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Classical Theater

From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore

Caption: Theater of Dionysus, Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: Dec 20, 2013
Length: 12:39
Purchases: 1

Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Dec 19, 2013
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 2

12 YEARS A SLAVE -- Lupita Nyong'o Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Lupita Nyong'o, San Francisco, CA 10/12/13, Credit: Andrea Chase

Lupita Nyong’o talks honoring the characters, giving voice to the voiceless, and meeting Solomon Northup’s descendants.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting

Added: Dec 01, 2013
Length: 07:30
Purchases: 1

Gems of Bluegrass # 1350 "Napolean's Retreat." For regular users, piece for Dec 14-20, 2013. Others use anytime.

From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass

Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeutfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman

One of the best loved tunes around is Bonaparte’s Retreat. But why? Is it the title? The melody? Lyle Lofgren and Phil Nusbaum seek a solution to t...

Added: Nov 24, 2013
Length: 12:00

Princess Grace on JFK

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you’re wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President! However did you kno...

Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, WSLR, PRX Remix, and KZYX

Added: Nov 14, 2013
Length: 06:21
Purchases: 5

The only ghost town in the Bay Area, Drawbridge

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Gunning skiff, Collection of San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, Credit: Oakland Museum of California

Think of a ghost town, and San Francisco Bay is not likely to come to mind. Yet the remnants of such a place are currently sinking into the marshes...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Nov 06, 2013
Length: 07:44
Purchases: 1

Rediscover The Meaning of True Friendship: Simple Rediscovery #515

From: Teosson Wells

The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...

Added: Oct 28, 2013
Length: 08:12

SPARK: A BURNING MAN STORY -- Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Jessie Deeter & Steve Brown, San Francisco, CA 9/3/13, Credit: Andrea Chase

Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown talk staying hydrated, defining authenticity, grilled cheese sandwiches at three in the morning.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Sep 06, 2013
Length: 16:19
Purchases: 1

Author Michael Benanav who crossed the Sahara on a camel

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

In “Men of Salt” this adventurer and outdoorsman travels from Timbuktu to the salt mines deep in the Mali desert. He traveled eighteen hours daily ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Aug 17, 2013
Length: 10:01
Purchases: 2

FRUITVALE STATION -- Michael B. Jordan & Octavia Spencer interview.

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Michael B. Jordan & Octavia Spencer, Oakland, CA 6/21/13 , Credit: Andrea Chase

Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer talk truth, pain, and spirituality.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 30, 2013
Length: 11:03
Purchases: 2

A day at Herring River

From: Ben Harden

Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

Bought by Radio Newark and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jun 03, 2013
Length: 07:58
Purchases: 2

REBELS WITH A CAUSE -- Nancy Kelly Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Nancy Kelly,, San Francisco, CA 9/27/12, Credit: Andrea Chase

Nancy Kelly talks cause, effect, and how saving the Marin Headlands paved the way for Alice Waters.

Added: May 30, 2013
Length: 24:05

You’ll Be Mine: Bringing Musical Tourism To West Memphis

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

Added: May 15, 2013
Length: 03:58

Roots Thinning In Rural America

From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America

Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.

A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 19, 2013
Length: 03:54
Purchases: 2

THE PINK PANTHER -- Robert Wagner & Robert Osborne Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner, San Francisco, CA 4/16/13, Credit: Andrea Chase

Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner talk improvisation,Charlie Chaplin, and the evolution of screen size.

Added: Apr 18, 2013
Length: 16:13

M4M

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Mar 25, 2013
Length: 05:57
Purchases: 1

The Spirit of John Beargrease

From: WDSE

Caption: John Beargrease, circa 1890, Credit: courtesy Ron Boshey

Ron Boshey offers the prayers and performs the pipe ceremony to start the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon every year ... and he's also honoring h...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Mar 08, 2013
Length: 07:25
Purchases: 1

Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Kelley Libby attended the first le...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark

Added: Feb 26, 2013
Length: 02:28
Purchases: 2

Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane

From: Kelley Libby

Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Producer Kelley Libby attended the...

Bought by Listenwise

Added: Feb 25, 2013
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 1

The Soul of Guatemala Part I Miracle Town

From: Jesse Dukes
Series: The Soul of Guatemala

Caption: A woman in Almolonga, Guatemala, selling carrots and potatos wholesale., Credit: Jesse Dukes

Part I in a series of three short features about Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Feb 14, 2013
Length: 05:56
Purchases: 2

Forgotten Foods of NYC: Grandma's Stuffed Cabbage

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.

Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2013
Length: 01:56
Purchases: 1

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "I Guess Dessert Has Been My Upbringing"

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Debra Klaber (right) and Paul J. Hintersteiner (left). , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

Bought by PRX Remix