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Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
" Never Mind the Horserace...and Forget How They Played in Peoria: What Are the Candidates Saying and Doing to Win the GOP Presidential Nomination?"
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
"Art From Within" - Artist Wesley May talks about his art
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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“Art From Within” is the title of the March exhibit at the Bemidji Community Art Center. The exhibit features art work by Ojibwe and non-Native art...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 2
by Susan Marks
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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From the squeamish advertisements and sweatshops of the 1890's to the risqué bullet bras and silk sleepwear of the 1940's and 50's, Susan Marks chr...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:17
  • Purchases: 1
1972: The Birth of Pong and the Rise of Video Games
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: A snapshot of Pong , Credit: Google Images
Pong introduced America to video games and now there seems to be no turning back. Is this why we don't leave our houses anymore?

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUNM, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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
May 19th, 2011 Shomburg Symposium on Malcolm X: A Life of Re-Invention.
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a symposium on Malcolm X, held at the Shomburg Center after the release of the late Manning Marable's book,...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:09
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
THE LANGUAGE OF RACE
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: John McWhorter
Does the conventional language used to discuss race actually impede our attempts to reach mutual understanding? We discuss the language of race wit...

Bought by KWMR, WGBH Radio Boston, and WTIP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 3
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
Virtuoso Voices - Catrin Finch (Harp Appeal)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Catrin Finch
What do harp players talk about when they get together to gossip and talk shop? If harpist Catrin Finch is any indication, they talk about living ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: :27
Medical Marijuana at the National Constitution Center
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Georgine DiMaria 4/20/09 Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
MS Patient Charles Kwiatkowski and Miss NJ 2006 Georgine DiMaria speak about their personal experience and advocacy for medical marijuana in New Je...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Medical Marijuana: Georgine DiMaria, Miss New Jersey 2006
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Georgine DiMaria, 4/20/09, Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
Georgine DiMaria is titleholder of Miss New Jersey 2006. She has worked as a health advocate for 8 years. Her new platform is medical marijuana. Th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 20:04
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
Virtuoso Voices - Lang Lang (Fantasy World)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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How do performers create and craft the direction of their interpretation of the music they perform? Pianist Lang Lang brings an active imagination...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2008
  • Length: :25
Black Republicans Fight for Their Political Voice
From: Will Wright
Caption: grand old party
African-American Republicans sound off on their platform while Obama runs.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
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
Virtuoso Voices - Anne-Marie McDermott (Neurotic and Nutty)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Who knows musicians best? Their accompanist is always a likely source for a good story (or some juicy dirt). They see and hear everything - back ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: :24
Best of War News Radio's Class of 2008
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Garbage Finds New Life in Queens Office
From: Kenan Davis
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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
Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (Little Big Man)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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With Peer Gynt, composer Edvard Grieg did not write in the big orchestral setting that made Beethoven's symphonies so popular. Conductor Herbert B...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :24
Modeles, sonata for bass clarinet and piano
From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco
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Contemporary music for bass clarinet and piano

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 08:58
Chain (structure 5)
From: Ivan Ferrer Orozco
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Contemporary music for ensemble

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:00
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

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