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Episode 4: Counting votes in Philadelphia
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:01
Hunter S. Thompson
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Diwali Crackers
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to hear through the noise and get to the heart of Diwali.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Audio Postcard: Russky Jeep
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: The Black Horse. A secret police car from Soviet days, Balaklava., Credit: Sarah Stuteville, The Seattle Globalist
A Generation Putin *extra*: Audio postcard from a military jeep ride in the former Soviet stronghold of Balaklava, Ukraine.

Bought by HowSound, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 3
Detroit's Floating Post Office
From: Zak Rosen
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Impact of Ancient Greece
From: Richard Paul
Caption: Miles Davis
Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and Listenwise


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 3
The Ames Piano Quartet
From: Charles Richards
Series: Turn On The Lights
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Interview with two members of The Ames Piano Quartet from Iowa State University.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 20:59
A Rockabilly Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Rockabilly Christmas, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The FIRST 'Boss' of Asbury Park
From: Amber Edwards
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The first, and biggest, musical superstar from Asbury Park was not Bruce Springsteen, and he didn't play rock & roll

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Vince Giordano
From: Amber Edwards
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the "greatest generation" had the greatest music, according to hot jazz bandleader/historian Vince Giordano

Bought by KERA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Subway and the Silver Screen
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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The Subway and its many turns on the silver screen.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
Take the 'A' Train
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27