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The Beat: Nikki Anderson-Weir - "Waterfall"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Nikki Anderson-Weir is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded som...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:18
The Beat: Nikki Anderson-Weir - "Untitled #1"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Nikki Anderson-Weir is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded som...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Jim Shepard
The author of six novels, such as PROJECT X, Jim Shepard has taken to writing short fiction. His last three books are short story collections, inc...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Mays, Memory and Myth
From: Richard Stull
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A ten-year-old's memory of a day at the ballpark with his dad.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
The place, the music, the memories
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South: 069: Lessons Learned
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week on Tales from the South, stories about lessons: some learned from a parent, some from a stranger, and some from a child. Stories by Murra...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Roland Scott: The Art of Transformation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:46
Tales from the South 33: Tin Roof Project with Kevin Brockmeier
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier returns to his childhood hometown only to find it has changed as much as he has. Southern-style storytelling ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A Chain of Missing Links
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What's the solution?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Ivan & Alyosha - Fathers Be Kind
From: Andy Cahn
Series: New Music from Public Media Service
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New EP by Seattle-based indie folk-pop band in stores on Feb 1. 5 great tracks for any AAA/Folk/Eclectic music shows or news/talk interstitials. "...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 1
Places in Time: The Mug and Cone Drive-In
From: Carroll Dale Short
Caption: Mug and Cone Drive-In, today, Credit: Carroll Dale Short
A drive-in with a haunted jukebox, circa 1963.

  • Added: May 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
Beyond Schoolbooks Podcast #17: World Teachers' Day
From: UNICEF
Series: Beyond School Books
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Beyond Schoolbooks Podcast #17: World Teachers' Day

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 19:54
  • Purchases: 1
"The Transatlantic Girls' " broadcast
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Kennedy
“The Transatlantic Girls'" broadcast is probably the first transatlantic interview between school girls from both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Best Friends Seriously Forever" read by author Elizabeth Crane
From: Amy Wallen
Series: DimeStories
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Two girls get attacked by an alligator

Bought by The Story, PRX Remix, WTIP, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Does Biology Class Really Matter?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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If given the chance would you take that environmental class in high school?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
Love treatise
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Cooper Galvin, a high school senior, goes on a quest to find out what love is.

Bought by PRX Remix and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 2
Warfare by Corbin Bugni
From: Youth Speaks Seattle
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Spoken word piece on war and conflict both personal and global.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Running from Myself
From: 826NYC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Louis struggles to reconcile bad choices he's made in the past.

Bought by KUT, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), YouthCast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 17:51
  • Purchases: 4
Scab Artist
From: Sean McCandless
Series: Shards
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A piece from the heart, surveying the urban mental landscape through the eyes of a "Scab Artist"

Bought by BSR Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:07
  • Purchases: 2
Change My World
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Steph, a young environmental activist, ponders her role in the movement.

Bought by KOOP, KLCC, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 3
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
"Identity Crisis" by Andrew Laluz
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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People have such problems being themselves - this piece is about issues with individuality. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Selling A Papers
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
ATMI reporter Katie Zager looks into turning her "A"s into $.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Southwest Side Stories: The Jumps
From: carly zwiazek
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On the Southwest Side, serenity is motorcycle racing at The Jumps.

Bought by PRX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1