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Medical Marijuana: Georgine DiMaria, Miss New Jersey 2006
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Georgine DiMaria, 4/20/09, Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
Georgine DiMaria is titleholder of Miss New Jersey 2006. She has worked as a health advocate for 8 years. Her new platform is medical marijuana. Th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 20:04
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Historical Irrelevance)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Simone Dinnerstein
It's not uncommon for performers to study the historical and theoretical aspects of the music they play. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein knows her hist...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Who Comes First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Simone Dinnerstein
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Yefim Bronfman (Don’t Tell Anybody)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yefim Bronfman
One of Brahms best known orchestral works is his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn." Although it's best known in its orchestral version, Brahms firs...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :21
The Parents We Mean To Be - Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Award winning Harvard Psychologist Richard Weissbourd interviews about his new book: THE PARENTS WE MEAN TO BE: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermi...

Bought by KSFR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Essay: Thank You Kellogg's and Goodbye
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kellogg's pulled their support for Michael Phelps and American cannabis consumers have called for a boycott.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:21
Active Voice Radio Essay: The American Marijuana Market
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
22-60 Million pounds of marijuana grown domestically in 2007, worth from $50-$230 Billion, serving 25-80 million consumers. This massive market rem...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Kim Fellner on her book- Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: Kim Fellner, Credit: Rutgers Press
A Labor Activist finds surprises at America's most visible coffee source.

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Catholic Worker James Douglass on: JFK and the Unspeakable
From: Chris Goldstein
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Chris Goldstein interviews Catholic Worker James Douglass on his book JFK and the Unspeakable. The book reveals a President at odds with the milita...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2009
  • Length: 33:27
"Those CCC Boys"
From: Vermont Public
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It's now 75 years since the first Civilian Conservation Corps camps opened. More than three million men served in the CCC, which changed the Americ...

Bought by WVTF, WRPI, KWMD, KUT-HD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 5
Show 10: John Wesley Harding
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Released Dec. 1967
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:02:25
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Ivan Fischer (Go Crazy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Some orchestras stake their reputation and trademark on a certain sound. Others rely on their celebrity conductor. (The Chicago Symphony Orchestr...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: :34
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - "Alex Anderson"
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Working with Guantanamo Bay detainees inspired one former interrogator to believe in redemption.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Revise with Respect)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Holiday music recordings are a dime a dozen, with a few exceptions. Some really stand out, but all holiday recordings, with or without creative me...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Solid Silver)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Canadian Brass has dozens of holiday music recordings – in their most recent holiday CD, they continue their tradition of giving some familiar ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Torke (Title Trouble)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Choosing a title for a new piece of music can be as tough as writing the very first note. Composer Michael Torke tries to avoid titles that push l...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Torke (Javelin)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Like many composers Michael Torke worries about coming up with the right titles for his music. When he wrote "Javelin," he wondered if the title m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Jim Miller pushes his wife's wheelchair across New Jersey for Medical Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
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Cheryl Miller died in 2003 working to gain medical marijuana access in NJ, her husband Jim continues her work.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 26:00
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Clueless)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Breaking down the barrier between classical music and its audience is a priority for many classical music performers, including the charismatic per...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Music is Medicine)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We often hear about the healing qualities of music. Percussionist Evelyn Glennie recommends we take it in regular doses. Use this 31 second clip ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Scalpel Sutures Harp)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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In the event you may be undergoing surgery in the near future, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis suggests you check to see if your health insurance cover...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe, Vermont
From: Vermont Public
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A series of five essays written by Vermonters for This I Believe, the national radio series exploring principles and values that guide our lives.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:55
Teapot Lids
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nonagenarian Mimi Hunt recalls playing as a child in the LA River

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
This I Believe - Andrew Sullivan
From: This I Believe
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Although born in England, Andrew Sullivan finds his beliefs in America?s Declaration of Independence.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUER, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 10

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