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Summertime: Movie Nights at Once Upon A Vine
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Movie Night at Once Upon A Vine, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Host Lede (Over a sound bed of In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry) 0:15 Summer is a time of rituals. Grilling out. Camping trips. Beach excursions...

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:56
Day Job 6: The Mind Reader
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Ivan Galvez of Picoso, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Ivan Gálvez plays timbales with the Seattle band Picoso. He also scans my brainwaves with an electroencephalogram machine at the hospital where he ...

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 3
On speaking vs writing
From: Veronica Simmonds
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What is the nature of speech? Why did we start writing stuff down? And which of these lasts longer?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Umami of Customer Service
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
E.A. Poe and the Krautrock Connection
From: Iain Wilson
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The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
Global Guru - Latin America Bas Reliefs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 3
Portland, Maine - Audio Postcard
From: Jen Nathan
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Spend a snowy afternoon in Portland, Maine

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Arts on the air - Cathleen Calkins
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with freelance photographer Cathleen Calkins

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:54
Arts on the Air - Diane Sloan
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with classical singer Diane Sloan

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
36 Meatballs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meatball-eating contest story retold in a noisy restaurant.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:19
The FIRST 'Boss' of Asbury Park
From: Amber Edwards
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The first, and biggest, musical superstar from Asbury Park was not Bruce Springsteen, and he didn't play rock & roll

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Flat Footing
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For Brenda Joyce, flatfooting is a family affair... and an award-winning one at that.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
Quidditch, Anyone?
From: Lu Olkowski
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Audio postcard from a Quidditch match

  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:16
Walking on water
From: Dacia Herbulock
Series: Weather Permitting (Interstitials)
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Sound composition - Weather blows in, ice melts beneath the skaters

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, KGLT, and East Village Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: :53
  • Purchases: 3
Crows-Songbirds-Melt
From: Dacia Herbulock
Series: Weather Permitting (Interstitials)
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Sound composition -- From winter to thaw and back again

Bought by WNJR and KGLT


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 2
Grassroots Goes Global
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A report on grassroots organizations driving change in how big nonprofits raise funds for global causes.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:08
Global Volunteering
From: WFUV
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A report on the growing number of volunteers who help out Mother Teresa's charities.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Vince Giordano
From: Amber Edwards
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the "greatest generation" had the greatest music, according to hot jazz bandleader/historian Vince Giordano

Bought by KERA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dapo Sings on Waikiki
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Dapo Abo sings one of his traditional mountain songs to the accompaniment of the ocean for the first time.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2004
  • Length: 03:17