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Smartphone App Warns Israeli Citizens if Missiles are Headed Their Way
From: A. Randall Wenner
Caption: Iron Dome App, Credit: iTunes
A new smartphone app developed by an American college student and his colleague uses up-to-the minute data from the Israeli Defense Force to warn I...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Inside Scoop on Serving at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Alan DeValerio was a White House butler for Presidents Carter and Reagan., Credit: Alan DeValerio
"The Butler" didn't do it - or so says real-life White House butler Alan DeValerio.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
A carnival and Catholic devotion in San Bartolome Bacerra, Guatemala
From: Benjamin Reeves
Caption: Onlookers press against the barrier to take photos of the display depicting the biblical creation of the world in the church of San Bartolome Bacerra, Friday., Credit: Benjamin Reeves
Religious devotion and carnival revelry combined Friday night as thousands of devout Catholics gathered in the small Guatemalan village of San Bart...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
The Music of Noise
From: A. Randall Wenner
Caption: Syracuse University Design Professor Zeke Leonard demonstrates his intonarumori noise-making instruments., Credit: A. Randall Wenner
Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
Scientists Work to Protect Region's Last Coastal Wilderness
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Virginia's barrier islands shelter more than 250 species of raptors, songbirds and shorebirds., Credit: Lindsay Renick Mayer
Efforts are underway to restore the fragile ecosystem of the shifting, changing land masses known as Virginia's barrier islands.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
50 Year Ago, D.C. Introduced The Beatles On Stage and On Air
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Not only was Washington, D.C., the site of The Beatles' first full North American concert in 1964... It was also the first North American city to a...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 09:45
Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
An Equation to Predict Crime?
From: Aaron Mendelson
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Space Crafty
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Cameron Smith testing out his homemade, hand-sewn space suit, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The maker movement is taking off and the private space industry is booming right now. So, naturally, some fearless do-it-yourselfers are crafting t...

Bought by WDBM, Marfa Public Radio, Hark!, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 7
Sequestration Budget Cuts Hit St. Louis Scientists
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: Rachel Delston works with cancer cells in the lab at Confluence Life Sciences., Credit: Sarah Skiöld-Hanlin/St. Louis Public Radio
It has been just over three months since the federal spending cuts known as sequestration first took effect. A handful of programs were spared — b...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:06
Backpacks... for Dragonflies?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Biodiesel On the Hudson
From: Willis Arnold
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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
Military Headline News
From: Rick Rogers
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Volunteers hunt for moose bones on Isle Royale (Part 2)
From: Michigan Radio
Series: Lessons from Isle Royale's Wolves & Moose
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Watching the lives of wolves and moose unfold on Isle Royale (Part 1)
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Military Veterans Treatment Court Graduation
From: Rick Rogers
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Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
The Field Trip Podcast: Wetlands
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
We’re back with another installment of our “Summer Dispatches” series, this time starring Field Trip Correspondent Nicole Jones as she figures out ...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Front & Center: Military Talk Radio with Rick Rogers
From: Rick Rogers
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A public interest hourly show that focuses on stories and policies important to veterans, troops and military families across the nation. Subject m...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 53:44
Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers
Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
The legacy of Harry Crews
From: With Good Reason
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Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...

  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
Jennie Arnau - Better Luck Next Time
From: Jennie Arnau
Caption: Music for Occupy, Credit: Matt Pless
Jennie Arnau - Better Luck Next Time from Occupy This Album

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
Remembering the Subtle Signs of Segregation
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: This rough sketch for a children's book drew one D.C. native into a mystery regarding “Colored Only” signs in D.C. in the 1930s. , Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A well-meaning illustration in a children's book sparks controversy over segregation in the nation's capital in the 1930s.

Bought by Listenwise, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: At age 29, Martin Spitznagel is the World Champion of Old-Time Piano Playing., Credit: Martin Spitznagel
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4