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Imaginary Island of California
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The Island of California appeared on maps for over a century.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Tower, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Soudan Iron Formation - Banded Iron, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Effie, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Effie North Star Stampede and Rodeo, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 4
San Francisco Wave Organ
From: Noah Chandler
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The San Francisco Wave Organ remains one of the Bay Area's most unknown, misunderstood and yet beloved landmarks. After listening, I hope you'll wa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Corps Voices (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio rebroadcasts excerpts from the 2011 program produced by Amy Mayer. Produced in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
Black Country Waterways
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Bonded Warehouse
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Paula Hay
From: Erin Bosenberg
Series: SPACES
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Paula Hay Masters student of Social Anthropology Her SPACE - the train

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
Texas' Aspens
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech
With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Huskey - Kidnapped in Caracas, Venezuela
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Steve Huskey
In 2003, Steve Huskey was just stepping out of a taxi in Caracas, Venezuela, when an imposing man told him to get in his car or else be killed. Ste...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 27:37
Goodbye Bell's Amusement Park
From: Michael Paul Mason
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New York has its Coney Island; Tulsa had its Bell’s Amusement Park. Founded in 1951, Bell’s rapidly became the city’s must-visit attraction--but to...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Ghost Tour through former prison in Tasmania
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Church at Port Arthur, Credit: Jake Warga
A night time ghost hunt through Port Arthur, Tasmania

Bought by KUT, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Cannibal Theme Park
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Fredy and his wall of postcards
Met any cannibals lately? Producer Carla Seidl has, and tells the tale in this engaging sound-rich documentary/personal narrative related to her an...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian of the Murder House
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Marfa Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 10
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
redline
From: Andy Sewell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
an audio journey on Chicago's Red Line elevated train

  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 28:42
Sagebrush to Steppe(short)
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends & singing songs wit...

Bought by KUOW and KVNF


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 2
Making Room For Shenandoah National Park
From: Jesse Dukes
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500 families were displaced from their homes to make space for the Shenandoah National Park

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 6
Stories from the Heart of the Land VI - Depending on Nature
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WFAE, KVNF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 26
Stories from the Heart of the Land IV - Nature is Homeground
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour long program about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 55:59
  • Purchases: 27
Stories from the Heart of the Land V - Dreams of Paradise
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world.

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 27
Stories from the Heart of the Land II - The Nature of the Imagination
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world.

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 25
Stories from the Heart of the Land I - Portraits in Landscapes
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: Stories from the Heart of the Land
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Hour-long programs about the intersection of people and the natural world

Bought by WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 37
Leaving the Gay Ghettoes
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 4
One Huge Backyard
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ten-year-old Connor Lent takes us on a tour of Cliff Island, Maine and shows us how island life is changing.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 1
From Sagebrush to Steppe
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends and singing songs w...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 9