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Stories of Love and Marriage at the Towers
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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Stories of love, marriage and memories at 1,377 feet.

Bought by KUT, KVNF, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 9
Messages from NPR's Sonic Memorial Phone Line
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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An impressionistic gathering of sounds and stories, many of them contributed by listeners who called the Sonic Memorial Phone Line.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WMBR, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 5
The WTC Construction Guides: The Building Stewardesses
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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They were called "Construction Guides" : friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms posted at corner kiosks on the WTC site to inform an inquiring pu...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WHYY, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 22:18
  • Purchases: 3
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices from 9/11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Documentary on harbor workers who evacuated Manhattan on September 11, 2001.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WLRN


  • Added: Sep 08, 2004
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
"Return to Rwanda"
From: Liz Jones
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A Rwandan woman who escaped the 1994 genocide prepares to revisit her country and family.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2004
  • Length: 10:55
RN Documentary: The Last Dutch Outpost - the Enduring Legacy of New Netherlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Documentary on the Dutch colony of Beverwijck which became Albany in New York, and the ‘world war’ that began 250 years ago, which was the turning ...

Bought by WRPI and New England Public Media


  • Added: Jul 01, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Jefferson & Science
From: William S. Hammack
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An engineer looks at the Declaration of Independence and sees the science underlying the document.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 16
Program 4: Rotterdam Conducted by Edo de Waart
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: Rotterdam Revisited: The Orchestra and Its Conductors
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Edo de Waart conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:53:40
We Were On Duty
From: Richard Paul
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An oral history of the survivors of the September 11th attack on the Pentagon

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KERA, WAMU, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2004
  • Length: 53:37
  • Purchases: 46
Our Adult Prom
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Former HS geeks -- Muslim, ex-Jehovah, gay/straight and fabulous attend an "adult prom" for an NYC friend who's moving on...,

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
Gays in the Military - 10 Years of Don't Ask Don't Tell
From: Dave Adox
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Gay service members talk about life in the military under the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy

  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
Weill and Vegas
From: Claes Andreasson
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Kurt Weill meets Las Vegas

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2004
  • Length: 44:08
  • Purchases: 1
They Sit To Run
From: Charles Lane
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An interview with Nina Kuscsik, the leader of a sit-down strike at the 1972 NYC Marathon.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, WYSO, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Crayola
From: Adam Allington
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A Portland, Maine kindergarten class and illustrator Judy Labrasca explain why crayons might be the perfect object

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, WMPG, KGLT, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Columbia Remembered...Atlantis, Go For Launch
From: WMFE
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WMFE-FM's Pat Duggins looks back at the Columbia Disaster and ahead to the planned mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Stories of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
From: Scott Gurian
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An unnarrated documentary collage of relatives of September 11th victims describing what they remember from the day of the terrorist attacks and ho...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 25, 2003
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 2
Surviving Church
From: Bruce Gerstman
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Two people who joined Jim Jones's cult, The People's Temple, and got married 20 years after the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 10:22
The '63 March: The Aftermath
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fourth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Empowered by the march and stirring ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEAA, KRUA, WMNF, WJAB and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 9
The '63 March: Forty Years Later
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6
The '63 March : Convergence on the Capitol
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the second in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrations were viewed suspi...

Bought by WABE, WEAA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
Christmas in New York, 2001, Ground Zero
From: Jake Warga
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Christmas day at Ground Zero--Essay

Bought by KUT, WMNF, WKMS, KQAT, WMPG and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 7
Chimpin' The Blues
From: WPSU
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Legendary cartoonist R. Crumb shares his love for early blues recordings.

Bought by KMUW, KRCB 104.9, KGLT, KMUN, WYSO and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
How to Sing the Star-Spangled Banner
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jenny Hersch, musical maven and part-owner of a baseball team, reveals the secrets of singing our anthem.

Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, WABE, KUOW, WABE and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 32
Crafting a Sound Response - Sept. 11 Memorial
From: Michael Joly
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Making a Flute on Sept. 11, 2001 to process the day

  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:44

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