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RN Documentary: Three Photographs
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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War Photographer Thorne Anderson tells the story behind three photos from Iraq which continue to haunt him.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 07, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
"My name is Ellie, it used to be Elliot"
From: Sarah Yahm
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ellie Castillo, a transgendered street performer in Provincetown, talks about her previous life as a Baptist minister.

Bought by WBHM and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
Positively Scarborough
From: angie blake
Caption: PRX default Piece image
south asian queer youth struggle to come out in Toronto

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
Healing the Wounds of Wounded Knee
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Hal Cannon accompanies a group of Lakota Indians on an odyssey to reclaim the remains of their ancestor, a Lakota chief who was killed at the massa...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KVNF, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 24, 2005
  • Length: 17:59
  • Purchases: 3
Shades of Gray
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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an hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 18
Saul and Joshua
From: Seth Lind
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A portrait of a subway musican duo struggling to stay together

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2
Trauma and Recovery: A Cambodian Refugee Experience
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A documentary on Cambodian refugees still coping with past trauma.

Bought by KBOO, WGBH Radio Boston, and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 16, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Chile's September 11th: Chilean Musicians Reflect on the 30th Anniverary of Allende's Coup
From: Pauline Bartolone
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September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende. The death of the coveted lead...

Bought by KALW and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Stories from Behind the Wall
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Torn Lives - Stories from the Holy Land
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The first in a two-part series about Israel's security fence: Part 1 looks at the dramatic consequences the barrier is having on the daily life of ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 10, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Anna on the Homefront
From: Whit Richardson
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An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq

Bought by KHNS, KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The PRX Podcast, KTUH and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 11
Family Sentence
From: Jeanine Cornillot
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A father and daughter reunite after 23 years of Prison

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYSO, KUT, WKSU, WCFM and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 9
The Problem with Thomas
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two young parents discover that their first child is autistic.

Bought by Audible and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2
Stories of Love and Marriage at the Towers
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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Stories of love, marriage and memories at 1,377 feet.

Bought by KUT, KVNF, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 9
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 8
The Parents of PFC Nick Spry
From: Zachary Barr
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Beverly Fabri and Irving Spry eulogize their son, Nicholas Spry, who was killed in Iraq on Febuary 15, 2004. Nick was 19 years old.

Bought by WMPG and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Exodus '47: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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This is the story of three men who served aboard the Exodus 1947, a Jewish refugee ship that tried to run thousands of holocaust survivors past the...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KWIT, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 11
The Stories of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
From: Scott Gurian
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An unnarrated documentary collage of relatives of September 11th victims describing what they remember from the day of the terrorist attacks and ho...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 25, 2003
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 2
Street Dogs
From: Jake Warga
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Homeless kids in Seattle and their Dogs

Bought by PRX Remix and WUNC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2003
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2