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KABOOM -- Gregg Araki talks sound, fury, and apocalypse.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Gregg Araki, San Francisco, CA 2/7/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Indie filmmaking icon Gregg Araki explains why KABOOM isn't going backwards creatively, but instead is making a bold leap into the current zeitgeist.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:50
Saffire T. Stone - Drag Queen
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Saffire T. Stone
Saffire is a popular drag queen in Austin, TX, winning local Best Drag Queen awards. She raises money for charity through her performances, and is ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 25:03
I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS - Interview with filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on truth, lies, and the color orange.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 15:00
Finding Miles
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Megan
A story of transition; from Megan to Miles.

Bought by KALW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 6
Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Steve Moore learned about the nature of comedy at an early age. He refined his talents out in LA and just as his career was taking off he was diagn...

  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 26:15
LGBTQ Immigrants Speak Out
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from LGBTQ immigrants in the U.S. who not only have to hide their legal identity, but their sexuality too. Their stories d...

Bought by WXDU, KRUA, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mr. Hsu Comes Out
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Caption: Sushi Song, Credit: Evan Roberts
"My father took me to a strip club to turn me straight...". A touching memoir of rejection, acceptance and forgiveness in Mr. Hsu's third period ge...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 4
The Politics of Hair by Lou Clark
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
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A comedic, solo rant about identity in relation to hair.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 47:20
  • Purchases: 4
Pride outLoud
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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From Sex Ed to vampires, stories on LGBT topics from youth producers.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGTE Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Comedian Steve Moore, Credit: John K. MacLellan
AIDS survivor Steve Moore was one of the first comedians in the international limelight to bring laughter to this devastating illness.

Bought by KVSC, WTJU, KRCB 104.9, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 4
The Accidental Advocate
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A transgendered man finds himself becoming an advocate for transgender rights, despite never wanting or planning to. KRAK

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 18:25
Destination DIY: Gender Expression
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Can gender be a do-it-yourself project?

Bought by KVSC, KUER, XRAY.fm, KUT, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 5
B-Side Radio: The Clothes Make the (Wo)Man
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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They say the clothes make the man, or woman. On this edition of B-Side we explore what our clothes say about who we are. B-Side's Tamara Keith visi...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, and KGOU


  • Added: May 11, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Electro-cellist Jami Sieber's "Unspoken"
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An electric cellist goes global

  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Messiaen at 100: Apparition of the Eternal Church
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Messiaen did something to make just about everyone angry - so why are there people left who love him?

Bought by KUT-HD and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 2
Accepting Me
From: City High Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Teen Sexuality in High School

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Leviticus 20:13 by Jesse Welsh
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Jesse says this piece is about the bible's opinion on homosexuality. Jesse Welsh is 17 years old and a member ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Mike Jones, author of "I had to Say Something" a memoir about his relationship with and eventual outing of Rev. Ted Haggard
From: Tish Pearlman
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Mike Jones, an ex-escort, discusses his relationship and eventual outing of Ted Haggard, which led to Haggard's downfall

  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:30
Muni Miles
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Riding the muni on a Sunny day

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 09:23
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the summer of 2006, Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs were victims of a violent hate crime. Their home was destroyed, but their relationship survived.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering My Father
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son's rememberance of and tribute to his dad

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
the writing in the margins
From: gavin lapid
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this is a story i wrote last spring about changing my name and being gender-queer

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Sex (I'm a...)
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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How a song by New Wave band Berlin, and a generous act by their lead singer, helped a young lesbian feel she wasn't alone.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Aliens Exist
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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A song that tells a story of one boy?s experiences growing up as an outsider.

Bought by WGDR, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4

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