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Leigh Kamman remembered
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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For six decades, radio announcer and jazz enthusiast Leigh Kamman guided listeners on a musical journey through the sounds he loved: Jazz. KFAI pro...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
A performance crafted for you, starring you
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Participant Dare Turner takes a restful moment while on her Odyssey. For her, the experience of looking through the suspended frames was transformative: “I think I saw my future, in a way.”, Credit: Sasha Wizansky
Imagine this for a moment: What if everything about today was curated just for you? Who you meet, what you see, even how you feel?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 1
"The stuff dreams are made of" - the search for the Maltese Falcon
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The mystery over what the falcon really is, whether it even existed,and why it has any value has remained so compelling, in fact, that over the yea...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
Bring on The Bling
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Sondra talking to photog, Credit: Sondra Celli
Gypsy bling, James Bond, Google Trends and brilliant business owners turn passion and personality into profit.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
Calliope's Runcles
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Everyone dreams of finding that holy grail of balance between work and family. One rock star couple is hot on the trail… as they adapt to life on t...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1504
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's show features new music, big name reissues, and touching tributes to fallen Blues greats.

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Video game artists thrive in Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Preparing for the SF International Hip Hop DanceFest
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Dance company, Mind Over Matter , Credit: Allan Frias
About 25 members of the dance company Mind Over Matter, mostly women, are finishing their warm up. Dressed in comfy street clothes, they stretch wh...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
Women’s pinball league gives positive tilt to Bay Area scene
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Two of the new games at Hi-Life, Credit: Angela Johnston
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 4
Artist Martha Villa makes up her city
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Martha Villa (center) with friend and model Kristina Orlova (right) and burlesque performer Dixie DeLish at San Francisco’s 2013 Zombie Prom. Villa did her own makeup as well as Orlova’s., Credit: San Francisco Zombie Prom
From the outside, Martha Villa’s home blends in with the other modest buildings in her quiet Outer Richmond neighborhood. Inside, however, it’s a ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring the city through SF Trolley Dances
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jennifer Perfilio, SF Trolley Dances, Credit: Andy Mogg
Every October, the free outdoor dance festival known as San Francisco Trolley Dances takes audiences on guided tours on public transit with live pe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1501 Blues Music Award Nominees Special
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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The first episode of Full-Time Blues Radio in 2015 features music from, and the full list of, nominees for the 2015 Blues Music Awards.

Bought by WSGE and WJSU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The San Francisco Bookstore Survival Guide
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Green Apple Books before the opening of their second store, Credit: Holly J. McDede
So you want to open a bookstore? Excellent news. Here's your guide to survival.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
A Coping Mechanism
From: Joseph Jordan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two young men from Cape Cod make a documentary about heroin addiction in Massachusetts -- as a way of coping with their own recovery.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tituba, Witch of Salem
From: With Good Reason
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There’s a new season brewing for a television series about the Salem Witch Trials. A scholar puts one of the witches under the spotlight. Lilia Fuq...

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 3
Sport bikers gather for a wheelie good time
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
Horror in the Hills
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With Halloween on the way, it’s scary movie season. That means isolated cabins, psychopathic hillbillies, and evil in the woods. One scholar believ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
Off-Ramp Presents: The Flesh Eaters remember "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die"
From: KPCC
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Punk supergroup The Flesh Eaters iconic 1981 album, "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die," has been reissued.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Highlights from the Monroe County 4H Fair
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The Monroe County Fair concluded this weekend, WFHB Correspondent Hondo Thompson was on location speaking to the vendors, attendees and organizers ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
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
OJ: The Musical
From: Bill Lancz
Caption: Poster
A mockumentary about an OJ Simpson/Othello mashup musical will be released on iTunes and will play one night in theaters nationwide--June 17, the 2...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Humanist Hour #100: “Trying On Atheism” with Ryan Bell
From: Bo Bennett
Series: The Humanist Hour
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In this episode, Bo interviews Dr. Ryan J. Bell. For 19 years Ryan Bell was a pastor, most recently the senior pastor of the Hollywood Seventh-day...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Creativity
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Thelonious Monk, Credit: Library of Congress
Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Say it loud and proud with Toastmasters
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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When you hear a really good speech, it’s easy to assume that the speaker has some inherent talent for it. But in fact, it’s a skill, and one organi...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 06:08
Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Lost Weekend Storefront on Valencia Street., Credit: Audrey Dilling
A couple on an evening stroll down Valencia Street comes to a stop outside Lost Weekend Video. They’re peering in through the big front window...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:33

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