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Searching for Devil's Club in the Tongass National Forest
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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In the Fall, I harvest a Devil's Club stalk from the woods. It serves as a protection, a reminder to be mindful.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Kosher Bite
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I am doing everything. I am not just chef cook. I am Russian cook.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Linda & Dean Tonto Cox
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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"We never had tepees. We had houses, just like everybody else did."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Spiritual Edge: Bay Area Jews head to the desert to reclaim their Biblical roots
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
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Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:58
Embracing the Elements: Curanderismo
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Producer Erica Hellerstein takes us on a journey to identity through an ancient medicinal practice known as “curanderismo”.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Sacred Music from the Navel of the World
From: Zak Rosen
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A Palestinian violin master, an Israeli woman singing Bedouin songs, two Brothers from Tehran improvising age old Sufi music. These are just a few ...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
Daily Rituals
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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People observe all sorts of small rituals, sometimes on a daily basis. But what separates these activities from daily routines, like brushing your ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:37
Sing and I Will Hear You
From: Carolyn Barnwell
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Elaine and Francis- a nun and a priest- fell deeply in love and left the Church so they could be married. Nearly 40 years later, on Jan. 3rd 2010, ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sing and I Will Hear You
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In early 2010, Elaine McGillicuddy lost her husband to bone cancer. Elaine has created her own grieving process rooted in daily rituals. She is e...

Bought by WMPG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Interfaith Voices, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 5
I Didn't Know That (You Were a Muslim)
From: Tali Singer
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A portrait of how a recent college graduate came to Islam, and the story of what happened when her parents found out she'd converted. This piece wa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTIP, KSFR, YouthCast, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 6
A Full Moon Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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One pagan’s ritual for the spring equinox.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
KARMAPA IN AMERICA
From: The Tibet Connection
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Emerging Tibetan Buddhist teacher, the 17th Karmapa makes first historic visit to the US

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 17:01
Two Weeks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Laurie Williams (aka Crow) is preparing to die in the next two weeks.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:12
  • 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
Chanukah with Byron
From: Terin Mayer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Celebrating Chanukah in a dingy dorm lounge with an unlikely companion

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRCB 104.9, and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 4
Portraits of Faith
From: Aaron Henkin
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Nine people of nine different faiths and philosophies attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: What does it mean to you to believe?

Bought by WRKF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KUER, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2005
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 18
The Organ Builder
From: Aaron Henkin
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A a pipe organ builder discusses the theatre of a religious ceremony, and misses his days as a performing organist.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1