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Dublin dog foulers
From: John Hennessy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On the frontline of dog litter in Dublin

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
Fundraising Voices: Produced Funders - Feel Great Mix
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
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For your Fundraising campaign, use this 29 second clip as a fundraising message during your classical music fundraising programming. This spot fea...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KHNS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUHF, WSKG and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2008
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 11
Happy 40th Bday. Now it's time for your colonoscopy
From: Wally Nichols
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One Man's Humorous Reconciliation With The Dreaded Mid Life Exam

  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
Hiking in Australia
From: Jake Warga
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A travel writer gets lost in Australia's outback

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Carol's Pub on the Chicago Smoking Ban
From: Melissa Townsend
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Folks at this Chicago honky-tonk, Carol's Pub, give their opinion on the Illinois smoking ban in effect 1-1-08.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:27
An Immigrant's Story in Four Generations
From: Melissa Townsend
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The great grandson of a Norwegian homesteader tells his family's story in five scenes.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Yo-Yo Ma (Cello Left Behind)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It was a busy week in New York for cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He played a big concert in Carnegie Hall, and attended several important meetings the next da...

Bought by WKYU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (Loves Practicing... Now)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It's the bane of all musicians whether they play professionally or took lessons as a kid. Practicing, especially those endless and unrewarding sca...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Shopping For The Twelve Days of Christmas
From: Mandy Walker
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Shopping for the Twelve Days of Christmas may sound like fun but where do you find lords-a-leaping and how much do maids-a-milking cost?

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
The Mayor of St. Mary's
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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Darlene Thomas is the Mayor of St. Mary's Center, a senior resource center and homeless shelter in Oakland, California. The Bay Area has seen a lar...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - David Shifrin (Tag, You're It.)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composer Carl Maria von Weber is a favorite of clarinetists - including David Shifrin. Weber's Grand Duo concertante is, basically, 19th century s...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :20
Lieutenant Pigeon
From: Katie Burningham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Feature about the pigeon feeders of Trafalgar Square

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Hallelujah Junction)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What came first, the chicken or the egg -- the music's title or the music itself? Composer John Adams talks about the origin of his extroverted wo...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :27
A Taste of America: Fireworks
From: Jake Warga
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International Fireworks Contest, Macau China

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, KVNF, Prairie Public, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 14
NYC Borough Pride (+ Gentrification)
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
High School student Aliana interviews people about their favorite borough

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Perfect Photo
From: Jake Warga
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An attempt to take a photo just like in the Nationa Geographic

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 3
Chamber Music at Gleason's Gym?
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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From Weekend America: In the red corner, a cello. In the blue corner, an alpine horn. A new chamber music series has been launched at a famous New ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast, Santa Fe Apr 29 07 with poet Coral Bernal
From: Cultural Energy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Greg Palast speaking on his book "Armed Madhouse"

  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:21
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Bed Time)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman's two children both grew up to pursue musical careers. It's not something he pushed, but music was one of the parenti...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Loud and Colorful)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Pianist Awadagin Pratt likes to play music loud. Unlike most piano students, Pratt didn't spend hours studying the recordings made by famous piani...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Vox Pop: Trying to Act Grown
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Neckties, big bras, cigarettes: wouldn't it be nice if adult life was the way you imagined it when you were six?

Bought by WFUV and KOOP


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Turning Down Work)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's an old saying in the music business: never turn down work. Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions, and sometim...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (After the Storm)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Beethoven's 4th Piano Sonata is one of the longest of his 32 sonatas, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson says every minute is rich with melody, musical in...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (In the Beginning)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sarah Chang
How does the musical life of a child prodigy begin? For Sarah Chang, playing the violin was simply a hobby. Use this 24 second clip to introduce ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Young & Fearless)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Overnight success does happen but it's more myth than reality. Violinist Sarah Chang made her debut when she was 8 years old. Her success that ev...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2

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