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Collaborating with the Mystery
From: Mary Quintas
Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 4
Day Job 10: The Window Washer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 16:10
  • Purchases: 1
Anne Akiko Meyers in The Green Room with Lara Downes
From: Lara Downes
Series: THE GREEN ROOM with Lara Downes
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Five-time Emmy Award winner Fran Brill, the first woman hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street (seen here with Zoe) is retiring after 42 years , Credit: Jim Henson Legacy
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 55:05
  • Purchases: 1
Numberlys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Song Story S0.E2 - Sarah Donner's "Signs of Life" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
"The Joe Bev Valentine Treat" (One Hour Special)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A charming hour of stories about love, hosted by Joe Bevilacqua

  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:31
What is your definition of Love?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: Folk Journalist/Teacher
For Valentine's Day folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld asked 5th graders about love.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, PRX Remix, KAOS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Beast
From: Ethan Chiel
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In the early 1980s a mysterious creature stalked the woods and beaches of Truro, Massachusetts, a small town on the far end of Cape Cod. This is th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Smith interviews John Lennon & Yoko Ono 12/19/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 2 - Aquarian Theatre, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono on Dec. 19th, 1969 at Ronnie Hawkin's ranch outside of Toronto.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
A Study of Expectations
From: Emma Miller
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If at first you don't succeed, fall in love again. Produced by Shining Li and Emma Miller as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independen...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:13
10,000 Tries
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rebecca Lee has lived with a brain injury since shortly after birth. Throughout her life many people have helped her with the resulting physical a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Don't Mess With This Squirrel Baby
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Petey's dinner time.
When an animal lover and her non-animal-loving friend take over the care of tiny Petey, cuteness ensues. Two-voice, non-narrated feature produced...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
Finding Treatment
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Being diagnosed with a disease is hard enough. Imagine living hours away from the closest place you could receive treatment.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:24
Follow That Cat
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Deserving Kitty Cat, Credit: AniMeals Weblog
Producer Cody Blum's feature about Animeals, a no-kill cat shelter in Missoula, Montana, follows Marlo to his new home amid "biosolids" at Eko Comp...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 115: Tin Roof Project with Mark Landon Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
When Elvis Met Nixon
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

Bought by PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
  • Purchases: 4
These Foolish Things
From: Roo Kidd
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Fatima Learns to Drive
From: Sarah Bromer
Caption: Fatima and Her Daughter, Rana
Fatima Alsamawi, a recent immigrant to the United States from Iraq, experiences the sweet freedom of driving for the first time.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 2
Big Mirror Moment
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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It's not always easy to examine yourself in front of the mirror, especially as you acknowledge out loud what you consider to be your deepest physic...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1930's
From: Michael Fussell
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My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
First Kiss
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
The Red, White, and Blue Bus
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.

Bought by KALW, The Story, KUT, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5

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