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Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 28
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
The Lomax Archives
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Diane... A Twin Peaks Audio Documentary
From: Mark Packham
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Diane... is an audio documentary that explores the world of Twin Peaks-fandom.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: John Curtis and John Wikiera
From: StoryCorps
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John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Top Ramen
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
10: Rhythm Discovery
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
New Life
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every thing deserves a second chance

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
Make 'Em Laugh
From: Sharif Youssef
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A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
02: Foley Follies
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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You might not know what foley is, but you know what it sounds like.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy in Current Events
From: Radio K
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The Brave New Workshop has helped launch the careers of humorists such as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the first head writers for Saturday Night Live...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Whitey's Rules
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Residents of a quiet Santa Monica apartment building remember their neighbor, Charlie -- also known as notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" B...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
The Class Menagerie
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: Amy Boortz feeds rescue dogs at the school where she lives. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
Amy Boortz bought a full-size school in north Georgia to live in with her family. They turned classrooms into bedrooms, and life was alright for a ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
National Accordion Awareness Month...music, jokes and more
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Leah Thomas with the Splinters
June is National Accordion Awareness Month...who knew? Grand Marais accordionist and singer Leah Thomas stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse June 22 to ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:55
Sounds Familiar #6: Series in Decline
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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It's happened again. Your favorite TV show is beginning to lose its appeal. Now the shark has been jumped, and there's no going back. Now what?

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
The Stress Test: Or another piece of my heart now, baby
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music
From: KALW
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In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Martin Levin, Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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92-year-old Martin Levin tells his granddaughters Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe about a college classmate he didn't like.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, WEZU, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 6
Clever Apes: Paper covers rock
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
Clever Apes: Secret lives of nuclear scientists
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
LA’s Secret Headquarters
From: TurnStyle
Series: The Funnybook Business
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I’d heard of Silver Lake’s Secret Headquarters long before I’d ever set foot in the shop. A friend had described it as a “victorian drawing room fi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1

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