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From Yale to Hack [Two Versions]
From: WFUV
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Guyon Knight Dropped Out of Yale Graduate School to Drive A Taxi. Why?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
Kids on the Farm
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Farmer Cindy Jones talks about how growing up on a farm has affected her kids.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
About the Video Game and its Relation to the Soul
From: Matthew Sahr
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Why do I play videogames?

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:56
Grabbing that First Chance to Vote
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...

Bought by WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Pumpkin Belly
From: Nanci Olesen
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a commentary by Nanci Olesen about Halloween and her pumpkin painted belly

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Reverse Culture Shock
From: WFUV
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A New York essayist returns from a long trip abroad.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Thanks A Lot!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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Leslie Wise reminisces about loving Ernest Tubb's song "Thanks A Lot" as a child, and what it means to her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Two teens, one from Israel, one from Lebanon, hash things out, Part 2
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! A teenager from Lebanon has a conversation with a teenager from Israel about politics and life, Part 2

  • Added: Sep 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:48
Do Right!
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Integrity

  • Added: Sep 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
Late (French) Summer
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Poem composition to summer in France

  • Added: Aug 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
Commentary: The Joy of Losing
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how supporting a losing baseball team -- the Atlanta Braves -- truly builds character.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Going on Again: Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...

Bought by KMUW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 18
Home from the Road, a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen recalls a recent trip west with her family: bad coffee and sweet times

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Bell's Democratic Republic of Congo Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Ex-BBC War Correspondent Martin Bell gives a report on Dr Congo and the affects of war, disease and hunger on children there

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Environment
From: Joan Schuman
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Part of the audio sketch series Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
Letters
From: Joan Schuman
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Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
The Soda Fountain of Youth
From: Dick Meister
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The soda fountain was once an important neighborhood fixture.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Revelation and Reality: A Quest for Family Heritage
From: Katie Bausler
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A quest for family heritage on Prince Edward Island turns up unexpected results and revelations.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 10:51
Leaving the Mountains
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Growing up in rural Appalachia Machlyn Blair didn't think he would have much in common with teenagers from other places. But the current immigrat...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WGXC, WMNF, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 11
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Helping Katrina Survivors: A Youth Volunteer Reports
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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A youth volunteer talks about helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
Canary in the Datamine
From: Merle Kessler
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Living life in the datamine.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:01

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