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The Gathering - A Modern Thanksgiving Story
From: Barbara Simmons
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Reimagining the original Thanksgiving story

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMUN, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 42
RN Documentary: Tale of Two Women
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A story of two friends who’ve lived very different lives: one travels the world in search of adventure, the other never leaves her house and garden.

Bought by KVNF, WETA, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 3
Drugs to Loosen the Addictive Grip
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dr Hammerschlag's opinion on using new drugs to kick the habit of addictive drugs like hardcore drugs like heroin and cocaine

  • Added: Aug 30, 2004
  • Length: 04:34
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
Avital Under Fire
From: Jennifer Neeley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Since surviving a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Israeli singer-songwriter Avital Schutz has sought refuge in New York City, where's she's now wagin...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2004
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
"If You See Something" by John Mulrooney
From: Sean Cole
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a poem by Boston area poet and Suffolk University professor John Mulrooney, recorded at the Boston Poetry Massacre on July 30, 2004.

Bought by KUER, KUT, East Village Radio, WZBC, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 05, 2004
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Olfactograph
From: Trent Wolbe
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Conceptual artist Jamie O'Shea discovered a way to record smells, and paired them with something special.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Art-O-Mat
From: Adam Allington
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Cigarette vending machines converted to sell art

Bought by PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX, and WHQR


  • Added: Jul 30, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
Dick Cheney, Conservative Shock Jock
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dick Cheney's foul mouth could land him a career in radio.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
"Fairfax Fill-up"
From: David Palmer
Series: The David Palmer Radio Show Demo - 5/22/04
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A comedic interview with a fictional candidate for L.A. City Council.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2004
  • Length: 05:45
"I Saved That Little Boy"
From: David Palmer
Series: The David Palmer Radio Show Demo - 5/22/04
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A comedic interview with the purported winner of an award for heroism.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2004
  • Length: 06:16
"Blue Light Special"
From: David Palmer
Series: The David Palmer Radio Show Demo - 5/22/04
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A comedic interview with a fictional candidate for L.A. City Council.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2004
  • Length: 06:31
"On The Paris Coast"
From: David Palmer
Series: The David Palmer Radio Show Demo - 5/22/04
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A comedic interview with the purported winner of the 2004 Booker Prize for Fiction.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2004
  • Length: 06:12
"The Spirit of John Wayne"
From: David Palmer
Series: The David Palmer Radio Show Demo - 5/22/04
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with candidate for L.A. City Council.

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Jul 03, 2004
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 1
Therapy Killed the Radio Star
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Humorous look at C EOs and rock stars on the couch.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:16
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2
My Family, Your Family, Our Family
From: Robynn Takayama
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My Family, Your Family, Our Family, a new coloring book by Libby Black and Jennifer Lovvorn, features families with parents who identify as lesbian...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:37
4th of July Fireworks
From: Hans Anderson
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A humorous piece about impressing the neighborhood with your fireworks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Raven Radio, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2004
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 45
What The Bleep: A Film on Quantum Physics
From: Paul Nelson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two producers of teh cult film What The Bleep discuss the film and Quantum Physics

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 55:13
Hain Means Heinz
From: Vinny Lombardo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Public Service "Advertisement"

  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: :51
Spin Room
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
postcard from the post-presidential debate spin room

  • Added: Apr 23, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
For the Blood Is the Life
From: Julia DeBruicker
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Goat killing chronicles homegrown ingenuity in the mountains of Appalachia

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Apr 02, 2004
  • Length: 09:44
  • Purchases: 1
Veronica Calling
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gently brushing off a determined suitor..

  • Added: Mar 31, 2004
  • Length: 04:14
Gillian Welch ENCORE: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Gillian Welch reconsiders the fate of a fallen American hero: Elvis Presley.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, KGLT, KMHD, WNCW and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 6
Katie Becomes a Mom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Katie from the Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) discusses becoming a mother at thirteen.

Bought by Remix Radio, WMPG, KUNM, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4

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