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A Conversation with Howard Shalwitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz talks about the Wooly Mammoth Theater company’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 22:47
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 006 with Suzi Parker
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Author, Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Patron Saint of Obscenity
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Honi soit qui mal y pense.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 07:39
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Managed Car:210 Seconds on How To Triple Car Insurance Premiums
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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Think Managed Care has changed health care? Wait until your car insurance company switches to Managed Car!

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Christopher That I Knew
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Like many Americans today, Chris Thompson can’t find a job. But unlike most people struggling in this economy, Chris faces the added challenge of b...

Bought by WMPG and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
Straight Outta Gary: Rapper Freddie Gibbs
From: Avishay Artsy
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From the urban ghetto of the American Midwest, one of the most promising rappers rising through the ranks right now is Freddie Gibbs. He comes from...

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Stormy Weather
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The howler monkey starts a whoopin' and a walin' in Balsam. Using some kind of funnel and a great deal of effort, one could drown in a gentle rain.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
Brain Freeman on "The Burying Place"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Our conversation with Brian Freeman.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:14
Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power
From: Joyride Media
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Tracing the creation and influence of The Stooges 1973 album.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WOMR, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WFAE and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
Neither Here Nor There by Paula "Lala" Bolander
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A member of Team Kuumba Lynx (an arts-in-education, not-for-profit organization in Chicago), Lala's poem depicts a shooting from the perspective of...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 2
A Fred Friendly Seminar: Minds on the Edge
From: Murray Street Productions
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Cokie Roberts hosts a panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider mental illness in the context of two chal...

Bought by KMUN, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 57:28
  • Purchases: 7
Mother/Father
From: Littleglobe
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Hilary Uselu performs her piece Mother/Father, slamming about environmental situations from the point of view of Mother Earth.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
A New Twist to Burlesque
From: Shannon Geis
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Megan Heckard is a hula hooping burlesque dancer.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:06
"WITHOUT COMMENT: THE FIRST 100 DAYS"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 16:35
Camp Lovewave's 362nd Show - Camp Lovewave's 7th Birthday Celebration
From: Terran Lovewave
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome to The Camp's 7th birthday celebration. The meaning behind why we light the virtual campfire is revealed, a clip from comedian Bill Hicks ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
Surviving on the Duwamish
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 5

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 08:53
Treated Sewage as Drinking Water?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We may be able to get drinking water from treated sewage -- and water shortages could eventually force us to rely on this option.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Music A.D.D.
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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Kira believes that music listener's have ADD.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
Pillow Talk with Pussy Willow
From: Andrew Bowen
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A Glimpse into the Life of a Sex Worker

  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:59
Camp Lovewave's 369th Show - Tom Robbins Part 2
From: Terran Lovewave
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Terran's rant on the point between the "Maginot Line," meditation, and political frustration get you ready for Part 2 of his conversation with aut...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Mar 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:06
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
George Bush Is Dead
From: Ken Cormier
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A musical theme for the final year of George Bush's presidency.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:05
Southwest Shootout Edition of the Spoken Word Hour
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Spoken Word Show with highlights recorded at a SW Region Poetry Slam.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:01:14
  • Purchases: 1

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