PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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Acoustic Blues Guitarist Andy Kimbel
From: ArtMusic Coffeehouse International Webcasts
Series: ArtMusic Coffeehouse
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Interview/Performance by Acoustic Blues Guitarist Andy Kimbel

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:59:28
  • Purchases: 2
Every Day, on My Way to Work, Somebody Tries to Kill Me
From: Sarah Kobos
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Trade your car for a bicycle, and you learn a thing or two about people.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
In Search of the Mole People
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Film documentarians travel through the subway tunnels in search of the legendary Mole people

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Missed Connections
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Single commuters use mass transit for mass flirting

Bought by WKNO and GAUF


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Miss Subways Reunion
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Meet the ladies who won the bygone "Miss Subways" contest that ran from 1941 to 1976

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
View from the Conductor's Seat
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
Subculture
From: WFUV
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A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:00:00
Small Dreams
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A word portrait of a young woman in a poor neighborhood

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
Fran Rehfeld--Almost 100 years old in NYC
From: Mona Iskander
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An extraordinary New Yorker who lives alone as her 100th birthday approaches

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Haunted Cabin
From: Jake Warga
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Ever wonder what it would be like to spend the night in haunted cabin with a group of ghost hunters? No electricity, no phones, but lots of strang...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Boise State Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2004
  • Length: 19:52
  • Purchases: 34
What Matters
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A 20-something party-goer fights the apathy of his peers.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Lost in America
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Drug addicts, a prostitute and a blind woman recount their journeys through homelessness to a new life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Rocks at Rock Bottom
From: Hillary Frank
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The story of a man who hits rock bottom when he's surrounded by a whole lot of rocks -- and how he uses those rocks to get over heartbreak.

Bought by KUOW, KUT, Iowa Public Radio, Remix Radio, PRX Lovesick Stream and more


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 7
Mystery Train
From: Hillary Frank
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A teenage couple's date takes a turn for the worse when they run into a girl they know.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 4
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
Davy Rothbart, Found Magazine
From: Adam Allington
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [short version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
From Goody Two Shoes to Rock Bottom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Listen to George tell the story of how he went from being an innocent kid to surviving two brushes with cancer to being locked up at Long Creek You...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Different Worlds - Moving From NY to San Fran
From: Dave Adox
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded (Short Version)
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by KUOW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, East Village Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 10
This American Cheese
From: Abby Goldstein
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A parody of This American Life

Bought by XRAY.fm, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WUWM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 3

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