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Hands Up!
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
It's Pizza Time
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A night with Tom Witkowski, “Pizza Time” delivery guy.

Bought by KPIK-LP, HowSound, The Story, YouthCast, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 7
He'll Always Get the Last Word In
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Paul DiMatteo is the last in a long line of gravestone carvers.

Bought by WDBM, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 3
Pump Up the Jammer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Maine Port Authorities really want to win against the Rhode Island Riveters.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:17
Miriam hitchhiking through Norway
From: Zachary Kent
Series: Dial A Stranger
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Miriam is asked to tell the most amazing thing she has ever seen and she describes hitchhiking through Norway.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
How green is your grass?
From: peter stock
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An update -- with a twist -- on ecologically-friendly lawn care. (18m35s)

Bought by KVMR and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 2
5. Michael Moore, cellist and scene builder
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
4. RA Scion, hip hopper and leaf blower
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
3. Kinoko, YMCA staff and musical chip bender
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
WWOZ Street Talk- Yoga In The Lower Ninth Ward
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Michelle Baker wanted to bring yoga to the ninth ward but she wasnt sure how.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:48
Robot Car Race
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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In the DARPA Grand Challenge, the cars drive themselves.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
'Til Death Do Us Part
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 4
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Pink
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 4
Joe Bussard, Record Hunter
From: Justin Levy
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Joe Bussard on his collection of 25,000 78's and his own Fonotone Records label

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 2
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
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Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53
Aiming to Miss - The Art of Knife Throwing
From: Craig LeMoult
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Discovering the the dangerous trials and tribulations of the modern knife thrower

Bought by KUOW, WILL, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
A Shortcut to Impeachment
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A Presidential look at misconduct, dirty politics and Impeachment

Bought by WUTC, KVMR, KZYX, KMUN, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 10
Harry Nilsson and the Case for Profanity
From: Jackson Braider
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They had let James Joyce's novels in, they were showing hot movies in Cleveland -- so why were two record store owners going to jail for playing Ha...

Bought by PRX Remix and KWCW


  • Added: Jun 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
Music from the Ether
From: Amber Edwards
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a weird-sounding musical instrument that's nearly impossible to play still attracts followers

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMBR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Josh
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Eighteen year old Josh Dayton lives in the real world, and his own fantasy world.

Bought by WCFM and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Skagway Music Makers
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Two unlikley musicians find each other in Skagway Alaska and produce a song that is the title track for an award winning movie

  • Added: Aug 27, 2004
  • Length: 14:35
Internal Combustion
From: paul overton
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A short symphony in pistons and rings.

Bought by KGLT, KGLT, East Village Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:22
  • Purchases: 4