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Jamaican Versus American Musics - Who Influenced Who?
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 43:39
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
The Teeth Beneath Your Feet: Oddities in Urban Archaeology
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: URS Corporation archaeologists excavate at a site beside I-95 in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia., Credit: Mariel Carr
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 36:50
  • Purchases: 1
Birds in Costa Rica
From: Terrascope Radio
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Conservationists in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica describe their relationship with birds. Excerpted from "Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 1
Noise series retold by Matthew Herbert
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Matthew Herbert
Matthew Herbert who is most famous for his album 'One Pig' retells the story of the Noise: A Human History series using only the sounds themselves....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2
All Mixed Up-Boston Marathon
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
Nine-Eleven: 10 Years After
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This "newsical" program includes my notes, thoughts and interviews with visitors to Ground Zero in NYC on the morning after Osama bin Laden was ki...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 57:23
Lost on Lost
From: Justin McLachlan
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Justin McLachlan talked with some Lost superfans waiting to watch the series finale about all the things he didn't know he didn't know about the show.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
Crossing Queens Boulevard
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Malika Kalontarova, Credit: Warren Lehrer, photo ©2003
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Dialog in the Dark
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Wild Gatherer
From: Marianne Gardner
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Marianne goes with the Wild Gatherer to gather mushrooms.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepover!
From: Hillary Frank
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Two reporters spend the night at 10-year-old sleepover parties--one with the boys and one with the girls.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WRNC-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5
Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
From: Sean McMahon
Series: Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
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In this soundscape, entitled Verano Mexicano (Mexican Summer), you will hear the intricate rhythms of a Mexican rainstorm, the historic sounds of t...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2007
  • Length: 30:29
Calcutta Typing
From: Kevin T. Allen
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60 seconds from the streets of Calcutta.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: :53
  • Purchases: 4