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Newmarket: Birthplace of American horseracing faces threat to 350-year tradition
From: Liz Ruskin
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Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
Cambodia-The Plow that Predicts the Future
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's GG goes inside the Royal Ploughing Ceremony to hear how Cambodians predict the future -- agriculturally AND economically.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 2
Creative Commutes
From: David Schultz
Caption: Slugging at the Pentagon is just one of the ways people in the Washington region develop their own methods of avoiding traffic-clogged highways., Credit: David Schultz/WAMU
Traffic congestion in the D.C. region is at an all-time high. That's forced many to get creative with their commutes.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
Global Guru-Tasmanian Devils
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru risks life and limb to learn how to track Tasmanian devils in the wild.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Hell's Highway
From: Rich Halten
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In the 50's and 60's the scariest horror movies played in Driver's Ed.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Hike to George
From: Brad Horn
Caption: Backcountry Ranger George Durkee
The story of a hike to interview Backcountry Ranger George Durkee about his life in the middle of a national park.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, The Nature Podcast, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
EuroVox_12082008
From: Laura Spurway
Series: EuroVox
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What's Hip and Happening in Europe

  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:58
Traveling Light
From: With Good Reason
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If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
Four Eggs
From: Carla Seidl
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When invited to be a lunch guest in an Azerbaijani home, be prepared for cultural difference and great hospitality.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:05
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Sparrow Quartet
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn talk about their music

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Lourdes Miracle
From: John Laurenson
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The extraordinary popularity of the pilgrimage to Lourdes 150 years on.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:48
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Eight Museums
From: Amy Conger
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About one minute of ambient noise from eight museums in four cities.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:24
Modern Cowboy
From: Jen Nathan
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Man rides horse cross country in search of fame

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Highways Day Trip #3 - Where Have All the Artists Gone?
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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In recent years, many artists have been heading for the hills, or the desert or the prairie. Thousands of artists of all ages have been leaving bi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Portland, Maine - Audio Postcard
From: Jen Nathan
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Spend a snowy afternoon in Portland, Maine

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Alaskan eagles rip it up (audio postcard)
From: John Ryan
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Bald eagles, humans throng to a wild Alaskan river

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
POST CARDS from RAY: SAXOPHONIST in WASHINGTON DC
From: Ray Gard
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From the deserts of Australia to the Northern slopes of Mt. Everest, Ray has lugged his microphone to some of the most Interesting spots on Earth. ...

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
An Immigrant's Story in Four Generations
From: Melissa Townsend
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The great grandson of a Norwegian homesteader tells his family's story in five scenes.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Fred the Walker
From: Ben Markus
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Fred Knutson walks Alaska

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Cuban Organ
From: Gianluca Tramontana
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A musical travelogue into rural Cuba

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 5
Arts on the air - Cathleen Calkins
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with freelance photographer Cathleen Calkins

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:54
DHARAMSALA MASALA: A Walk Through the Dalai Lama's Backyard
From: The Tibet Connection
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Reflections from an ecclectic Himalayan community where no two experiences are the same....

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2

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