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Honeyboy Edwards - blues legend talks about hoboing through the great depression
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Series: Sitting With Gianluca
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Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut Back To 1969
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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The 50th Anniversary Mix

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, KMUN, KZYX, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 7
The Termination of the Klamath Tribes
From: KLCC
Caption: Spring Creek, near Chiloquin, Oregon
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Himmler's Angora
From: Brian Bull
Caption: Angora Rabbit and Heinrich Himmler
A look at a strange and curious relic of the Holocaust.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:15
How Crap Becomes Real (Or, How I Got Started On Ebay)
From: Susan Barrett Price
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We learned from the Velveteen Rabbit how toys become real. But all things become real and emerge daily from the secret source at the back of my clo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
REMEMBERING STUDS TERKEL PART THREE
From: WOSU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Studs Terkel remembers Caruso and Rosa Raisa

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:05
Sinkhole May Swallow Amtrak Service To Memphis
From: WKNO
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Memphis is the #1 destination for Amtrak's City of New Orleans. If a gaping sinkhole is not fixed, Amtrak may discontinue service.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
Vietnam Visits Uncle Bill
From: Vose Productions
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"Vietnam Visits Uncle Bill" is a story in which a Vietnam veteran confronts his past through a dialogue with the ghost of the My Lai massacre.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: May 11, 2008
  • Length: 19:31
  • Purchases: 1
Bird
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
Caption: www.williamhrdina.com
Short story about the power of music

  • Added: Apr 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:21
Mapping the Himalayas
From: Kamla Bhatt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever wondered how the Himalayas got mapped? What is the connection between Rudyard Kipling's Kim and the the group that mapped the Himalayas?

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 26:28
Active Voice Radio 2-20-08: James Loewen- Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of US Racism
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
James Loewen is an internationally celebrated author, professor and historian....he highligts an often-overlooked aspect of America's institutional...

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Serbian Church Choirs: A Musical Tradition
From: Cissy Rebich
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A musical documentary about Serbian Orthodox church choirs today

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 1
"The Agreement"
From: Rich Halten
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How two-timing love kept one GI out of Viet Nam

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
Hollerin'
From: Katie Ball
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A city girl gets more than she bargained for when she travels to Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Farewell to Gertel's
From: Julie Subrin
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A farewell visit to Gertel's, a Lower East Side kosher Jewish bakery which closed its doors after more than 90 years in business.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 1
Anxious Walk
From: Carolina Wheat
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The subjects breathing pattern is naturally nervous on a exploritive walk through haunted plantation.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 02:16
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
Compact Discoveries 30: Ravel as Pianist and Conductor
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Maurice Ravel plays his own piano compositions in high fidelity, stereo!

Bought by KPIP-LP, WNMU-FM, WMNR, WMRT, KAMU and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 16
Emma Lazarus vox
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What people know about the woman who wrote "give me your tired..."

  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:28
metal - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "metal"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
gnome - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
Gravity/Massachusetts/Newton
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three unrelated subjects connected by a musical theme.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
RN Documentary: Indian Courtesans
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A look at the surprising roots of the rich tradition of Indian classical vocal music.

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut To The Mountaintop
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Mix

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KALW, KQAL, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 58
A Shortcut Through 2005
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A year end retrospective of 2005

Bought by WMBR and KVMR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 2

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