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Joe McEwen
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Record label executive Joe McEwen was one of the many white kids listening to Black radio in Philadelphia in the 50s and 60s. Here, McEwen talks ab...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Dyana Williams
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Disc jockey Dyana Williams
Dyana Williams started her broadcasting career in 1973 as one of the few African-American women on the air. Her radio handle? Ebony Moonbeams. Sinc...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WABE, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Sam Reed
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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In the late 50s and 60s, jazz musician Sam Reed was the house leader at the historic Uptown Theater in North Philadelphia. The Uptown was the Phill...

Bought by KTEP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Karen Warrington
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Karen Warrington
Karen Warrington, director of communication for Congressman Robert Brady, has been an independent voice for Black political and social empowerment ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
Harvey Holiday
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Harvey Holiday was one of the few white disc jockeys who made it big on Black radio in Philadelphia in the 70s. His highly-rated Sunday night “Holi...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3
In Need of Host Parents
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: North Jersey Radio Series
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Communty Talk host Asirian Bowens-Wilson talks to Fareed White of Tri City Peoples Corporation about the need of Host Parents.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 13:20
PHONES
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the impact of phones in society

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Tri City Peoples Corporation helping all to afford Home Ownership
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Tri City People
Tri City Peoples Corporation is assisting all to realize their dream of home ownership.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:56
Mental Health Intervention & You
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Cynthia Alston, Psychiatric Clinical Specialist & Nurse Practioner
Cynthia Alston, Psychiatric Clinical Specialist & Nurse Practioner in Mental Health & Psychiatry speaks about the abusive medication for Mental Dis...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 3
Red, White, & Blue
From: American Student Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lauren Liner brings a collage of stories documenting where Americans were the day the Trade Centers fell.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
11: Microphone Museum
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:26
  • Purchases: 1
Memories of the Traveling Carnival
From: Traveling 219
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In the age before television and the internet, traveling carnivals brought a glimpse of the exotic and the bizarre to the modest everyday lives of ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:21
The Artichoke King
From: Emily Gadek
Series: Footnote Podcast
Caption: Busting the Artichoke King's racket in the Bronx
Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby a...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
KUT's Views and Brews: Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Kind of Blue
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the g...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Nightly News and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
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The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...

Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 3
Bucky's Dome
From: Katie Klocksin
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In the middle of a town where almost every home is covered in classic New England wood shingles, there's a giant dome. It looks like a three story ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, and HowSound


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 10:40
  • Purchases: 4
Labor Pains
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Whether it's societal progress or a squiggly 11-pound miracle, getting there isn't always pretty.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Transgender Childhood
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Growing up isn't easy - when you feel as if your mind is one gender, and your body another.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
Is That My Imagination?
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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The story of a mind on strike.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Forest to Desert
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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An audio doodle about this phrase: "Humankind is preceded by forest, and followed by desert." Forest versus city / tree versus car / then versus now.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
Great Conversations Hour 3
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: Great Conversations
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Sometimes great conversations are had over a tasty meal. Picking up on that theme, The Appetizer presents this special series of conversations wit...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Taco Land
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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San Antonio is home to underground music mecca--an understated cinderblock shrine on the banks of the San Antonio river--Taco Land.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Rabbit Hutch
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3