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Getting Home
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It’s not an uncommon experience to be unstably housed in this country. From Brooklyn to San Francisco, communities often turn to public libraries f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 2
E's Barbershop Lounge
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Jollimores raise mussels., Credit: Charles McGuigan
We return to Prince Edward Island where we’ll spend the next half hour with a father and daughter who produce what PEI has come to be known for the...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 27:06
Day Job 10: The Window Washer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 16:10
  • Purchases: 1
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
Eric Jones, Custodian
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing Over
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Crossing the Rio Bravo.
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:06
Analog in a Digital Age
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A man practices the ancient art of timekeeping.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
We see it all: life through the eyes of a photo developer
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A photo lab technician ponders our life as he sees it every day, through thousands of personal snapshots

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Audible, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 10, 2004
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 3
Voices Without a Vote
From: rebecca moon
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The memory of my father inspires our search for working non-voters in Carolina.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:40
Singing Sanitation Worker
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a sanitation worker sings his way through a very lat...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, PRX Remix, WEKU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 21
Cops and Firefighters
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a police officer and a firefighter talk about the la...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WBFO, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 3
Construction Night Shift
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, construction workers count the time-and-a-half pay a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, Delta College Public Radio, Here and Now, WBFO and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 7
The Way it Looks from Here
From: Kerry Seed
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a time of great economic uncertainty, Mel Clarrage, a legally blind vocational counselor, is looking for work.

Bought by WMPG, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUHB


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 3