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West Frankfort Mine Disaster
From: Chris Yoars
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This documentary tells the story of the 1951 West Frankfort Mine disaster in which 119 men were killed in an explosion on the last shift before the...

Bought by KRZA, KPIK-LP, NPR Illinois, WMMT, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 16:21
  • Purchases: 6
Postcard: Vietnamese Catholics
From: Interfaith Voices
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A sound-rich portrait of America's oldest Vietnamese Catholic Church

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:19
The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (2-Hour / Newscast-Length Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, North State Public Radio, WYSO, WAMU, Capital Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 01:48:03
  • Purchases: 6
The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (2-Hour / Non-Newscast Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUHF, Radio Catskill, WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 15
Pearl Harbor Patriots
From: Laura Spero
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As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
Hayward Fault
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The big quake is coming

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (3-Hour / Newscast-Length Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by KSRQ, KSUT, KDUR, Marfa Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 02:42:04
  • Purchases: 11
The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (3-Hour / Non-Newscast Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KMSU, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 16
La Llorona: An Evolving Myth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition we hear the story of La Llorona (the weeping woman)-- a story that's been told since the time of the Spanish conquest, all over Mex...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KVNF, KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
The Bomb That Healed
From: Philip Graitcer
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The Bombing of The Temple in Atlanta

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Otis Redding returns to Macon
From: Philip Graitcer
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Otis Redding Exhibit

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
Club 47/Passim
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Recorded at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square on the 50th anniversary of the day the Club 47 opened in 1958, the program (in the best of folk t...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMNF, Chris Boros, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 4
The Lourdes Miracle
From: John Laurenson
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The extraordinary popularity of the pilgrimage to Lourdes 150 years on.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:48
"The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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Interviews with John Houseman and Howard Koch highlight this 1988 documentary, reissued for the 70th anniversary of the infamous Orson Welles radio...

Bought by KHNS, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 14
Hardly Davidson
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Foreign bike enthusiats in the heart of Hog country

Bought by WILL and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh
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One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WVAS, WMNF, WRVO Public Media, KMUN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 8
"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
50 Years of the Beat: A Celebration of the Bossa Nova
From: WBGO
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This summer, relish the sound "of love, the smile, and the flower." 50 Years of the Beat, a two hour radio documentary, reveals the lesser-known hi...

Bought by Prairie Public, WNCU, WVPE, KGOU, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 6
THE ELVIS PRESLEY 68 COMEBACK RADIO SPECIAL
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour of radio about one legendary hour of television...the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's "68 Comeback Special."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WGZS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, WGZS and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 19
A TALE OF TWO CAMPS: Palestinian Identity unravels in exile
From: Don Duncan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
11 minute doc, produced in May 2008

  • Added: Jul 05, 2008
  • Length: 11:50
Rwanda Gorillas
From: Jake Warga
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Trekking to see and hear the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

Bought by KUOW and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Lemon Tree: One Hour Special, plus promos
From: Homelands Productions
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Updated documentary to mark 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the 1948 War, and the Palestinian "Nakba"

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
TRUE OUTLAW STORIES - ON THE ROAD WITH WILLIE NELSON
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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Willie Nelson's longtime band, touring crew and close friends look back on 40 years of life on the road.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
MY OWN PECULIAR WAY - THE SONGS OF WILLIE NELSON
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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The stories behind Willie's career and his songs.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KCSM and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Is This an Exercise?
From: Julie Shapiro
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Apocalyptic tv, the sounds of The End and the quirk (and power) of memory.

Bought by WDBM, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 4

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