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Tibetan Refugees Do Crafty Business in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Caption: At the entrance to the Tashi Palkhiel Tibetan Refugee Camp in Pokhara, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
Tibetan refugees have been living in Nepal for over fifty years, and refugee camps are well-established collections of concrete homes. But Tibetan...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
Aha Moment: Underground Railroad
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: First Congregational Church of Detroit, Credit: http://www.the-ugrr.org/
Therese Peterson started volunteering as an actor in the the Underground Railroad Reenactment tour in late 2005. She says that if she wasn't given...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
Before Stonewall: History of a West Village Landmark
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amateur Greenwich Village historian, Tom Bernardin traces the history of Julius', a fixture of gay life in the West Village--and of the West Villag...

Bought by WMNF and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 2
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John K. MacLellan
Jay Ipson and his family escaped Nazi persecution often by the skin of their teeth. But after liberation they had to contend with the Soviets. And ...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Six Years In
From: War News Radio
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
60th anniversary of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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We mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We talk with musician Angélique Kidjo about how she uses music to spread...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
Pearl Harbor Patriots
From: Laura Spero
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As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Bomb That Healed
From: Philip Graitcer
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The Bombing of The Temple in Atlanta

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Otis Redding returns to Macon
From: Philip Graitcer
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Otis Redding Exhibit

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Lourdes Miracle - short, mixed version
From: John Laurenson
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The extraordinary popularity of the pilgrimage to Lourdes 150 years on.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • 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
Hardly Davidson
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Foreign bike enthusiats in the heart of Hog country

Bought by WILL and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Whether you like it or not, it affects you too.
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is fast approaching. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," discovered that many of our cur...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Forget-Me-Not (No Matter How Hard You Try)
From: Rebecca Sheir
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It's tough... aggressive... and only a few inches tall.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
American Idol Comes to the Ballpark
From: Philip Graitcer
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This year is the 100th anniversary of Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Virginia Tech Marching Band Plays an Amazing Grace
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Virginia Tech Marching Virginians have been honoring the victims of the April 16 shootings, including one member of their own, with a special a...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Dr. King's Assassination
From: Philip Graitcer
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Seniors in Atlanta Remember Where They Were When King Died

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
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
25 Years Later, Elia Tape Lives On
From: Sam Hudzik
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anniversary of Legendary Rant by a Former Cubs Manager

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Owners of a Purple Heart
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: Bill Jones
Three Purple Heart recipients talk about how they earned their medals.

Bought by The Story, KUT, KRUA, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 4
30 Years of New Orleans Music: Tipitinas 30th anniversary
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
5:50 piece about Tipitinas 30th anniversary

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:51
  • 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
Chris Calloway: A Jazz Life of Her Own (29:00 / 21:30 / 9:33 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Buster Keaton rides into Carrboro, NC
From: nic beery
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Carrboro, NC celebrates the 80th birthday of Buster Keaton's classic "The General".

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
Stravinsky @ 1-2-5: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1

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