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Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
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A Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy Remembered on Flag Day

Bought by WTIP, KISU, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
James Beard: Brave New Kitchen
From: Melissa Waldron Lehner
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Friends of Beard talk about his influence on the world of food.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 3
The Poet and the Painter
From: Jackson Braider
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The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.

Bought by KUCB, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
Lunch with Xenophon
From: Aaron Henkin
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A profile of Greek immigrant and restaurauter Xenophon Kohilas

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8
"My Daughter Knocked Out The Power On The Whole East Coast"
From: Charles Lane
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Amusing vox pop about how a girl caused the '77 Blackout

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 2
Chile's September 11th: Chilean Musicians Reflect on the 30th Anniverary of Allende's Coup
From: Pauline Bartolone
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September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende. The death of the coveted lead...

Bought by KALW and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
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
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
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
The WTC Construction Guides: The Building Stewardesses
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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They were called "Construction Guides" : friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms posted at corner kiosks on the WTC site to inform an inquiring pu...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WHYY, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 22:18
  • Purchases: 3
"Return to Rwanda"
From: Liz Jones
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A Rwandan woman who escaped the 1994 genocide prepares to revisit her country and family.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2004
  • Length: 10:55
Weill and Vegas
From: Claes Andreasson
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Kurt Weill meets Las Vegas

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2004
  • Length: 44:08
  • Purchases: 1
They Sit To Run
From: Charles Lane
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An interview with Nina Kuscsik, the leader of a sit-down strike at the 1972 NYC Marathon.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, WYSO, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Crayola
From: Adam Allington
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A Portland, Maine kindergarten class and illustrator Judy Labrasca explain why crayons might be the perfect object

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, WMPG, KGLT, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
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
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1

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