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Stories of Liberation
From: WAER Syracuse, NY
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Two World War II veterans recall memories of serving on the front lines, and helping to liberate two concentration camps.

Bought by KVMR, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: The Quest for Mechanical Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A Philosopher, a robot scientist and an historian talk about our obsession and fascination with the idea of creating mechanical life.

Bought by WFUV and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Meeting of the Ways: Part 1
From: Pauline Bartolone
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What happens when an anti capitalist protestor and a right wing christian performer meet on the streets of New York City during the 2004 Republican...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1975 Philip Whalen - Statement on Poetry
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Whalen reads poem on consciousness and poetry

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Slip of the Tongue
From: Youth Radio
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Adriel Luis takes a different spin on the subject of beauty.

Bought by WGXC, YouthCast, and WMNF


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 3
Remote Control
From: Youth Radio
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Using the functions of a remote control, Alicia Zakon tells the story of a woman who is stuck between wanting to be in love and wanting to be free.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
How Long Do You Keep a Polluting Heap?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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What to do when you're the biggest polluter you know.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
A Day at the Fair
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A day of surprises in small town Ohio

  • Added: Dec 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:14
Finding my true name
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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One man's journey of discovery

  • Added: Dec 04, 2004
  • Length: 04:57
A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers Part 3: Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Demetria Martinez
A multi-cultural trio of notable New Mexico writers - Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols - are featured in the third installment ...

Bought by KUNM, KRZA, KUT, and WUFT


  • Added: Nov 21, 2004
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 4
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
Lost & Found Sound and Beyond: Hour One
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound and Beyond
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Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUT, KOSU, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2004
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 18
Messages from NPR's Sonic Memorial Phone Line
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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An impressionistic gathering of sounds and stories, many of them contributed by listeners who called the Sonic Memorial Phone Line.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WMBR, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 5
Surrounded By Sage: A Native Son Falls for the Land He Left Behind
From: Guy Hand
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A third generation Idahoan takes a closer look at sagebrush country, a landscape overlooked and abused—even by those born onto it.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Olfactograph
From: Trent Wolbe
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Conceptual artist Jamie O'Shea discovered a way to record smells, and paired them with something special.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Musical Injuries
From: Hillary Frank
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Musicians talk about what they do when they lose their chops.

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
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
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
German Measles
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother reveals to her daughter that, faced with a likelihood of birth defects, she decided against abortion, and was lucky. "What would you have...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
First Time
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman, on her deathbed, reminisces with her daughter-in-law about their first big quarrel: the moment that first brought them closer.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Justin on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amy is a man trapped inside a woman's body.

  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 08:06
paintmixers
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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artist damali ayo's search through paint stores to match paint to her skin tones.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
Polly Thayer Starr and a Student Drawing
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An artist remembers an early piece of work

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Olive Rediscovered
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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Californians rediscover their olive groves.

Bought by KVNF, KZSC, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 3

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