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I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Best Couple
From: Radio Rookies
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When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy th...

Bought by KSFR, KALW, XRAY.fm, WABE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 9
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
Horse Therapy
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Grace Kurlychek, Credit: Dmae Roberts
A girl with disabilities receives emotional and physical therapy through horse-riding.

Bought by KGUA and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: May 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Birth Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Preparing for a major moment in unusual circumstances.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
Opera Underage
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A look into the teenage world of opera, give it a try, it's cooler than you think!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
A Hope Thing
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine sells lab mice to medical research facilities all over the world.

Bought by KUOW and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Brighten the Corner
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sally Rollins lives with almost fifty animals in her childhood home.

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
Brandy
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Brandy the Dog shared her story, too!

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
Episode 6: Behind the Scenes: The Nutcracker
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Ascending: Baltimore School for the Arts
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We drop in as some of the most talented teen dancers in the nation get ready for this holiday favorite: The Nutcracker.

Bought by KUT and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 2
Costuming for Mardi Gras
From: Eve Abrams
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Costuming is a way of life during the Mardi Gras Season

Bought by WTJU, KRCB 104.9, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
Nachusa Grasslands
From: Long Haul Productions
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A profile of the volunteer stewards restoring former Illinois corn fields into habitats for native plants and birds

Bought by PRX Remix, KXOT Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 3
Rheb's Candies: A Charm City Holiday Tradition
From: Aaron Henkin
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a VERY sweet holiday story...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2007
  • Length: 10:55
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
'Til Death Do Us Part
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 4
Portrait of a Psychic as a Young Man
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nathan Dyer?s just like any other teenage kid-- except, for a small fee, he?ll tell you what your future holds.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis, Third Coast International Audio Festival, and WFUV


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 5
Becoming American in Alaska
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio postcard of immigration ceremony

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Sweetheart's Ball
From: Long Haul Productions
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Elderly women at the annual Valentine's day dance in Chicago.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 2
Valentine's Day at the Roxy
From: Long Haul Productions
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A profile of the annual Valentine's Day dance at the Roxy, a one-of-a-kind club that caters to the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
Pink
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Sonic World of Nancy Scott
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sound artist Nancy Scott's ears are tuned to the sounds most of us overlook.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Gold, Frankenstein and Myrrh: A Six-Year-Old's Christmas Story
From: Erica Heilman
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From the Saviour's conception to offerings of gold, frankenstein and myrrh, six year old Erin Magill of Moretown, Vermont tells her version of the ...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZYX, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 12