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Dawn Powell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
How Did Beethoven Compose When He Was Deaf?
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Composer and multi-percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
Scottish multi-percussionist Evelyn Glennie has been profoundly deaf since she was 12 years old. We asked her how someone who is deaf can "hear" wi...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 102: Ride-Along
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 30:50
The Big Pond #06: Suds and Stories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Germany’s beer influence has spread around the world, and one of the epicenters of this trend is New York City. There are now more than two dozen b...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2018
  • Length: 18:35
The Pitcher
From: Israel Story
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Some kids dream of going to the moon or playing for the Yankees. Ariel Harpaz had a seemingly more attainable goal in mind: to get his picture up o...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 20:49
Holiday Special: The Chocolate Cinnamon Bear
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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Tired of the news? Well, this week we've got a special holiday episode of More to Say. Join producers Tim Slover and Lee Hale as Lee tries to con...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 12:19
Panic, Mayhem, Hysteria – War of the Worlds
From: Roger McDonough
Caption: Orson Welles news conference, 1938, Credit: WikiCommons
On October 30th, 1938, American radio audiences - believing that a Martian invasion was underway - went absolutely nuts. Panicked masses fled to th...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 3
Outside of Jazz Fest
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: New Orleans Street Economy
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Despite strict rules that you can't illicitly sell things outside of Jazz Fest, there is a whole economy that exists just beyond the festival gates...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:40
On the Clock at the Beef Draft
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Calling the Beef Draft to Order, Credit: James Sharrard
Eating local is environmentally friendly, but it’s hard to find local meat in the supermarket. Producer Reid Frazier went to find out how some are ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist, George Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
What Sexytime Playlists Say About You
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: This will make sense eventually
Producer Emily Proctor starts this story with a couple of college roommates who have a musical code to warn each other for when they plan to have s...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:43
Music for Animals
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Pumpkin Chuckin'
From: JP Davidson
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "A Good Listener, Yes. But Even Your Furnace Is Helpless In the Face of Energy Market Manipulation By Oligarchs."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Cold - "I Don't Recall Such Humorously Cynical Philosophy Embedded In Didactic Film Strips When I Was Young."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Morning at The Stewarts
From: Trevor Keaton Pogue
Caption: Rise and Shine
We all wake up. But how many of us actually hear what's going on around us. These are morning sounds.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:19
The Cart Men of Catalina
From: Alexander Ward
Caption: A golf cart for towing golf carts, Credit: Alex Ward
Golf carts are the primary vehicles for residents in Avalon, CA. This is about the guys that make them go.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
Tattoo Artist
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Sounds of Whiskey
From: Hal B Klein
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
Mory's Temple Bar: An Audio Postcard
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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Mory's Temple Bar is more than just a New Haven restaurant - it's a Yale University tradition. The story of Mory's goes hand-in-hand with the story...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
Laughter Yoga
From: JP Davidson
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
Thousands look to the skies for Endeavour's victory lap
From: Valerie Hamilton
Caption: Space fans give SS Endeavour a thousand-camera salute, Credit: Marcus Teply
Space shuttle Endeavour took a final victory lap over California landmarks Friday, piggybacked on top of a NASA 747 on its way to retirement at the...

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
2012: End of the World! Cancun, Mexico
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Stella predicting the end of the world, Credit: Jake warga
It's the end of the world, according to the Mayan Calendar. A thoughtful and goofy piece exploring Cancun, Mexico.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
Pinetop Perkins' Legacy Continues: Meet Tomorrow's Blues Greats
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, MS, Credit: Mitchell Koester
Pinetop Perkins wanted to leave a legacy to the youth, so he created the Pinetop Perkins Master Workshops to further deepen the young musicians' kn...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
Louis Reyes Rivera: The People's Poet
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this Cutting Edge Special, some of the work of late poet Louis Reyes is highlighted through live performances at WBAI and his show "Perspective"

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:03