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Working: Then & Now
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
Life of the Law #43 – There Oughta Be A Law
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
FILMS AROUND THE WORLD
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
FILMS AROUND THE WORLD deals with film an an international commodity. In terms of commercial entertainment at home, on the big screen in theaters e...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:10
Whiz, Bang, Cool
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The recycling economy of southern Maine

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:07
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Let's Travel Long Island
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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September show, Discover Long Island's Wine Country, presents an interesting overview on the exploding phenomenon of wine production on Long Island...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:20:37
Work/Life: Living and Working with ADD
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you take your own condition and turn it into a career helping others?

  • Added: Sep 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:56
The Picture Postcard
From: Jake Warga
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A historical and contemporary look at the picture postcard. Good for Tourism or travel drop-ins.

Bought by Troy Public Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Factsheet Five
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Symphony of Sirens, Revisited
From: Charles Maynes
Caption: Avraamov conducting the Symphony of Sirens in Moscow. November 7, 1923., Credit: Andrey Smirnov
In November of 1923, a Soviet composer named Arseny Avraamov stepped onto a Moscow rooftop clutching two oversized flags. His plan: to conduct an ...

Bought by KUER, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 7
JazzStories: Freddie Hubbard
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When people get two trumpet players it becomes very competitive...It was [Booker Little], Lee Morgan and myself at the time. We we're the young ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 4
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
DIY Disasters
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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All about do-it-yourself projects gone wrong.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUOW, WYSO, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Economy of the Arts
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Great River Regional Library
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Have you ever wondered where the money raised by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment goes and how the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund is specifically af...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:15
Traveling Seeds
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Maple seeds can fly with their papery propellers. , Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
You might think of plants as immobile, but they've evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some dispersal tact...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bass/Super(sonic) Structure
From: Daniel Makagon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary explores the uses of loud car stereo systems.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 14:49
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
The Dumpstering Life
From: Lisa Song
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Meet Charlotte, bioengineer by day, avid dumpster diver by night.

Bought by WILL, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 3
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
The Proverbial Tree
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A bullet from a local gun range hit Jeremy Gardner's house and there's nothing he can do about it.

  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
Portrait of a Psychic as a Young Man
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nathan Dyer?s just like any other teenage kid-- except, for a small fee, he?ll tell you what your future holds.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis, Third Coast International Audio Festival, and WFUV


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 5
Rock 'n Roll Camp for Girls
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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voices of girls and women at the Rock Block after school program

Bought by KUOW, KUNM, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 3
My Dinner With Menopause
From: Karen Michel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
8 women at dinner talk about fears and realities of oncoming menopause

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 05, 2007
  • Length: 32:32
  • Purchases: 1