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A profile of Raphaël Krafft "Le Journaliste à Vélo" who, over the course of a decade, has documented his travels on a bicycle for French public radio.
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 27:00
Since October 1962, a handful of dedicated rail enthusiasts have been sending each other letters, photos, and reports about their common passion. ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 16:22
- Purchases: 3
What guitar-playing, On the Road-toting hipster hasn't dreamed of riding the rails like Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac? With rose-colored glasses w...
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 05:05
They are seen as the kings of the road... but we see what being a self employed courier is really like.
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 04:59
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 05:01
Actual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007. There is some freestyle singing.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 09:53
- Purchases: 1
A man in his early forties decides to take a job in Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 19, 2011
- Length: 03:43
A father decides to take a transcontinental motorcycle trip and leave his children for a year.
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 03:29
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...
Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 24:36
- Purchases: 5
Self-described as a simple mountain coolie, he became one of the world's foremost mountaineers and, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, the first ... ev...
- Added: May 04, 2011
- Length: 03:00
The piece investigates the influence of inflation on spirit money in a Chinese temple.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:31
A culinary journey through Bangkok, starting at the top--Lebua Hotel--to the street level in a quest to find "Authentic" Thai food
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUT, and KUOW
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 08:58
- Purchases: 3
Paula Hay
Masters student of Social Anthropology
Her SPACE - the train
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 06:30
Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is th...
Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and KUOW
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 3
An 80-day bicycle trip from New York City to Seattle, camping and recording along the way, condensed into three minutes.
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that ...
Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KTXK, Raven Radio, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast and more
- Added: Nov 16, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 10
With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Nov 11, 2010
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Pie Town, New Mexico: population 90. Over the past thirty years, this small town perched atop the continental divide has become a mecca for pie af...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 2
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 05:49
In 2003, Steve Huskey was just stepping out of a taxi in Caracas, Venezuela, when an imposing man told him to get in his car or else be killed. Ste...
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 27:37
This piece is made wholly of interviews and field recordings I captured while in Peru in the summer of 2010. The recordings are blended and produc...
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 10:00
Moving into an apartment in Camden, Canadian Craig Taylor can't help but feel the past coming to get him...
- Added: Jul 26, 2010
- Length: 07:57
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.
- Added: Jul 26, 2010
- Length: 11:15
- Purchases: 2
Paula Kahumbu takes you to the Masai Mara to witness the spectacle of thousands of wildebeest plunging into the crocodile infested Mara river Over...
Bought by WGDR
- Added: Jul 25, 2010
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 1
