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Bertha Palmer - Kathryn Chesney
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Bertha Palmer-Kathryn Chesney
Bertha Palmer as written and presented by Kathryn Chesney

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten: An Unlikely Folk Hero
From: Matthew Cochran
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Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton’s “Freight Train” was the unofficial anthem of the 1960’s folk music revival. Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and Jerry Ga...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
Lilian Alfonso, Metal Scrapper
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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At USA Recycling in East LA, a two-story yellow crane smashes cars, refrigerators and stoves into neat piles of wreckage all day. The mistress of t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Intricate Design: The Life and Times of an Egyptian Fashion Designer
From: kim fox
Caption: Deana Shaaban's The Fortitudo Collection, Credit: Deana Shaaban
This audio documentary aims to show the journey of a young woman in Egypt who gave up on the corporate world to follow her dream. Join Deana Shaaba...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 10:24
A Fish Tale
From: Emily Hsiao
Caption: Taxidermist Janet Messineo in her basement workshop, Credit: Emily Hsiao
Janet Messineo is a taxidermist on Martha's Vineyard. But you won't find any deer heads or bears in her workshop--just lots and lots of fish.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Loving Charcoal
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reenacting Like They're Related
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For a group of retired women in Maine, a garden grows more than just plants.

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
Women's Barbershop Quartet
From: Vicki Hayes
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A women's barbershop quartet sings and discusses what keeps them singing.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
My Mother's Story
From: Teresa Goff
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A group of Vancouver actors gets together to try and fit the lives of their mothers into 1000 words or less. The project is called My Mother's Sto...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WKSU


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 21:10
  • Purchases: 2
Ms Tris Beats: A Rumination on the Art of Cooking Big Beats
From: Aaron Henkin
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Hip hop producer Ms Tris Beats shares some of her secret recipes for cooking up heavy-hitting beats

  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:21