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The Pigeon Race
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pigeon racers across New England get out their lawn chairs and wait for their birds. The flocks are released 150 miles away from home. The pigeons ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Polka at Rollie's Rednecks & Longnecks
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack heads out to Rollie's Rednecks and Longnecks in St Cloud not to ride the mecha...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 1
George Raymond Wagner, December 26, 1963
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Greeks may have invented wrestling, but it took one man ... Gorgeous George ... to really put the shine on it.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Erroll Garner, January 2, 1977
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Love Boat
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
Caption: Gigi at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 2
Malort
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Malort and me. , Credit: Robin Amer
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 2
Cartoon Carnival #11
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Jay Ward's "Peabody and Sherman" are featured on the 11th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary with June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, rare Huckleberry Hound.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 52:33
The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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St. Cloud has a vibrant arts scene and the Symphony Orchestra is only one facet of arts in the community. Enjoy this special broadcast full of hea...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Reenacting Like They're Related
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Miriam hitchhiking through Norway
From: Zachary Kent
Series: Dial A Stranger
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Miriam is asked to tell the most amazing thing she has ever seen and she describes hitchhiking through Norway.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
We're Not Couch Potatoes: TV Fans Get Politically Active Online
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A fan protests in front of Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles., Credit: nohodamon/Flickr
When TV writers went on strike in 2007, the couch potatoes got active. We look back at the writers strike, and see how the largest political force ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Drinking on the Duwamish
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 3

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 08:28
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
Prom 2006
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A vox pop piece about the wonders of senior high school prom

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Ms Tris Beats: A Rumination on the Art of Cooking Big Beats
From: Aaron Henkin
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Hip hop producer Ms Tris Beats shares some of her secret recipes for cooking up heavy-hitting beats

  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:21
American Soundways - Jacksonville, FL
From: Tripp Clarke
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A look at the past, present and emerging music in Jacksonville, FL w/ Derek Trucks interview

  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
American Soundways - Fort Worth, TX
From: Tripp Clarke
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A look at the past, present and emerging music in Fort Worth, TX w/ Delbert McClinton interview

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 1
American Soundways - Portland, OR
From: Tripp Clarke
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging in Portland w/ Kelly Joe Phelps interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
American Soundways - Charlotte, NC
From: Tripp Clarke
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging from Charlotte w/ Jorma Kaukonen interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 52:00
Happy Birthday Spike Jones
From: Jeff Brown
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Music and interviews celebrating Spike Jones

Bought by WILL, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, KSFR, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Accordion Files
From: Amber Edwards
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audio postcard from an Accordion Convention

  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:49
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 4
Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett: A Bond of Flowers
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett shared a special love for each other, through flowers.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Keeping Pace with Professional Dog Walker Matt Fisher
From: Aaron Henkin
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An afternoon on the streets of Baltimore with professional dog walker Matt Fisher

Bought by KZSC and Audible


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Pierogi-eating contest
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An essay 'snapshot' of an ethnic neighborhood fair in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 03:37