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Southern Folklorist Bill Ferris
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: The Storied South , Credit: Bill Ferris
Preeminent Southern folklorist Bill Ferris has spent the last 40 years documenting the South in print, photography and film. His latest book, The S...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 3
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Author Michael Benanav who crossed the Sahara on a camel
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Men of Salt” this adventurer and outdoorsman travels from Timbuktu to the salt mines deep in the Mali desert. He traveled eighteen hours daily ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 2
Beach-read favorite Dorothea Benton Frank and “The Last Original Wife”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the only first wife remaining among her husband’s tight-knit group of friends in Atlanta. The author talks about Lesli...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
THE PINK PANTHER -- Robert Wagner & Robert Osborne Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner, San Francisco, CA 4/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner talk improvisation,Charlie Chaplin, and the evolution of screen size.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:13
Author Robert Hicks and a Civil War cemetery
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Caption: McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Credit: Gene Korte
This historical novel brings to life the “Widow of the South,” Carrie McGavock. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place on November 30, 18...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Red Ink
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Producer Profile: Sophie Rousmaniere and Jay Minton
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Sophie Rousmaniere
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Sophie Rousmaniere and Jay Minton about their documentary, Yellow Fever.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 16:44
Producer Profile: Maya Stark and Adi Lavy
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
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Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Maya Stark and Adi Lavy about their documentary, Sun Kissed.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 17:24
Producer Profile: Doug Hawes-Davis
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Doug Hawes-Davis, Credit: Courtesy of Doug Hawes-Davis and ITVS
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis about his documentary entitled Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 19:30
  • Purchases: 1
ROCK OF AGES -- Director Adam Shankman interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Adam Shankman, San Francisco, CA 5/30/32, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Shankman talks existential clarity, the economics of musical cinema, and joy, joy, joy.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 12:50
HYSTERIA -- Director Tanya Wexler interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tanya Wexler, San Francisco, CA 5/1/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Tanya Wexler talks standing ovations, double-entendres, and setting the mood.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 25:04
Producer Profile: Billy Luther
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Billy Luther
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with award winning filmmaker Billy Luther.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 21:06
Producer Profile: Randy Vasquez and Jonathan Skurnik
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Jonathan Skurnik and Randy Vasquez
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Randy Vasquez and Jonathan Skurnik.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 17:55
THE ARTIST -- Writer/director Michel Hazanavicius
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michel Hazanavicius, San Francisco, CA 10/16/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar(tm)-winner Michel Hazanavicius talks silence, sound, and using color to get to black & white.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 18:21
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN -- Simon Curtis interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Simon Curtis, San Francisco, CA 10/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Simon Curtis on recreating a legend, living up the myth, and the uses of terror.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 13:39
ANONYMOUS -- Roland Emmerich
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Roland Emmerich, Berkeley, CA 9/29/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Roland Emmerich talks art, politics, and why we need a new word for conspiracy.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 13:16
THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL -- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, San Francisco, CA 9/14/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato talk lies, prejudice, and windows of opportunity.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 16:48
Producer Profile: Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker
From: Vision Maker Media
Caption: Christine Lesiak
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with film producers Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 16:00
Producer Profile: Tom Curran
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Tom Curran
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Tom Curran.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 16:50
Producer Profile: Diane E. Benson
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Diane E. Benson
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with Diane E. Benson (Tlingit). She is an actress in the film For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska.

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
54 Years
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:46
ME AND ORSON WELLES: Richard Linklater and Christian McKay talk about making the film.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Director Richard Linklater and actor Christian McKay talk to Andrea Chase about theater, synchronicity, and the difference between an impersonation...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2010
  • Length: 18:20