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Hoagy!
From: WFIU
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One-hour special exploring the life and music of legendary songwriter Hoagy Carmichael

Bought by KMUW and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 2
Thelonious Monk, Tar Heel
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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A musical portrait that explores the Jazz great's overlooked Southern roots.

Bought by WTJU, WNCU, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 6
The Emergence of Paul Simon
From: Paul Ingles
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Two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Paul Simon as revealed by musicians, writers and fans and archival interviews with ...

Bought by WHRV, KSUT, WHYY, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:59:03
  • Purchases: 17
Any Day Now
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Shipwreck treasure hunter Greg Brooks waits. And waits. And waits -- for the big one.

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:00
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Their long climb from poverty to prominence and prosperity in the New World

Bought by WCPN, KWIT, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 16
Joe Ely Profile
From: KUT
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A light feature of the legendary Texas troubador

Bought by KLCC and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 2
Tejidos Culturales 9-La Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazarino-Los Penetentes
From: KRZA
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A look at the secret society of La Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padres Jesus Nazarino-Los Penitentes in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM, KUPR low power FM, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 3
You Are Here: 1000 years of mapmaking history in one brief segment
From: Jackson Braider
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A short introduction to the wonderful world of maps

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 4
K is for Koechel: The Story Behind Those Mozart Numbers
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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A colorful history of the K numbers we use to keep tabs on Mozart's music.

Bought by WMNR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT-HD, WCPN, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 7
The Lo-Fi Ballad of Daniel Johnston
From: KUT
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He's been called the 'Brian Wilson of Indie Rock', but the true story's a little more complicated....

Bought by KUOW and PRX Administrator


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive documentary presents rock music legend, Roy Orbison, through his own words and music, and comments by artists inspired by ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KPIK-LP, KPIP-LP, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 18
Vaqueros
From: Next Generation Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Searching for the history of the Vaquero in Texas.

Bought by KERA and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Dec 08, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Emergence of Bob Dylan (1 or 2 hour special)
From: Paul Ingles
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THE EMERGENCE OF BOB DYLAN traces the incomparable artist's rise to the world stage. First hour can stand alone.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVMR, WUTC, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 01:57:55
  • Purchases: 15
Out of Smoke and Ashes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carolyn Jackson retells the story and the impact of the 1947 fire in Brownfield, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYBC


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Mingling Pen and Plow
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chinmney Farm in Nobleboro, Maine, has a rich literary history.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Public Interactive


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 2
In Love with the Mob
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Sing To The Glory of God
From: Richard Paul
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The legacy of anti-Semitism in choral music

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, Audible, Morehead State Public Radio, KUNR and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 54:12
  • Purchases: 6
Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
From: Susan Stone
Caption: San Francisco, Marina district, October 17, 1989
Earthquake stories from around the Pacific Rim

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, KMXT, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 11
Edward Barrett Rings the Chapel Bell
From: Jackson Braider
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Edward Barrett rings the bell at King's Chapel, Boston, at 10:45 on Sunday mornings.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:15
The Attack on Black
From: Jessica Seigel
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Why basic black remains basic in fashion despite yearly marketing assaults.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 06:19
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, RadioFreePalmer, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 50

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