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RN Documentary: The Jewish Genealogist
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Jonathan Groubert speaks with Dutchwoman Petje Schroeder a Jewish genealogist in the Polish city of Lodz.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
Religious Bridges
From: KCPW Salt Lake City
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Evangelical Christians learn how to convert Mormons

Bought by KOPN


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Heart of Song: Renée Fleming with Fred Hersch
From: WNYC
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In conversation and performance, Renee Fleming reveals her great love of jazz.

Bought by KMUW, KTNA, WCPN, WFIU, WBST and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 22
Julian Bond on Race in America
From: With Good Reason
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Julian Bond, chair of the NAACP, whose grandfather was born into slavery, candidly talks about race in America fifty years after the Brown v. Board...

Bought by WTJU, WRPI, and WNCU


  • Added: May 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 3
Broadway Revisited
From: Art Hilgart
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Broadway Revisited: Global Broadway--- Exporting Intellectual Property

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Apr 05, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Elvis Presley's Passion for Peas
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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The lowly garden pea has many fans, including Elvis Presley and NASA.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Sara - An Iraqi Girl's Story
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! - An Iraqi girl describes her family’s preparations for the coming elections  

  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
Lost & Found Sound: Hour One
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound
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Lost & Found Sound is an eclectic gathering of stories both historical and entertaining, woven together with lyrical sonic transitions, surprising ...

Bought by WITF, Marfa Public Radio, KOSU, PRX Remix, WFUV and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 11
A Cook's Notebook: Linen Tablecloths
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman inherits her mother's table linens.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Aug 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Esta's Potatoes
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Esta knows when Spring is coming.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Pears
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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An artist paints pears.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Subway Symphony
From: paul overton
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A rhythmic ride from the Village to Harlem

Bought by WFUV, KGLT, East Village Radio, BSR Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 5
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sleeves to Turkey
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man describes to his lover the experience of consoling a friend who had just learned of the death of her father. A module from "Family Snapshots...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Aneurysm
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Damn Families
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Sacramento
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two men talk of a couple whose bizarre lifestyle has nevertheless supported a love and commitment stronger than what the men have experienced in th...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Mag & Moo
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Blood in the Kitchen
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sister and brother clean up the aftermath of a bloody parental fight, wondering if this is just what moms and dads do. As adults they wonder if it...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Roller Skating
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Valentine
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.

Bought by KZYX and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
German Measles
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother reveals to her daughter that, faced with a likelihood of birth defects, she decided against abortion, and was lucky. "What would you have...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38

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