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How to Run Away to the Circus
From: Mary Harris
Caption: Seth Bloom, Rehearsing, Credit: acrobuffos.tumblr.com
How did a nice girl with a degree from Princeton University end up as a globetrotting... clown? Meet Christina Gelsone -- and her husband, Seth. Th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Jeff's first day out
Jeff's reputation as a bully was something of a legend in the coastal town where he grew up. Eight years later, and with a chance to start over ag...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, Listenwise, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 5
Riddles from the Border Regions, 8/6/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY GRANDPA'S FACE IS BRILLIANT ORANGE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Something To Fight For
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father and his military son reflect on their anti-war activities.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Quincy Dean's Radio Diary
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Quincy Dean is trying to decide whether she should quit being home-schooled.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
B-Side: Summer Fun
From: B-Side Radio
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A cure for the dog days of summer, this edition of B-Side bring you the best of the season of watermelon and warm nights.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KISU, KSJD, KUT, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 23:00
  • Purchases: 10
Cake: How You Loved Us
From: Amy Conger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short clips of people talking about cake and childhood and comfort

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:29
Unleavened Alaska: Passover in the Last Frontier
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
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When it comes to Passover, why is this state different from all other states?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 6
Surrounded by Lights
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a day with Amy, a single mother, as she works to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter two years ago.

Bought by KGLT and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Everything's Dandy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Adrienne Damicis has been in and out of the hospital since birth. As she becomes a teenager, her parents struggle to learn the difference between k...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Family and Dads
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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On this edition of B-Side we're offering a little unsolicited advice, and some fatherly humor as we explore our relationships with people we're tie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 19
B-Side: Indoor Space and One of Us
From: B-Side Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this edition of B-Side we're trying to figure out what it is to belong, in high school, in college and in the Cheroke Nation. And from feeling...

Bought by Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Jungians, Athabascans & Dream Stuff: An Interpretation of Dreams
From: Rebecca Sheir
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What's the real stuff dreams are made on? Depends whom you ask...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Dads
From: B-Side Radio
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Golf is the ultimate sport of dads. So in honor of Father's Day, B-Side's Tamara Keith went golfing with her father, husband and father-in-law. On ...

Bought by KMXT, KGOU, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the summer of 2006, Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs were victims of a violent hate crime. Their home was destroyed, but their relationship survived.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jon Joyce, an artist with down syndrome, offers support and love to his 94 year old mother.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Clues
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith plays "Clue" with a couple of friends as we explore mysteries and clues.

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
The Angel Warrior On His Way to the Top
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Despite the concerns of his family, Mike St. Germain races stock cars to win and for God.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
The 18th Annual Seagull Calling Festival
From: KUOW
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Uncanny seagull impressions make for good family fun on the Puget Sound.

Bought by WSHU and KZSC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 2
Class of 2006: Part 3
From: KUOW
Series: Stories From the Class of 2006
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How a student who nearly didn't make it out of 10th grade, graduates from high school.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Length: 04:00