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Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KMXT, WEKU, KZYX, WRIR and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 63
Lessons of Nagasaki
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hope for peace in Nagasaki. Atomic bomb anniversary, 2004., Credit: creative common flickr user: Marufish
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, KSFR, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca
From: Samuel Robinson
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The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Milestone Series
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Janis Joplin's friends and family talk about her final album,"Pearl."

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Best of the Best: The 2011 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by Prairie Public, KERA, WEZU, KOSU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 58
Representing Yourself in Court
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother struggles to represent herself in a custody dispute when she runs out of money to pay her lawyer.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Jane Bown - a portrait
From: Jack King
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
A Shortcut Back Through The 20th Century
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A unique audio retrospective...A Shortcut Back through the 20th Century is an impressionistic glance back at the last one hundred years, featuring ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
"German Soul: The Music of Xavier Naidoo"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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BORN IN MANNHEIM. GERMANY IN 1971, XAVIER NAIDOO IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BRIGHTEST STAR TO EMERGE ON THE GERMAN POP AND SOUL MUSIC SCENE. XAVIER N...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:09
Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
The Rwandan Genocide
From: Arndt Peltner
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In the evening of April 6th 1994 the plane of the Rwandan president was shot down. This sparked the genocide that nearly killed one million people

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:39
Matthew
From: Helena Keeffe
Caption: Matthew Wearing Mask, Credit: Helena Keeffe
Matthew and I met during printmaking workshops I led at Laguna Honda Hospital. As the workshops were wrapping up he asked me to work with him to cr...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 18:45
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Robeson: America's Sung Hero
From: Mark Lavonier
Caption: Paul Robeson
An exploration through the life and times of singer, activist, athlete and entertainer Paul Robeson.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Love of Electronic Dance Music
From: Towson University EMF
Caption: CandyBall: Treatz and Beatz 09, Credit: Gotchabitchez.com
It's about all about the music.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
Visit to Rwanda
From: Arndt Peltner
Caption: Prison Gitarama, Credit: Peltner
A country in change, that is still hold back by its recent past

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 12:53
SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons
From: Claire Schoen
Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Please Don't Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia
From: karen zusman
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Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
You Don't Know Me: Cindy Walker's Legacy
From: KUT
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What do Ray Charles, Bob Wills, Bing Crosby, and Willie Nelson all have in common? They've all made hits out of the sublime songs of Cindy Walker.

Bought by KCNP, KUPR low power FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 4
A Shortcut Back To 1969 -"The Lunar Module"
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11
50th Anniversary Mix of man's trip to the moon which began on July 16th, 1969

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 4
Michael Jackson- Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: The King of Pop
A tribute mix to the "King of Pop" who changed and shocked the world over his short fifty years in front of us all.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:23
Making Contact: Survivors of Solitary Confinement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hakeem Shaheed
Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley
It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Barack Obama-The Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Barack Obama-The Campaign for President

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUER, KUCB, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMNF and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 54:17
  • Purchases: 25

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