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Midland Community Theater Puts Volunteers in the Spotlight
From: Lana Straub
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4 min piece on Midland Community Theater and the volunteers that make it happen

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
Waitress
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A show about the fine folks who serve your food.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:19
CRYSTAL FAIRY -- Michael Cera & Sebastian Silva Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michael Cera & Sebastian Silva, San Francisco, CA 5/7/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael Cera and Sebastian Silva talk the creativity of improv, the excitement of failure, and being open to the moment.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 15:56
THE HEAT -- Paul Feig Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Paul Feig, San Francisco, CA 6/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Paul Feig talks sincerity, vanity, and his Hitchcock moment.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:03
Learning to date all over again
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
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Dating can be different for Muslims, Hindus and Latinos. Even once they've moved to America, some of the traditions stay alive, and some die.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:23
AIDS Survivor Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown
From: Charles McGuigan
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Host Lede for Steve Moore Steve Moore had hit his stride as a comedian back in the late 1980s. He was working all over Hollywood as a warm up comic...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
Salon Saloon: Minneapolis' Live Arts Magazine
From: Taylor Tower
Caption: Salon Saloon in Minneapolis, MN, Credit: http://www.salonsaloon.info
Producer Taylor Tower spoke with Andy Sturdevant, creative director and host of the Minneapolis-based live arts show, Salon Saloon. Featuring clips...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:16
Why don't you choose your own adventure?
From: Taylor Tower
Caption: Taylor Tower at CKUT studios in Montreal, Canada
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
Larry King on Getting Seduced
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I’m playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady’s voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KJZZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 6
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Mont Carmel, PEI , Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province of red sands and black mussels. Cradle on the Waves is what the aboriginal people--the MigMaw--called i...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 26:31
12: Playground Sounds
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The sounds of childhood: jokes and playground songs.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Basement in Queens
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Arkadiy Aronov., Credit: Photo courtesy of Spartak Sports Club, Rego Park, Queens.
Judo olympians train in humble surroundings at Spartak Sport Club in Rego Park, Queens.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Me Nacieron Mi Diente Cocinando; I Was Born Cooking"
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.
Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Missing Hong Kong Handmade Noodles & Winter Melon Soup in NYC
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Tron the Band
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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Interview and music selections with local rock band, "Tron the Band".

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 32:23
Found Footage Festival -- Nick Prueher Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks context, unintended irony, and the video he thought might actually kill him.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 22:10
  • Purchases: 1
05: Florasonic
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Walk through the Experimental Sound Studio's Florasonic installation in the new episode.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 1
True Blue Light
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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A man with a microphone meets a small town neighbor on a mission.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Looking Gay
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Tight pants! Leather jackets! Body hair! What would you wear if you wanted to "look gay"? How do these stereotypes affect us?

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds Familiar #3: The Loudness War
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 13:06
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas With New Friends
From: Joyride Media
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Leonard Cohen and friends talk about his music and influence.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WYAP, WHRV, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Al "Dick" Perry for President
From: Sarah Bromer
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Al Perry, Tucson country singer, is running for president. His middle name is Richard, so he registered himself as Al "Dick" Perry on the Arizona R...

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1

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