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Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Niche
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich documentary about the efforts of traditional societies to find a niche in the global marketplace, with stories from Peru, Canada, Scot...

Bought by KUNM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 27
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
What's the Word? Poetry in Performance
From: Modern Language Association
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From Homer to slam, the special appeal of poetry in performance.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 20
A Century of Heroes: Week Two
From: David Bear
Series: A Century of Heroes
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Five 90-second programs, each recounting a remarkable act of everyday courage drawn from the Carnegie Hero Fund archives.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 07:43
What's the Word? The Blues as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Blues lyrics give us unique insight into the African American experience.

Bought by KMUN, WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 22
What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 47
The Wind Will Carry Us: Moving Beyond the Oil Economy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Oil is heading out and wind is blowing in. So jump in the truck for a ride to the plains where wind is the new power.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Oct 28, 2004
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Cookbooks as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Cookbooks can be more than just a source of recipes.

Bought by WVTF, WNMU-FM, WRGY, WLIW, WLIW and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 29
What's the Word? Literary Feasts
From: Modern Language Association
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In literature, feasts often serve as central events in telling a story.

Bought by Raven Radio, WVTF, WDCB, WNMU-FM, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 40
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Subway and the Silver Screen
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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The Subway and its many turns on the silver screen.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Fiction
From: B-Side Radio
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They say truth is stranger than fiction. Sometimes, it's hard to tell one from the other.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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day in the life of a cave guide

  • Added: Aug 11, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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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
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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
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An adult daughter, bringing flowers to her mother's grave, imagines what her mother would say to her, both condemning and loving.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
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
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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
Interracial Marriage
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young bride-to-be in an interracial marriage tries to get reassurance from a hesitant sister who doesn't want to "take sides."

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38

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