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Uranium Bust Town May Boom Again
From: Addie Goss
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Some say rising uranium prices could revive a Wyoming ghosttown. But remaining residents don't buy it.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
The Great Alaska Earthquake: A Survivor's Tale
From: Rebecca Sheir
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On March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever to strike North America sparked tsunamis that destroyed a village. Paul Timothy Selanoff lived to te...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, one of eight short profiles in her own words.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
In Brooklyn the Steam Engine lives on
From: Jonah Engle
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Chief Engineer Conrad Milster has kept Pratt Institute's steam engines pumping for the past 50 years.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Sep 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Butcher in Little Italy
From: Laura Terruso
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Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 15:57
Singing Legend Bea Wain
From: KUOW
Series: Swing Ladies Swing
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An interview with 1930's singing star Bea Wain charts her career through her music.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 50:03
Farewell to Gertel's
From: Julie Subrin
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A farewell visit to Gertel's, a Lower East Side kosher Jewish bakery which closed its doors after more than 90 years in business.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 1
Van Cliburn Amateur Competition
From: KUT
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A profile of Cliburn and his impact on the world, in and out of classical music.

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:10
Cortez, Montezuma & Abraham: Discovering Jewish Roots
From: Rebecca Sheir
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At 72, a Spanish-descended Catholic discovers the real reason she's never liked eating pork.

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
Last Chance for Oysters
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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From Weekend America, a day on the river with one of southern Maryland's last working oystermen

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Flipside
From: KUT
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KUT`s Texas Music Matters - in cooperation with Texas Monthly magazine - presents The Flipside: An hour at the crossroads of music and memory.

Bought by KGLT, WCPN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
It's King Biscuit Time
From: WKNO
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In an era when media monopolies dominate the airwaves, there still are independent voices and programs. King Biscuit Time is the longest running d...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 08:06
Paper Trail
From: Julie Subrin
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A stamp auction in Frankfurt leads an author to a war-time love story

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Last Rites for a Storefront Chapel
From: Chris Roose
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The closing of the San Gandolfo Society in Little Italy, New York

  • Added: Mar 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
Zuni Running
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Long distance running has long held symbolic meaning for many Native Americans, particularly Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. And as Hal Cannon of ...

Bought by WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCC-FM, The Nature Podcast, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 5
Count Basie
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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A quick musical look at the career of the Count

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Angel Island - Saving the Ellis Island of the West
From: Hana Baba
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The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...

Bought by Listenwise, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4
Vietnam Bones
From: Karen Brown
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A man tries to repatriate the bones of a Viet Cong soldier that his father took from the jungle, 35 years earlier.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Prairie Public, WFHB, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 10
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice"
From: Angela Taylor
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"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Traditions of Brown-Forman's Kentucky Bourbon and it's Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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A day in the career of Brown-Forman Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson

  • Added: May 24, 2004
  • Length: 09:01
The Art and Craft of Blacksmithing with Lewis Meyer
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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the day in the life of a Kentucky blacksmith

  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
Surviving Church
From: Bruce Gerstman
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Two people who joined Jim Jones's cult, The People's Temple, and got married 20 years after the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 10:22