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May 28th, 2004
PART 1: When the American Dream turned into a Nightmare
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder affected by the radiocative fallout from test at Nevada Test Site

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 4
What Brought the House Down
From: Brendan Greeley
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Every line in the 2004 State of the Union address that received more than twenty seconds of applause

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
Three Days Before Christmas in the Zombie Hut
From: Brendan Greeley
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Several people in a tiki bar respond to the question "What's the worst gift you've ever received?"

Bought by KMXT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUT, KVNF, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 10
Vietnamese Homecoming Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Fishermen and their families escape from Vietnam to a new home in Louisiana and struggle to earn a living along the Gulf Coast.

Bought by WFHB, XRAY.fm, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 3
Summer Camp
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution.

Bought by KSUT, KPIK-LP, KGNU Community Radio, KMUZ, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 23
Mami Basketball
From: Sylvia Maria Gross
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cultural collisions on a basketball court in the South Bronx.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Sunset Hall
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leftist causes continue to invigorate residents of a Los Angeles retirement home for radicals.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Audible, and KSFR


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
Lost in America
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Drug addicts, a prostitute and a blind woman recount their journeys through homelessness to a new life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Broadway Memories
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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From a riot in 1849 to today’s regulars at Barrymore’s Bar, how a street became the universal symbol of live theater.

Bought by PRX Remix, Audible, and WFUV


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 3
War photography
From: Shia Levitt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with war photographer Ron Haviv about the impact of graphic images during wartime.

Bought by WMFE


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Nightfall in Chester County
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Pennsylvania farmland that was the first stop on the Underground Railroad, a strike by Mexican mushroom pickers polarizes a Quaker community.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, WRIR, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 16
Circus Life: To Catch the Quad
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A trapeze star of the 1920s, his present-day counterpart and a colorful supporting cast reveal the heartbreak and gritty reality behind the tinsel:...

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, Audible, and WZBC


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 4
Circus Life: The Last Sideshow
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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What is it like on the other side of the peephole? The Half-Girl, the Snake Lady, the Fat Man and others share their experiences and surprising vi...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, WETA, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 5
Hollister
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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On July 4, 1947 thousands of bikers roared into a small California town and changed our assumptions about America. A new investigation raises prov...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRPI, KUT, PRX Remix, KALW and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Brooklyn Oil Spill
From: Shia Levitt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Shia Levitt looks at an oil spill from the 1950s has left millions of gallons of oil underneath the residential and commerical neighborhood of Gree...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
One Computer Voice Too Many
From: Laura Strickler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The automation of customer service sucks the personality out of everyday life.

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
Dominican Elections in New York
From: Shia Levitt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In May 2004, Dominicans living outside of the Dominican Republic will for the first time be able to vote from polling stations around the world.

  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
May 26th, 2004
Rockin' for Jesus
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nealley's Corner, where Jesus and hard rock meet.

Bought by WUAL and WZBC


  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 2
Justin on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Amy is a man trapped inside a woman's body.

  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 08:06
May 25th, 2004
Japanese American World War II Draft Resisters
From: Robynn Takayama
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After being relocated from their west coast homes on suspicion of being disloyal Americans, some Japanese Americans stood up to the hipocracy when ...

Bought by KPIK-LP and WETA


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 2