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What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
Caption: Detain from Marcel's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: Aliah Rosenthal
Bobby speaks with Aliah Rosenthal about life growing up on the mean streets of the East Village, an area once generally considered to be the epicen...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:06:57
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This is the true story of a woman who went hiking in the woods . . . and really, never came out.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
Caption: Whiskey in the barrel, Credit: Hal B. Klein
Most people know what whiskey tastes like...but what does it sound like? Booze columnist Hal B. Klein takes us inside Wigle Whiskey, an organic dis...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:22
Caption: Alan Goodwin, Credit: Cape Cod Laughter Yoga
Clare and Alan Goodwin founded Cape Cod Laughter Yoga in 2008. Every week since, they've led a group of a dozen or more people of all ages through ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
Caption: Yetuni , Credit: Stefano Cassini
Yetuni's father was different, he was more like an animal than human. This recording was made at a homestead somewhere in the wilderness near Mount...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
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Minneapolis and New Orleans may be an entire country apart, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the feasts of Mardi Gras in our own way. Cul...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
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This is one of the most contested...nastiest...weirdest primary seasons ever. This program attempts to look beyond who is winning...to what the can...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 55:39
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High school freshman Trent likes to tag his name on things. Tagging, a form of graffiti, is popular with teenagers--they write their "tag" name on ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
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UNC students, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, discuss ways in which they raise awareness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus and be...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
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Lifelong journalist and cyclist, Paul Fischer, on what it takes to survive urban cycling in 2011...told thru soundbites, music and narration. Helme...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:32
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A Gypsy, he never lived in a house or wore a suit until age twenty. At age 18, a late-night caravan fire left him with only two, useful fingers on ...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Erin Shannon, “Queen of Pie.”, Credit: Rob Hoey
One San Francisco-based group is taking the worship of food to a whole new level. This past Saturday, about 100 people descended on 111 Minna Galle...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Set to the entire score of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet, Vanessa White's The Slutcracker is a wholesome kind of raunchy...

Bought by WFHB, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 3
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What do you believe? Talking about Faith. Contributions by: Matthew Lawrence, Rachel Blatt, and Brice Peterson.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:39
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Alex Meixner: Acclaimed accordionist playing jazz, Bulgarian dance music, Cleveland-style polkas and more.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 19:49
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Andy takes a scenic tour of the Arizona elite.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J.S. Bach
For any format: Use this 59 second drop-in for Bach's birthday (March 21) or any day as a drop-in, promo or billboard. Cellist Matt Haimovitz and t...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2009
  • Length: :59
Caption: Matt Haimovitz, Credit: Copley
About ten years ago, cellist Matt Haimovitz took the Bach Cello Suites out of the concert hall and started playing them in bars and night clubs. T...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :26
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The story what happens to the belongings of someone who dies

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Photo from Crossing the BLVD images, Credit: Warren Lehrer
A musical sound rich mix of people praying in multiple languages. All recorded in Queens, New York.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
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August Bleed has created a pamphlet on the subtle art of shoplifting. Here, he explains the theoretical and methodological approach to "merchandise...

Bought by The PRX Podcast and WILL


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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When you've played a piece of music for 20 or 30 years, it's easy to fall into old habits and the old ways of doing things. Clarinetist Richard St...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1