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Whatever Happened To Hope: Egyptian Youth Post-Revolution
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Shaza Walid for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:58
The Navigators Part 3
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Isn't it Good: The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL (2 hour and 1 hour NON-NEWSCAST versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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To spotlight The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL, producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KDUR, KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 34
Preview/Trailer Clips for "ISN'T IT GOOD: THE BEATLES' RUBBER SOUL" coming November 15
From: Paul Ingles
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Two sampler clips for the long-form special (NOW AVAILABLE AT PRX) from award-winning Beatles' history producer Paul Ingles to mark the December 3r...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:03
The Pullman Strike & Kim Davis is Arrested
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Do you know how we got Labor Day? Winston Smith's torture has begun, and Kim Davis' arrest is ordered by the Supreme Court

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:34:32
Christopher Columbus and the US Navy
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Columbus tricks the Arawaks. History of the US Navy, the Barbary Wars and more...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:44:56
Red Beans, Red Wine & Rebuilds: a Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: New Orleans soul food restaurant Willie Mae's Scotch House in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, how does the city’s food reveal how the place has changed? The stories of a wine bar, and...

Bought by KUT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUN, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Jollimores raise mussels., Credit: Charles McGuigan
We return to Prince Edward Island where we’ll spend the next half hour with a father and daughter who produce what PEI has come to be known for the...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 27:06
A Language Teacher's Fight to Save the Western Armenian Dialect
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Hratch Sepetjian stands in front of his class on a typical day. He gets frustrated when his students do not take the Armenian lessons seriously., Credit: Andy Vasoyan
A century after Armenians fled genocide in 1915, language teacher Hratch Sepetjian is fighting to keep their dialect – Western Armenian – alive in ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:09
Minneapolis Institute of Arts celebrates 100th anniversary
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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2015 marks the 100th anniversary for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The museum is well known for its free admission. But it wasn't always that ...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Why Does Baltimore Have So Many Confederate Monuments?
From: Stefanie Mavronis
Caption: Baltimore's Lee-Jackson Monument, Credit: Stefanie Mavronis
Baltimore City is home to four Civil War monuments. Three are Confederate. We look at the history of how they got there and explore how people inte...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2015
  • Length: 11:32
Humankind special: The Christmas Truce
From: David Freudberg
Caption: Wounded young soldier in WW1
Produced in association with WGBH/Boston. On the occasion of its 100th anniverary, we take a moving look at the 1914 Christmas Truce, in which oppo...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Interlochen Public Radio, KWIT, KVSC, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 48
Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
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A hand-drawn map on a dining room table in a Colorado home was the main reason the spectacular Maroon-Bells Snowmass Wilderness was one of the firs...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
Fukushima, 3 Years Later
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace
March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Discover the Bahamas
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Bahamas is composed of more than 700 islands and is the nearest resort destination to the U.S. mainland after Cuba. It has a varied history.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 13:41
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
Italy's Year of Culture
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Let's travel radio explores Italy and the year of the culture.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:05
The Other 9/11: Part Two
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventee...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The Dream Before the Dream: Detroit, 1963
From: Zak Rosen
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On June 23, 1963, labor and church leaders organized tens of thousands of people in Detroit for the Great March to Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: Lyric Center for the Arts - Virginia, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Lyric Center for the Arts - Virginia, MN
As the 100th Anniversary of the Lyric Center for the Arts passes the Lyric Center celebrates new life and a bright future. Maddi Frick recently tou...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
Our History: The Journey of Chagobay and Brunia - Ten-part series
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The places near water we treasure now were just as special to the people before us. Producers Brian Whittemore and John Sumption take us on a ten-...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:13:13
  • Purchases: 1
Our History: The Journey of Chagobay and Brunia
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The places near water we treasure now were just as special to the people before us. Producers Brian Whittemore and John Sumption take us on a trip...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 2
Seeking Justice and Police Accountability in Jamaica (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jason Smith Candlelight Vigil, Credit: Madeleine Bair
On the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings, this special documentary looks at police violence in Jamaica. In May 2010 a government crackdown l...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Woman's History: Susan B. Anthony March 13, 1906
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3