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Even if it smells bad, this researcher loves solving mysteries
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Leo S. Morales loves his job as a researcher of minority health at the University of Washington., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/TORI ZIVKOVIC
People sometimes take unlikely paths to get where they're going. This is the story of an unlikely scholar.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Albinism And Me: How My Genetic Condition Makes My Ethnicity Invisible
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Kamna Shastri with her dad on her fifth birthday. Now, Kamna is coming to terms with her albinism., Credit: COURTESY OF KAMNA SHASTRI
RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:52
I Was An Unlikely Homeschooled Student
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Elinor Jones Toutant at the RadioActive Community Listening Party., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/COLLEEN MCDEVITT
Elinor Jones Toutant was homeschooled for most of her education, even though her family isn't one you'd expect to make that choice.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
An Autistic Teen's Guide To Impersonating Michael Jackson
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Impersonating Michael Jackson made it easier for Lorenzo Manuel to deal with the social pressures of middle school., Credit: Courtesy of Lorenzo Manuel
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Simmer 1: Jingling to Health and the Relativity of Poverty
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The first Simmer episode features an interview with Malawi Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and songwriter Dr. Jack Allison and an investigation of t...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Minor Key: A Teenage Composer at a Crossroads
From: Mary Quintas
Caption: Bryson Alexander playing one of his compositions, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bryson Alexander is a Contemporary Classical music composer. At 16 years old, he’s composed nearly 40 pieces...all without knowing how to read or ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat : Marsh Muirhead - "Thin Ice"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
The Beat: Athena Kildegaard - "On Juggler Lake"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Poet Athena Kildeagard, a University of Minnesota - Morris lecturer, looks deeply and metaphorically at a Blue Herring's stop in the poem "On Juggl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Bay Area Beats: Jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson tells his story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
Walking a Labyrinth
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
When Former Enemies Sit Down and Talk About World War II
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Japanese WWII Propaganda
A Japanese student got fellow students from England, France, the USA, Germany, China and Japan to tell each other what World War II meant to them, ...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
New York's Sculptured Sky
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Changing scenes in New York, on the ground and in the sky

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 09:30
Sisters from Las Vegas serving in the Iraq War
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Sisters in military both serving in Iraq

  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
Remembering Remus - Music and Fine Arts
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Remembering Remus
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Growing up in small town Michigan during the 70's.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 10:42
Art Of Ohio: Art as a Lifeforce
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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Art is not only in the eye of the beholder- as the traditional saying goes, for many artists it?s a driving force in their lives.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
Next Generation Radio @ SXSW
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Re-birth of "Chicano" music

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Muslims' Christmas Experience
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Muslim perspective on Christmas in a Christian-dominated town.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and WMPG


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
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A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Lapsarian Hummingbirds
From: Dale Short
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A poetic tribute to the arrival of the hummingbird

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Seeking Peace on Earth - The Peace Talks Radio 2004 Special
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An all-new showcase of interviews with people whose life's work is resolving conflict peacefully in different environments. Good New Year's Weeken...

Bought by WPSU, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2004
  • Length: 58:48
  • Purchases: 12
Silence Among Friends
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The role of silence at Quaker Meeting.

Bought by HowSound, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3