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Probando
From: Jesse Ricke
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This piece is made wholly of interviews and field recordings I captured while in Peru in the summer of 2010. The recordings are blended and produc...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 10:00
Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
The Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway: An Audio Portrait
From: Chris Engles
Caption: Nat Benjamin of the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway, West Tisbury MA, Credit: Chris Engles
A portrait of a working boat yard on the island of Martha's Vineyard, MA.

Bought by BBC Americana


  • Added: Jan 11, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Churning Milk in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Series: What's Cooking
Caption: Reporter Laura Spero looks for giu while Aamaa watches in the background...with a smile., Credit: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how t...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Dharamsala Diary: How exiled Tibetans are Responding to the Crisis in their Homeland
From: The Tibet Connection
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Sound images from the exiled Tibetan community in India

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:10
Women Hunters in Alaska
From: Valerie Lapinski
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Valerie and filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein document their first all-women hunting trip.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:39
  • Purchases: 1
Wagon Train
From: Miles Eddy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sound Rich Journey on a traditional wagon train in North-Central Nebraska.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
Lapse in Perception
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Examining perceptual complexity in everyday life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
Sri Lanka Radio Diary: A Journey Through a Rebuilding Country
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! An Audio Journey around Sri Lanka a few months after December's tsunami, to see the rebuilding efforts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Love Exile on the Road
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder of Love Exiles, flew from Amsterdam to San Francisco to join over 40 marriage equality activists and supporters on a ...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The life of mushing
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Jim guides us through his personel journey, into a world few of us will ever know.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:09
Lili Day at the Farm
From: Jason Rayles
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This is an audio collage of a little girl's day on a farm.

Bought by KGLT, KFAI Minneapolis, and WNYC


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 3
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
Andrew and Racine Go To College
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Andrew Meyer, 19-year-old blind youth and his guidedog Racine navigate the Oregon State University during Andrew's first year of college.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 31, 2003
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 2
Walter Backerman, Seltzer Man
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
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When Walter's grandfather drove his cart there were thousands of seltzer men in the city; today Walter is one of the last.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WFUV


  • Added: Oct 29, 2003
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 4
Cambridge Bay Soundscape
From: Victoria Fenner
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An interpretation of the soundscape of Cambridge Bay Nunavut

Bought by KTNA, WZBC, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 22, 2003
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Moe Is Me At School
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Gay Teen's first love

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and East Village Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Stories1st: Elizabeth and Her Family
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A day in the life of 11-year-old Elizabeth Herrera. THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS SHOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 04, 2003
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1