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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
The Milkman
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The travels of the last milkman in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:05
The Last Fish Story
From: Gretta Cohn
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Dan Scofield's been a fishmonger in Portland, Maine for ten years. But these days, there just aren't enough fish to go around.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2
Hog Butchers to the World
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Studs Terkel reads excerpts from Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" in this history of African Americans in the packinghouse industry of Chicago.

Bought by WFHB, WORT, Spokane Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 12
"Those CCC Boys"
From: Vermont Public
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It's now 75 years since the first Civilian Conservation Corps camps opened. More than three million men served in the CCC, which changed the Americ...

Bought by WVTF, WRPI, KWMD, KUT-HD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 5
Downtown Profile: Cottage Grove, Oregon
From: KLCC
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Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:33
The Other End of the Line: Profile of a 911 Operator
From: Aaron Henkin
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a look at life on the phone at the Baltimore City Police Department's 911 call center

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Major-league mariners
From: John Ryan
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A midnight run on a giant oil tanker

  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
Pastures of Plenty: Destination El Norte: Braceros and Campesinos
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 3 in a four-part series on farmworker history

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, KVMR, North State Public Radio, KUSP, WCBU and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 16
Pastures of Plenty: Hard Times in the Country: The Depression Years
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 2 in a four-part series on farmworker history.

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, North State Public Radio, KUSP, WCBU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
"You talkin' to me?" - Conversation with a Cabbie
From: Aaron Henkin
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A veteran cab driver reflects on what it takes to do his job.

Bought by KUOW, Here and Now, and CKMO


  • Added: Oct 20, 2006
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 3
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
El Americano Dream
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Latinos in the States and the many struggles they face and overcome.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:28
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
We see it all: life through the eyes of a photo developer
From: Aaron Henkin
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A photo lab technician ponders our life as he sees it every day, through thousands of personal snapshots

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Audible, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 10, 2004
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering Mother Warren
From: jessica lockhart
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A look into the labor history of one of the world's oldest paper mills.

Bought by WMPG, KVSC, WMPG, PRX Remix, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 9
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices from 9/11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Documentary on harbor workers who evacuated Manhattan on September 11, 2001.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WLRN


  • Added: Sep 08, 2004
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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The story of the worst homefront disaster of World War II -- an ammunition explosion that killed more than 300 men -- and what happened to the 50 A...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVMR, WORT, KVNF and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:12
  • Purchases: 26
Bible Salesman
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Former door-to-door Bible salesman Jim "The Rabbit" Baker, featured in the classic 1969 Maysles Brothers film Salesman, explains the secrets of his...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WYBC, KSUT, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 5
Working the Night Shift
From: WFUV
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Night shift workers share their perspective on life after dark, family obligations and the big question -- when do they sleep ?

Bought by KMSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KZYX, KFCF FM, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 32
A Night at the Spa
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment we visit the 24-hour spa, where working nights can be...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:40
Late Night Action
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV news checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, we catch up with a television film crew working ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:45
Singing Sanitation Worker
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a sanitation worker sings his way through a very lat...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, PRX Remix, WEKU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 21
Baking Through the Night
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, some bakers in Lower Manhattan burn the midnight oil...

Bought by WCQS, Prairie Public, Here and Now, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 5
Night Shift Headlines
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City night shift workers. In this segment, we hit a local newspaper as they put together the morn...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:24