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Parrot Fortune Teller
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
21. France Was Years Ahead
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
Short List #2
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 7
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/20/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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TULIPS PLANTED...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/13/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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RUMMAGING THROUGH THE FOLDS OF GRAY...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Evolution of the Mash-Up
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Thru-You YouTube Music Mash-up from User Generated Content, Credit: Thru-You.com / Kutiman
Mash-ups (creating new art works from existing creative pieces) have been around for at least two decades, but the digital universe has helped this...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 2
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Has thank you lost its meaning?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: Sook Yin Lee
We all say "thank you" a lot. We thank people for holding doors open for us. We thank the person who hands us our morning coffee. We thank the c...

Bought by WRNC-LP, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 9
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
From: Clearwater Moment
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A curious phrase that has its origins from a sail boat

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Art Of The Stall
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look into the world of ice cream truck drivers in southern Maine.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
Chickens Are People, Too
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A family in Falmouth, Maine fights for their right to keep chickens.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:29
Cody Appleseed
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man on a mission to reclaim an island off the coast of Maine.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Young Food Critics
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Special Foods and Special Occasions.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:08
Imagination Station
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Up on a Swing

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
The Story Behind the Grinch
From: Tina Antolini
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For decades, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" has been as much of a holiday fixture as eggnog and candy canes... Here's the story behind the Dr. Se...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2008
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Dark Knight, sort of
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Batman returns this summer in a movie and in an online game

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
Yisrael Campbell, non-narrated feature
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of Yisrael Campbell's comedy

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
2nd Grade Room
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A third grader remembers the trouble he and his classmates got into in second grade because of the class gerbil.

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Fave Five Blues
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fave Five: the dark side of communication

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
What Have the Democrats Done to My Family? (3:18)
From: David Berner
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The primary elections have turned long-distance family time into an election year debate.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2008
  • Length: 13:53
Cab Calloway Remembered
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
For the Love of Spam
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Couple Discovers a Rift over Breakfast

  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:07
The joys of bad motels.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39