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Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper" - Buckminster Fuller as told to Studs Terkel during int...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Elliott Smith on Freaks
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not." - Elliott Smith, as told to Barney Hoskyns in 19...

Bought by WCNY, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 3
How My Basement Led Me To The Jazz Scene On Jackson Street
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: E. Russell 'Noodles' Smith, the owner of a famous club in the Central District in the 1900s., Credit: Credit Public domain, via BlackPast.org
RadioActive Reporter Nia Price-Nascimento lives in a house built in the 1920s in the Central District, Seattle's historically African-American neig...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
A Death Sentence Turns Into A Call Of The Wild
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Leo Egashira in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Credit: Courtesy of Leo Egashira
Leo Egashira was diagnosed with HIV in 1992. He saw the diagnosis as a slow death sentence so he decided to take a once in a life time trip. He tak...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
Wayne Coyne on Living with Death
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I’m pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time" - Wayne Coyne, as told to Jennifer Van Evra by phone in 2002. The Flamin...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WOUB, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Far from the Tree
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Soloman
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Immigrants Fitting In Socially
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:58
A day at Herring River
From: Ben Harden
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
Author Kent Haruf, Narrator of Holt County, Colorado
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A National Book Award finalist, Kent writes about the residents of a small town in fictional Holt County on the plains of eastern Colorado. His new...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
You Are An Authority
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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This episode covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: ple...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 118: Tin Roof Project with Andrew Kilgore
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Photographer Andrew Kilgore
On this month's Tin Roof Project, it's acclaimed photographer Andrew Kilgore telling his own true story.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The Beat: Athena Kildegaard - "On Juggler Lake"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Poet Athena Kildeagard, a University of Minnesota - Morris lecturer, looks deeply and metaphorically at a Blue Herring's stop in the poem "On Juggl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/5/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IN THE SOUTH -- THE DEEP, DEEP SOUTH...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Virginia barrier island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:24
Maya 2012 Revealed
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Who were the mysterious Maya? Their predecessors were nomadic hunters. They followed game animals across the Bering Land Bridge, and populated the ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
The Broad Experience, episode one
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Indie on Demand Reviews 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A short review of the apocalyptic drama, starring Willem Dafoe and directed by Abel Ferrara.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Scripting Jesus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. L. Michael White
Dr. L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended -- as performed stories of faith rather than factual histor...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
Steve Pinker’s “Better Angels”: Dodging Our Own Bullet?
From: Open Source
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My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 17 - Questioning Medical Advice
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man questions the advice of his doctor and decides to stop taking anti-anxiety medication.

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:26
Whose University?
From: Natalie Yahr
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Our country is getting less public, and our universities are no exception. But what does "public" mean? And why does it matter? This surprising fo...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 11/20/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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TWO H's AND AN O HAVE I ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
BIUTIFUL - Alejandro Gonzales Inrarritu Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu on life, death, and altered perceptions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 10:23