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The Crane and the Straitjacket
From: KUOW
Caption: Joey Pipia , Credit: Frank Ross
A struggling magician, struck with crippling osteoarthritis, decides to risk everything for the stunt of his life--escaping from a straitjacket whi...

Bought by WEZU, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 3
Keeping It Native
From: Julia Botero
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Longue Vue Botantical Gardens in New Orleans Louisiana is trying to encourage local residents to plant native species in their yards at home. Plant...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:32
Talking with the dead: One on one with Ireland’s most famous psychic
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sandra O’Hara is a psychic channeller from Ireland. Becky Palmstrom gets more than she bargained for in a one-on-one interview. They discuss Sandra...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Digging up the West Coast's first fraternity
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: Photograph of the first fraternity on the West Coast.
It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Bring Your Own Lunch, Greener
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When is a good time to get a kid interested in reducing waste? As early as possible! And, if you pack your child’s school lunch, try getting them s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 7
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
Clever Apes Special
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...

Bought by KUT and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
India's Karni Mata Temple
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fish Bait
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Aw, c'mon. Building a lakeside getaway...hurts fish? That sounds...fishy. But catch this: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 3
In The Prime: Washington's Meridian
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park got its name from the Prime Meridian Thomas Jefferson proposed along 16th Street NW., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
What if Washington, D.C., really were the middle of the world?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Wetlands Helped by Hurricanes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are hurricanes good for anything? Maybe. Katrina and Rita devastated hundreds of square miles in the Louisiana and Mississippi lowlands. But it tur...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/11/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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He was born underground...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
Shower of Love- A Valentine's Day Story
From: Jill Marcus
Caption: Newlyweds & cat - circa 1977
Valentine's Day, 1977 was our first together as a young couple. We thought we were soul mates, but how well did we really know each other? The gift...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/24/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I HAVE A HORSE I DO NOT RIDE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Washington on the Front Lines
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
Wood Cutting Trip
From: Laura Spero
Caption: Women and Girls gathering wood in Kaskikot, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
An American gal accompanies a raucous group of neighbors down the mountain to cut firewood in rural Nepal.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
Global Guru-Tanzania's Barbershops
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:27
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Spontaneous Hooplas
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 4
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
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

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