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The Bottle King
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Come along on the hunt for buried treasure: antique bottles.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KTNA


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
In the Shadow of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Archaeologists Sift for Clues
From: Mordechai Twersky
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jerusalem Archaeology Feature

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 05:35
Cowboy Campaign
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Modern Texas cowboys in Tin type photos

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 07:53
RN Documentary: The Quest for Mechanical Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A Philosopher, a robot scientist and an historian talk about our obsession and fascination with the idea of creating mechanical life.

Bought by WFUV and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Meeting of the Ways: Part 1
From: Pauline Bartolone
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What happens when an anti capitalist protestor and a right wing christian performer meet on the streets of New York City during the 2004 Republican...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
Jimmy Carter Builds a Tree House
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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President Jimmy Carter builds daughter Amy an environmentally-friendly tree house on the White House grounds.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
A Short History of Music as a Weapon
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From Scottish bagpipes to Metallica, this radio essay takes listeners on a short tour through the history of music as a weapon.

Bought by Raven Radio, KGUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 11
RN Documentary: Will the Real Will Shakespeare Please Stand Up?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt and Amsterdam writer Rodney Bolt face off in a discussion on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays moderated b...

Bought by KFCF FM, WCPN, KQED, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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
Cobb's Ice Harvest
From: Whit Richardson
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A brief look at a remote sporting camp in Northern Maine that still harvests ice for use throughout the summer.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and WMBR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2005
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
First Trumpet Memories
From: Adam Allington
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Trumpet player Irving Sarin recalls the strict disicpline of legenardy conductor Fritz Reiner

Bought by PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WUNC, PRX, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 7
Lenny Bruce Gets Busted
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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how comedy's great free speech martyr fought the law, and how the law won

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, Hearing Voices, KGLT, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2005
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 7
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16
Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
From: Susan Stone
Caption: San Francisco, Marina district, October 17, 1989
Earthquake stories from around the Pacific Rim

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, KMXT, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 11
Chuck Berry and Rock & Roll
From: Lester Graham
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The history of Chuck Berry and rock & roll.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, 90.5 WSNC, WHQR, and Public Radio East


  • Added: Jan 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 4
The Coney Island Pier
From: Seth Lind
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A hypnotic tour of the boardwalk and pier at Coney Island

Bought by East Village Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1
DNA evidence leads to freedom.
From: David Barasoain
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Prisoner freedom after a 17 year wrongful conviction.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2004
  • Length: 06:30
Edward Barrett Rings the Chapel Bell
From: Jackson Braider
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Edward Barrett rings the bell at King's Chapel, Boston, at 10:45 on Sunday mornings.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:15
World War One and Armistice Day
From: Lester Graham
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Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, the day that World War I was to end. Here's one veteran's experiences.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRVO Public Media, KUCB, 'The Sea', KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 33
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
The Miss Subways Reunion
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Meet the ladies who won the bygone "Miss Subways" contest that ran from 1941 to 1976

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
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
Vietnam Bones
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Messages from NPR's Sonic Memorial Phone Line
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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An impressionistic gathering of sounds and stories, many of them contributed by listeners who called the Sonic Memorial Phone Line.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WMBR, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 5

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