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Alice Cooper & Sheryl - You Are My Rock!
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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A Nightmares to Fairy Tales love story with shock rocker Alice Cooper and his wife of 48 years, dancer Sheryl Goddard Cooper.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:48
Majd's Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
Caption: Majd Abdulghani
Majd Abdulghani is a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. She wants to be a scientist. He...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 3
LIVE LAW 10: Prison Break
From: LIVE LAW
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“After 22 years [of working in criminal justice], I didn’t think there was anybody that could tell me anything more about how broken the criminal s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:10
Babies on Demand: Reproduction in a Technological Age
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: In vitro fertilization (IVF) in progress. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 40:27
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
Episode 31: Van Wallach - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Van Wallach (right)
Bobby speaks, from the steps of the NYC Public Library, with Van Wallach, author of "A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist's Quest for ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 50:02
The Beat: Julia Klatt-Singer - "The Fall After"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Would You Climb a Mountain With Your Sister?
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Rachel is facing the camera. Katy is the taller one.
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WJCT, and WJCT


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments wirth Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
The Beat: Erin Marsh - "Writing At Night"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:32
Nicole Beaulieu: Leech Lake Tribal College Ulumnus Profile
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Nicole talks about being positive effects of being challenged and the family friendly environment at LLTC. Nicole also touches on the importance of...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
More than an office
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
The place, the music, the memories
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Rosanne Cash: Live from Zone C
From: Joyride Media
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Intimate acoustic set by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in their living room (aka Zone C). Includes exclusive live recordings of son...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KOSU, NPR Illinois, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
JazzStories: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 6
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Personal Blue)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Blue Cathedral," written by Jennifer Higdon is one of the most performed contemporary orchestral works in the U-S. She composed it with her broth...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Manifestations of a creative husband's love
From: The humble Farmer
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A creative husband can manifest his love in many unique and wonderful ways

  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: :31
Memoir Cafe: Episode 27
From: Gary Smith
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This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:04