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The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
Texas Music Matters featuring Janis Joplin
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Texas Music Matters revisits an award-winning documentary honoring "The Queen of Rock and Roll and Psychedelic Soul" Janis Joplin. Join Kris Kristo...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Marfa Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 3
Versions of Love
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 3
A Taste of Sugar: The Sugar Pie de Santo Story (Part #2)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Sugar Pie de Santo, Credit: Chess Records
SUGAR PIE DE SANTO is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...

  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 55:15
JazzStories: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 6
Conrad and Evelyn
From: Aileen LeBlanc
Caption: Conrad, Evelyn and Buhg
Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 18:25
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next g...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Saddest Day
From: Masaki Araya
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Greg King recounts Isabelle Bélance-King's final days.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ann Sawyer - Winona State University Living History
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The nursing program is one of Winona State University’s most prominent departments. However before becoming such an important aspect in Winona Stat...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 13:46
Crazy John
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell was homeless for a couple of years in the early 1990's. This piece was produced in 1996, after she got on her feet and was living i...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KGLT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Piece of My Heart: The Story of Janis Joplin
From: KUT
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Winner of the Grand Trophy 2011, International Radio Festivals! An intimate reconsideration of Janis' journey from a tiny Texas refinery town to t...

Bought by KCNP, Prairie Public, WRGY, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 20
Natural Child Birth: "Is the Plan still the Plan?"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: The new baby, Avery Arena, Credit: Katy Sewall
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:56
54 Years
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:46
Natural Child Birth: There will Always be Three Now
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: Newly born, Max Ferrer, with his parents Nicole and Sean, Credit: Katy Sewall
When it comes to giving birth in America, less than 1% of couples choose a "natural birth;" that is a birth with no drugs - and little to no medica...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 17:14
CHICK/LIT
From: Inez Tan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This feature explores the global subculture of Slash fiction, a genre of fan fiction where pop culture/media fans write stories about their favouri...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 31:38
Home Alone
From: Radio Rookies
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Krystle loves her mom very much and she feels guilty about how hard her mom has worked to provide a good life for them, but Krystle sometimes wonde...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Only I Can Now
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
It's Right For Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
My Lady Norelco
From: Briana O'Higgins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two women take a stand against their razors.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:18
Churning Milk in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Series: What's Cooking
Caption: Reporter Laura Spero looks for giu while Aamaa watches in the background...with a smile., Credit: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how t...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
A Full Moon Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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One pagan’s ritual for the spring equinox.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
Julie and the Snails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Julie Keene harvests snails for a living, but she's had to give that up to fight against a major corporation.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 4

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