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For World AIDS Day Steve Moore, Tears of a Clown, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Steve Moore
He left the East Coast for the West Coast to become an actor. Instead he became a comedian. And just as his career was taking off, he was diagnosed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:34
Slipping Away: An Alzheimer's Story, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Triptych photo illustration, Credit: Doug Dobey.
For the longest while I would think of my mother as a husk like the shell left behind by a cicada, all the internal meat gone, just a crisp skin re...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Making Seattle Beats Since He Was 8 Years Old
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Upendo Moore makes beats. , Credit: Courtesy of Upendo Moore
Most young people don’t know what they want to do with their lives. This is a story about a high school student who was born into a calling – being...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Eric Jones, Custodian
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Just Houses
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland, Maine’s Little Italy was one of many neighborhoods across America that was demolished as a result of Urban Renewal.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 4
Kevin Keller's Ambient Chamber Music
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ambient chamber music composer Kevin Keller's In Absentia is a study in finely calibrated emotions dealing with the disappearance and likely death ...

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
Something Left To Give
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 4
Love Is Worth A Little Bit Of Pain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
Always Been With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.

Bought by KPVL and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
I'm Relatively Human
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marty Hagglund had it all. He had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a great job. Then, Marty threw it all to the wind to realize a deep-seated, ...

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
It's Difficult To Change
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Downtown Millinocket in October 2008., Credit: Craig Jarvie
A profile of Millinocket, Maine, after the mill shut down.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
The Beat Goes On #108: "Time Has Told Me: The Songs of Nick Drake"
From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On
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A beautiful collection of songs written by one of the most influential songwriters of the past 50 years, Nick Drake. Program includes selections r...

Bought by KMUN and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Lo-Fi Ballad of Daniel Johnston
From: KUT
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He's been called the 'Brian Wilson of Indie Rock', but the true story's a little more complicated....

Bought by KUOW and PRX Administrator


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Can't Put A Price On That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
John Tulloss loved his family and his farm. Today, he's leaving both behind.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
The Only Voice
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Champion bull rider Kenny Churchill recounts the reason he chose family over bull riding.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
Out of Smoke and Ashes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carolyn Jackson retells the story and the impact of the 1947 fire in Brownfield, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYBC


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Music If You Want It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Yvonne Adams soothes hospital patients with her violin.

Bought by KUOW, Iowa Public Radio, Here and Now, and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 4
Measure, Measure, Measure
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father copes with his son's departure for the Navy during a time of war.

Bought by KUHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2
Heroin and Me
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Cassie, a young producer incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, ME, gives a step-by-step account of her battle ...

Bought by WMPG and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Autumn's Story
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Amy reflects on losing a baby at a young age.

Bought by Remix Radio and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Street Music
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meditation on a street musician in the heart of the Renaissance

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1