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Leonard Bernstein, his Mass, and Mahler's Fifth--according to Ted Libbey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:47
Tongue Terror
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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Stories of children getting their tongues stuck to metal things in winter.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
Ramona lived in our neighborhood
From: amy handler
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Second Grade students from Portland, Oregon's Beverly Cleary Elementary School tour us around one of the sites from the famed author's childhood ho...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 10:19
Will Webb - William V. Specht
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Will Webb
Will Webb as written and performed by William V. Specht

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:15
Episode 49: The Editor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In November of 1988, Robin Woods was sentenced to sixteen years in the notoriously harsh Maryland Correctional Institution. In prison, Robin found ...

Bought by WFAE


  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
Live Art Sounds of the Human Soul Part 6
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Live Art: Sound of the Human Soul, Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Live Art,sponsored the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, is the only program of its kind in the country, or the world for t...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 24:21
Tri County Humane Society’s 27th Annual Woofstock Companion Walk
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has gone to the dogs. This past weekend in Wilson Park, the Tri County Humane Society ...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 30:12
Createch connects kids to learning
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
It All Began in Room 1
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Miss Joanne, Credit: Olivia Polischeck
Even after 13 years, Olivia remembers the influence her preschool teacher, Miss Joanne, had on her in Room 1. Wanting to know more about Miss Joann...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Five-time Emmy Award winner Fran Brill, the first woman hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street (seen here with Zoe) is retiring after 42 years , Credit: Jim Henson Legacy
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 55:05
  • Purchases: 1
On Stage at Riverview School
From: Vanessa Barchfield
Caption: John and classmate Taylor play Tony and Maria in West Side Story, part of Riverview School’s 2013 annual play. , Credit: Virginia Sutherland
The students at Riverview School are in most ways no different to teenagers at any other New England boarding school. They play soccer and run cro...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
10,000 Tries
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rebecca Lee has lived with a brain injury since shortly after birth. Throughout her life many people have helped her with the resulting physical a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Chapter 26 - Leaving New York Behind
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard and Eunice introduce each other to their families and begin plans for a June wedding. Richard finds a job and is ordained. Driving north ou...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
Levon Helm Rambles Home: An Appreciation (58:00 / 53:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Levon Helm
A one-hour music and commentary show about the late musician Levon Helm, drummer for the seminal Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band, and a r...

Bought by Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 35
Pride of the Lady Cubs
From: Eric Winick
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With his comedy career stalled, 30 year-old Scott Schultz enrolls as a Freshman at down-and-out L.A. City College, and is named Sports Editor of th...

Bought by KMUZ and KUT


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 18:08
  • Purchases: 2
History of music therapy
From: Adi Narayan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the first of a 3-part documentary examining the history of music therapy and it's applications.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 07:54
Zibia and Clyde
From: Jesse Newcomb
Caption: PRX default Piece image
6-year-old Zibia can be sweet and thoughtful, but she also has a wild temper. She can be mean and she knows it. This is a story about a clash bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Revelations In the Mudflats
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Coastal Studies for Girls is a hands-on marine science and leadership program for sophomores in high school. But for 15-year-old Laura, it’s more ...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
Polar Prom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The first prom in the history of a small isolated Arctic town in Nunavut, northern Canada. 'Polar Prom' won a Bronze Medal at the 2010 New York Fes...

Bought by WRPI and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Los Reyes de Albuquerque y La Familia Martinez (59:00 / 53:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Roberto Martinez, Sr., Credit: Genevieve Russell
The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. Th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM, WVTF, WUFT, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Mitchell Playground
From: David Green
Series: North Shore Names
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Learn about retired head of Buildings and Grounds, Mr. Mitchell, and the playground named in his honor.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
Hummingbird Bander
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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audio postcard of man who bands hummingbirds

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1