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The Old Trapper
From: Will Davis
Caption: Jim Ledbetter, The Old Trapper , Credit: Jim Ledbetter
The Old Trapper is a true story about frontier living, isolation, and benevolence. It is a poetic audio documentary and its style is fragmentary, i...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:14
Reconciliation, a Tale of Two Seas
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Castles in the sky and in the sand, Bahrain, Credit: Hebah Fisher
It's 2011, and Bahrain is a divided society.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 42:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Mosquito Crusader
From: Jake Smith
Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
Thirsty Planet
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Residents of India, Israel confront water issues such as flooding, drought, pollution, and lack of access by the poor.
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explor...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WVPE, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Kupatia
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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High School Senior, Eavan Burke, had a life changing experience on the tea plantations of Kenya, Africa. She decided to aid to the workers by creat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Hang Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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How do you pass on the culture of a country you can’t remember? Three generations of the Hang family in Portland, Maine, try to reconcile memories ...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Graffiti of War
From: War News Radio
Caption: Sgt Brandon Benton sent this to his wife Emily Benton, who waited for him at home near Fort Hood, Texas, when he got word of a return date., Credit: graffitiofwar.com
War News Radio talks with the founder of the Graffiti of War Project, which collects service members’ art left on the walls and buildings in the ba...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
Murakami's Well
From: Teresa Goff
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Haruki Murakami, arguably the most internationally-acclaimed contemporary Japanese writer, has created a series of stories and novels that have gai...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 16, 2010
  • Length: 48:44
  • Purchases: 2
A Mixed Collective
From: Cristina Quinn
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A documentary exploring multiracial Asian-American identity.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: :00
Crossing East - First Contact - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America.

Bought by WCPN, KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, and KQED


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
P.O.V. - Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White talk with P.O.V. about making their film "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
P.O.V. - Rain in a Dry Land Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Anne Makepeace talks with P.O.V. about the making of her film "Rain in a Dry Land"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 12:52
"The Cairo Trilogy" by Naguib Mahfouz
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An interview with Fouad Ajami about The Cairo Trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Laurete Naguib Mahfouz who died 30 Aug 2006.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Fairbridge Farm School
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Four elderly Dutch people remember how as children recently liberated from the POW camps in Indonesia, they regained their childhood when they wer...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: First Contacts - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS...

Bought by KUOW, Radio Catskill, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Crossing East: Frontier Asians - Program Two
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The communities, farms and ranches settled by Asian Americans on the frontier. Hosted by George Takei. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THER...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KQED, WCPN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 01:53:00
  • Purchases: 20
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
Aboriginal Australians
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Worlds Apart
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Personal stories of being part of Australia’s Stolen Generation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, XRAY.fm, KWIS 88.3 FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 15
Kids on the Street
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The lives of street kids in India, Uganda and Nicaragua

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 09, 2003
  • Length: 27:20
  • Purchases: 1