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A night with the projectionist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Projectionist Nikki Weispfenning at Trylon Microcinema , Credit: Todd Melby
Fewer Americans are watching movies in theaters—ticket sales fell by 11 percent between 2004 and 2013. For those attending the cinema, just about e...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Digging Deeper: The Miner Details of a Major Industry
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Mining provides the resources for many products we use every day, but it's more than just a big corporate enterprise. Listen in for a look at some ...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:34
Gems #1309
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music is a combination of the Scots-Irish heritage of many of the first generation of bluegrass player, with the blues woven through the ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:33
Changing Roles and Rules
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Stef Adkins competes in his very first Drag Competition as Barbie Que, juggling issues of identity and boundaries.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
Gems 1039 Drive
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
If you hang around with bluegrass people, you’ve heard the concept, “drive.” It is a musical element strong in bluegrass, maybe even unique to blue...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:08
The Good Neighbor
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
The Milkman
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The travels of the last milkman in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:05
Nepalese Superstar, American Everyman: Prem Raja Mahat
From: Aaron Henkin
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Prem traded music superstardom in Nepal for a job waiting tables in America...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCUR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 2
enlightenment by shotgun: coping with ALS
From: Aaron Henkin
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one man's accelerated perspective on life...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 20:00
Nerds in New Orleans: No, we're not here for Mardi Gras
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Personal stories of New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina, as found by four young women on spring break from MIT

Bought by KVMR and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2007
  • Length: 24:03
  • Purchases: 2
The "N" Word: It Represents Hatred
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Veralyn Williams reports on the use of the N-word.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
The Other End of the Line: Profile of a 911 Operator
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a look at life on the phone at the Baltimore City Police Department's 911 call center

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Crime and Redemption: A Wise Guy's Tale
From: Aaron Henkin
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A gangster-turned-informant reflects on his life of crime and his quest for redemption

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 49:36
  • Purchases: 1
My Mother's Story
From: Teresa Goff
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A group of Vancouver actors gets together to try and fit the lives of their mothers into 1000 words or less. The project is called My Mother's Sto...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WKSU


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 21:10
  • Purchases: 2
A Championship Buck
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Hunter and farmer Roy Hines talks about an 'old big buck' he'll never forget

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
LaPorte, Indiana
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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A Long Haul Production's "song story" about people whose portraits were taken by a LaPorte, Indiana photographer a generation ago.

Bought by The Story, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:12
  • Purchases: 3
Chasing After the Hurricane: A Personal Look Into the Life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - After the Movie.
From: N Lorde
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A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.

Bought by KSFR, KSJD, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 5
A Night at the Spa
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment we visit the 24-hour spa, where working nights can be...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:40
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
Ann Meets Mr. Ellington
From: Kerry Seed
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ann Searcy is a 76-year-old jazz singer. She grew up as one of the only people of color in Old Orchard Beach, Maine where music legend, Duke Elling...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), SALTcast Podcast, Iowa Public Radio, WJAB, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 7