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Sarah Bellamy Leads Toward New Theater Arts Landscape
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director of Penumbra Theater, Credit: Ann Marsden
On the heels of Penumbra Theatre's 2.5 million dollar Ford Foundation grant, KFAI's Sheila Regan talked with Sarah Bellamy, Lily Tung Crystal, and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
Bill Withers: Just As He Is
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A deep look into the late Bill Withers early life in music that set up the making of his debut album, "Just As I Am." Please consider this free on...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WOMR, WKMS, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Pop Sonnets
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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Erik Didriksen takes hit songs from artists like Taylor Swift and Coldplay and rewrites them as Elizabethan-style sonnets.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 23:31
Murders have been performed too terrible for the ear.
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: l-r: Rex Daugherty (Tybalt), Aaron Bliden (Benvolio), and Brad Koed (Mercutio) in Romeo and Juliet, directed by Aaron Posner, Folger Theatre (2013)., Credit: Teresa Wood
Elizabethan Street Fighting

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 30:18
Our own voices with our own tongues
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Paul Robeson in Othello, Act I Scene 4, Credit: Folger FSL Collection
Shakespeare in Black and White

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 30:55
Freedom, Hey-Day! Hey-Day, Freedom!
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Ira Aldridge
African Americans and Shakespeare

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 32:22
Competitive South Bay real estate market pits international Chinese buyers against locals
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Lin-Lin Tsou-Otani, a real estate agent at DeLeon Realty., Credit: Liz Mak
Many wealthy Chinese people have found a safe investment for their money actually lies in the U.S. – specifically, in American real estate. Accordi...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:35
Gregory White Smith, co-author of “Van Gogh: The Life”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Frugal Science: How one lab is using toys to make chemistry accessible to the world
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A pile of foldscopes, Credit: Prakash Lab
I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 2
Clay Risen reads from The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for The Civil Rights Act (5/8)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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One of our weekday 100-second modules for May: Author Clay Risen reads a compelling passage from his new book of the same title. This is the 50th a...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'
From: WWNO
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They’re called bunker up north, and Pogies here in the South, and are sometimes referred to as “The Most Important Fish In the Sea”. These are the ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
Regulating the Google Buses: the SFMTA's plan for private shuttles
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A Muni bus passes a "Google Bus" in San Franisco, Credit: Sven Eberlein
Private shuttles have been using Muni stops in San Francisco for a while. But they’ve mostly been smaller buses, for hospitals and universities. In...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
Meetings Make You Stupid (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Ever been called on in a staff meeting and felt like you weren’t nearly as brilliant or articulate as usual? Well, you’re not alone. One researcher...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Lessons On Writing With Style
From: Adam Scull
Series: The Eat Sleep Write Podcast
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Lessons on Writing With Style is an in depth source of information for writers looking to improve their command of the craft. Today I'm going share...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
International Testing in Science and Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Going Green at the Cleaners
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is there such a thing as "green" dry cleaning?

Bought by CKMO and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Haudenosaunee Promise Scholars
From: Brad Horn
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The first student to graduate as part of a Syracuse University full scholarship for Native American students got his degree last month.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
How Do You Move an Aquarium?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's moving day for a shark, penguins, and millions of scientific specimens

  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
QUEST_The Science of Making Decisions
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Scientists use MRIs to study the neurology of shopping

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 2
Cartoon Legend Joe Barbera Tribute with Leonard Maltin
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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Winner of a 2007 New York Festivals Award

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Going Public Part II
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the history of Seattle's pioneering public art program

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00