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Amy Beach, December 27, 1944
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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So ... who was Amy Beach? Simply one of the greatest American composers many of us have never heard.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Water, A Universal Human Right
From: Littleglobe
Caption: photo by: snap® @ flickr.com
Producer Dolna Smithback traveled down under to Melbourne, Australia with Youth Media Project’s Global Broadcasting Team to cover events at the Par...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
Fractured Bedrock, Fractured Communities
From: A World of Possibilities
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In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
The True Glory: Veteran's Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Chronicle
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Remembering both the fallen and the survivors.

Bought by WVIA, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KHNS


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 53:45
  • Purchases: 4
The First Family of Soul! - Step By Step By Step
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie
The Five Stairsteps, The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie, The Stairsteps, The Invisible Mans Band and Keni Burke are the First Family of Soul. They performed ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WUFT, WUFT, KPIP-LP, WJAB and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Freelancer Crazies
From: Jamie Courville
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Freelancing has its benefits, but what happens when the phone doesn’t ring? These are a handful of interviews with New York City freelancers talkin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WORLDcompass.org, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Prairie Artscience
From: Chris Mortenson
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A piece about preserving prairie.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 10:39
A Big Change in My Life
From: Children's PressLine
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In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:49
Inside the Mutter
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: Wall of Skulls, Credit: John Donges
A provocative tour into one of America's most curious museums, The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Bought by WLPR , KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 23, 2010
  • Length: 10:22
  • Purchases: 3
The 'Courage' to Graduate
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Khalil Osiris’ “Circle of Courage” is one strategy the Booker T. Washington middle school is using to try and help students stay out of trouble and...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:30
Encounters Cane Toad
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Ever heard of toad busting?

Bought by KMXT, KCHU, KDUR, and KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Music of Roland Sebastian Faber
From: Iain Wilson
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Profiles the work of electronic artist Roland Sebastian Faber, with music from his latest release 'Gropiusstadt'.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:20
The Thing At The Foot Of The Bed
From: Rachel Yoder
Caption: Sleep, Credit: Salvador Dali
A chorus of voices shares stories and insights about the phenomenon of sleep paralysis and nighttime hallucinations.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Girl with the GNR T-Shirt
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy meets a girl with a GNR T-Shirt

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
Holy Land Tour
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Ramallah, Credit: JW
Never before aired! PRX exclusive! A personal tour through the Holy Land, looking at how the conflict started and what it's like today between Jeru...

Bought by KZYX, Prairie Public, KZYX, KSJD, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2009
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 12
Japan Confidential
From: NPR Intern Edition
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One cub reporter. One murderous, pet-store owning couple. A bunch of angry mobsters. One big, creepy mess.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
SRP: A profile of rapper Emmanuel Jal
From: Sudan Radio Project
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A profile of Emmanuel Jal, a Sudanese musician and former child soldier now based in the UK.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:04
A Mixed Collective
From: Cristina Quinn
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A documentary exploring multiracial Asian-American identity.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: :00
Undark
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Glow. Green. Light. Radium. Even the words are beautiful.

Bought by Remix Radio and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 30:13
  • Purchases: 2
The Death of my Grandma and the Concomitant Existential Dread
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy's Grandma dies.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
Lake Center Loungin
From: Ryan Connelly
Caption: I photographed this out in Lake Tahoe, NV
A narration from a cooks prospective..

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:34
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Ernesto Che Guevara, the myth
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How a myth destroys the truth in ourselves

  • Added: Nov 16, 2008
  • Length: 43:53
Music from the Underground
From: Anton Foek
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The discovery of art in the New York subway system

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 35:12

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