hope – help’s on the way.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
Dog Park: My Girlfriend's Mom
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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This guy is not a member. But his girlfriend's mom is.

Bought by WHRV, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 3
Dog Park: "Whatever"
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Two young and enthusiastic (& non-paying) public radio listeners

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHRV, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Starting Anew at BU
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Julia Tecada was looking forward to her sophmore year at Tulane, then came Katrina. Now she's studying at Boston University, but it's proving hard ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
The Wire Episode 4: Good Vibrations
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode four of The Wire, this episode investigates the birth of the synthesizer.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 12
The Wire Episode 3: Going Electric
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode three of The Wire, this episode discusses the impact of elecricity on the guitar.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, WMNF, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 12
The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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First episode of The Wire, discussing the experience of music as it was affected by the invention of electricity.

Bought by KUOW, The WFMT Radio Network, KALW, KRUA, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 15
RN Documentary: Verbal Fireworks
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A profile of Alix Olson - award winning spoken word performance artist/activist considered by some “one of the ten most dangerous women in America.”

Bought by KUER, KUT, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 11

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