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A Day in the Life of Nadeem Awan
From: Seattle Globalist
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This story follows a day in the life of Nadeem Awan, a child laborer and student in Karachi, Pakistan.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Rebel Yell
From: Peter Solomon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A historian in Richmond, VA believes he has solved the riddle behind the legendary Confederate War cry that was thought to be lost to the ages.

Bought by WEZU, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
The Real Story of the Buena Vista Social Club
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
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
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
Hike to George
From: Brad Horn
Caption: Backcountry Ranger George Durkee
The story of a hike to interview Backcountry Ranger George Durkee about his life in the middle of a national park.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, The Nature Podcast, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
Still Fighting
From: War News Radio
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Features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2008
  • Length: 30:11
  • Purchases: 1
Bottled vs. Tap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Bladders for Free Heating, Cooling?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A brilliant young professor invents a way to heat and cool homes -- for free. The president gives him a prestigious award, and he waits for the en...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Treated Sewage as Drinking Water?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Orb: Re-entering the Ultraworld
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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The ambient house pioneers The Orb talk about their sample and slice journey.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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How air pollution is affecting the fragrane from flowers, making it harder for bees to find and pollinate them.

Bought by KENW, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
Jamshied Sharifi: Persian moods and vocal ecstacy
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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His CD "One" brings global vocal traditions together

  • Added: Jun 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
Sci-Fi Trash Disposal
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a conundrum. What do you do with 3000 tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
The Disappearing Lake
From: Seattle Globalist
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Eastern Ethiopia's Lake Haramaya disappeared in less than 10 years.

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
Will Shade Tribute
From: WKNO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will Shade, founder of the popular Memphis Jug Band, buried in a pauper's grave had no headstone, until 2008.

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
For Gay Republicans, Politics Is Not Just One Issue
From: Andrew Phelps
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gay Republicans bust stereotypes

  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:21
Water Crisis Caught on Film
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Use water wisely, and we all benefit. Produce a film inspiring others to, and you could win thousands of dollars.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Which came first? The hydrogen or the egg?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Mussel Development
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Although less "charismatic" than whales, the Monkeyface, Threehorn Wartyback, and Pink Heelsplitter, deserve our attention too!

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Got Rumen?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay?

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcut through the Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There's now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Your Brain On Music
From: WHPC
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Studies show that many areas of your brain process music.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
Up a Creek
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The fine folks of Omak, Washington, found themselves up a creek recently. Cleaning it up.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32

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