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13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Shake it - a modern Polaroid love story
From: This Instant Productions
Caption: Shake it!, Credit: Oz Lang
A tender look at two modern photo technologies - Polaroid and digital photography - and the human and visual connections we make with them.

Bought by WYSO, WCBE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KGOU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 5 ~ 3D Modeling and Animation
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Graphics in video games are undoubtedly one of the most talked topics in gaming. By speaking with Dr. Dennis Woytek, I hope to give the audience a ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:56
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
Alaska Aurora Adventure
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: March 3, 2014 launch from Poker Flat Research Range, Credit: NASA/Christopher Perry
Join Mat Kaplan and other Aurora “virgins” as they seek the Northern Lights in Fairbanks, Alaska, and meet retired rocketeer and Director of the Po...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
The Search For Dark Matter
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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Physics professor James Buckley has spent part of his career hunting for neutralinos, a yet-undiscovered type of particle that may hold the answer ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:00
The Art of Video Game Design (Billboard)
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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The introduction to each episode of "The Art of Video Game Design"

  • Added: Mar 08, 2014
  • Length: :36
Lunar Mysteries
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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Dr. Bradley Jolliff describes how lunar samples and orbiters provide insights into the history of Earth's closest neighbor.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 13:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Turn Your Radio On: Imaginative Ways Appalachians Joined the Electronic Media Revolution
From: Jacob Podber
Caption: Dr. Jacob J. Podber
Based on oral history interviews, this 29-minute radio documentary examines the effects early radio had on rural America. The program includes inte...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alex Not Having a Good One
From: KISL Island Radio
Series: Remember What You Said
Caption: this is alex, Credit: @freakdog
It is late, and things are not going well

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Making old traditions new again
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you slow down your life to spend more quality time with your family? Can family traditions and religious beliefs help to ground you and your...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:54
Will Robinson's Brutalist Inspiration
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
Deep Sound
From: Annie McEwen
Caption: Deep Sound being assembled, Credit: David Barclay
David Barclay tells the story of the time he recorded the deepest sounds in the ocean.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Man on the Mountain (Podcast)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: James Weekley, Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein
In West Virginia, people say that in the old days, communities turned into ghost towns when the coal ran out. Now they turn into ghost towns when t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 2
Magnus Walker and his Porsches (5:46)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Magnus Walker's Porsche Garage, Credit: Karl Biggs
Being passionate about all things Porsche, Magnus Walker is giving a new interpretation to the classic Porsche 911’s of the 60’s and 70’s. Magnus’s...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
Into Eternity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Into Eternity director Michael Madsen
The nation of Finland is building an underground cave, to hold thousands of tones of nuclear waste, for at least 100 thousand years. We hear excer...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 36: Nicole Raymondi/Quotiful – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Nicole Raymondi (right)
Bobby speaks, on location, from Columbus Circle (the literal epicenter of New York City) with Nicole Raymondi, creator of Quotiful, an iPhone app, ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 36:58
DJ Carl Sagan and His Golden Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Working a math problem at Mooresville Middle School in North Carolina, where each student gets a laptop., Credit: Stephen Smith
Learning with a personal tutor is one of the best ways to learn. But hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option, until now. Can ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KOSU, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ham Radio Is Proud To Be Amateur
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Ham radio hobbyists have been DIY since day one. They build their own equipment and create their own communities.

Bought by KWMR, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Octopus's Garden -- Groks Science Show 2013-08-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Biologists Carrie Albertin and Judit Pungor join us to discuss a strange and wonderful animal, the octopus.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 25:57
  • Purchases: 3
The Largest Mass Poisoning in History
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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In the mid-1980s, a small problem began to surface in a relatively obscure corner of the world. In 1994, just about a decade later, the World Healt...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 24:31
The Making of TechShop
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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Laser cutters, 3D printers, sewing machines, injection molders, welders, notchers, planers, lathes, hand tools, computers. Enter TechShop, San Fran...

Bought by KZYX and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2

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