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The Crime of Punishment
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Virginia State Penitentiary
The Virginia State Penitentiary in its early years was considered an extremely progressive prison. That didn't last long. Not long after it opened...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Hardy and Patti Plyler, Credit: Charles McGuigan
this is the conclusion of The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Ocracoke Island, and how local fisherman saved their way of life.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 24:42
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: James Gaskil, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island is the Key West of the southeast. And where that notable Key claims the conch as its emblem, this remote island off North Carolina...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 27:26
Nation of Immigrants: Crossing Over
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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BLEEP loved the city of his birth, the pearl of the west, Guadalajara, second largest city in Mexico. He wandered its streets as a boy visited the...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Ludlow and its Legacy
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On April 20th, 1914, just north of Trinidad, Colorado, one of the bloodiest, most overlooked events in the history of the American labor movement s...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
Hello Buffalo
From: Israel Story
Caption: Dubi tending to his water buffalo.
Dubi Ayalon, a retired IDF lieutenant-colonel, traded a life as a school principal in Israel for a life of raising and miking water buffalo in rura...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:03
Market Basket Brand Soap...Opera
From: Perry Persoff
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
Day Job 5: Fear And The Flying Trapeze
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: A trapeze student, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 3
More Than Mail - Rural Postal Service Threatened
From: WMMT
Caption: Blake White, outside the Burdine Post Office in Letcher County, KY, Credit: Mimi Pickering
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial crisis, Central Appalachia and much of rural America may be hard hit by pending closures of post offices...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:19
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by WABE and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Living in Limbo
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
That Job Sucked Anyway
From: Megan Hall
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Stories, anecdotes, and fantastical rants about the woes of working life

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 34:06
  • Purchases: 2
Two Jobs, Still Not Making It
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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A 21-year-old woman describes the difficulty of paying the bills while working at a deli and Wendy's. What do the candidates have to say about that?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
The Law: A Life Sentence
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Bill Sperling warns against life in a big law firm.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
Don't Drive Like My Brother
From: Jonathan Menjivar
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of one man in desperate need of a job.

Bought by WJCT, PRX Remix, The Neighborhood, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 5
View from the Conductor's Seat
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:47