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The Captain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/5/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IN THE SOUTH -- THE DEEP, DEEP SOUTH...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/8/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FROM THE HEAVENS I WILL GUIDE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Virginia barrier island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:24
Diane Watkins Voice of Virginia Union
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:55
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE GREATEST RIDDLE OF ALL TIME ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Page Wilson: Into the Blue
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:46
Lady E: Two Times A Child
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/25/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A LANGUAGE SPOKEN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
I'm a Jew
From: Tali Singer
Caption: Devorah Spilman
Devorah Spilman tells the story of how she became an observant Jew.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/5/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THOUGH BENEVOLENCE REIGNS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/8/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A GHOST IN EACH ONE OF US LIVES...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/25/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ONCE A LIGHTHOUSE SHONE ON SAND...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/18/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HANDS AND HIPS ARTICULATE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
WINNEBAGO MAN -- Cult icon Jack Rebney and director Ben Steinbauer talk about their documentary.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
Homelessness: It Could Happen to Anyone, Even My Dad
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Iris and her dad, Robert
When Blunt member Iris SanGiovanni was eight years old, her dad became homeless for six months after her parents divorced. A few years later, she h...

Bought by KZYX, WSLR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WMPG and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 10
That Barbershop Chord
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/1/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY SHINGLE IS A CANDY STICK...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/17/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHERE RIGHT AND LEFT ARE TURNED ON END...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Senegalese griot meets a German jazz trumpeter
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An African griot meets a German jazz trumpeter when Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze talk about their unlikely and serenely beautiful collaboration.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about his film.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about using Chekhov to get to Tolstoy, why love is as wondrous and infu...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 16:04
Americana Pulls up its Roots
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: trumpeter Jon Hassell
Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland American sounds from folk, blues and country. But recently, Americ...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Disney animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase about the pleasures and perils of returning to hand-drawn anima...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
An Interview With Baaba Maal
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Baaba Maal
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal talks about the evolution of the African Griot and his own ethereal new CD, Television, recorded with The Brazilian Gi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Youth
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Adam Larkey
Many of the musicians who perform at fiddlers' conventions and music festivals throughout southern Appalachia are, in fact, young kids.

Bought by WMMT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3