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Episode 143: Knock and Announce
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“I didn’t do what they said I did. And it was like, I don’t know how to disprove the police. I mean, it’s my word against theirs. I don’t really st...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 33:00
The Keepers: Archiving the Now with Host Frances McDormand
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Keepers
Caption: Host, Frances McDormand, Credit: Alison Rosa
The Keepers: Archiving the Now — a new hour-long special from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Storie...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJCT, WABE, WNMU-FM, WCQS and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 70
Time To Transition
From: Edwina Stott
Caption: Ed Ayres, Credit: Supplied
Ed Ayres is a Radio presenter and classical musician. It took a 10,000 mile bike ride and a job teaching in one of the world’s most dangerous count...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 12:20
  • Purchases: 1
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Best of the Best 2020: Towards a Better World
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, we meet extraordinary people who are fighting the system, working to make transformative change and seeking a better world, for th...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Special: Artists and the Pandemic
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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Artists of all types from across the nation speak about how the pandemic has affected their work, their art, and their lives.

Bought by KGUA, WMMT, KVMR, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 11
"You ain't got no friend"
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this piece we hear about isolation, the greater good, taking risks, hugs, community, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Black Voices in Healthcare - Ep.7: Standout
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Black Voices in Healthcare
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Have you ever found yourself looking around in a meeting or a class only to realize that you are the only one? Standing out in the crowd can be har...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 34:53
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (Compilation Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks from th...

Bought by North State Public Radio, WKMS, KGLT, KRPS, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
"It could be us."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about freezer trailers, freedom, what it would take to be united, how we measure time now, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Feed the Frontlines NYC
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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This special episode takes us into the pandemic through the voices of the people involved with Feed The Frontlines NYC, a nonprofit created to deli...

Bought by KGUA, WNYO, KWMR, WMPG, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
From Violence to Voice
From: Safe Space Radio
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The experience of violence is shaped by shame and silence. We’ll hear stories about how silence and shame define the experience of violence for eve...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Boise State Public Radio, WCPN, Nevada Public Radio, WWNO and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
"It feels so absurd."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about forest fires, having Corona in the family, how we are getting through, what "this" means, and much, much more. This ...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 5
HMT 22-28
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 22-28

  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 06:58
HMT 5-16
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 5-16

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 11:45
HMT 1 - 4
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 1 - 4

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 20:37
How Many Tomorrows - Introduction
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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How Many Tomorrows - Introduction No Profanity in this segment.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:22
"This is now part of our story."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about the moment when we knew this pandemic was real, some silver linings, worries about when we will be able to see family...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, WMPG, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
"It's not just tragic."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about going back to school, pandemic birthdays, the news, why we wish this hadn't happened, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 22, 2020
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 4
My grandmother's recipes
From: Sarah Mashman
Caption: Toni Burnett Rands at the Dark Mofo Winter Feast, Credit: Toni Burnett Rands
The process of cooking a dish connects Toni Burnett Rands to her ancestors. She recalls cooking with her grandmas and how power can be found throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
"It was heartbreaking."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about libraries and lacrosse, domino effects and rising numbers, anxiety and surrender. We hear people pondering the questi...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 5
And They Never Came Back: Life After Our Parents Have Died
From: melanie berzon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A documentary of the effects of being left both motherless and fatherless at an early age.

Bought by KUER, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KISU, KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 8
Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Unprisoned Season 2 Radio Hour: The Myths We Hold About Our Criminal Legal System
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear two stories interrogating two myths about our criminal legal system. First up is The Myth of The Super Predator, an idea firs...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 1
Deployment on the Homefront
From: Ears Adrift
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In this episode, we'll talk to a few spouses about their experience of a deployment.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1

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