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Slots of Fun
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Who knew racing four inch "slot cars" could be so much fun?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Kicking Ass and Changing Names
From: Shea Shackelford
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Female wrestler Amanda Storm, 40, would love to just take your head off.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Hoppin’Alive
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A Radio Netherlands’ program about the revival of the 30’s swing jazz dance Lindy Hop

  • Added: Dec 21, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
"My Daughter Knocked Out The Power On The Whole East Coast"
From: Charles Lane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Disney Death
From: Jake Warga
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Walt Disney's use of death in his films

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 8
Buffalo Turkey Butt
From: Andy Raskin
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Does it exist? Does it matter?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KSJD, KLCC, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 21
Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party
From: Aaron Henkin
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This story answers the burning question "What's it like to hang out with a bunch of guys at a fourteen-hour video game marathon?"

Bought by WZBC, Audible, Public Radio East, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2004
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 4
Grey Ghost
From: Allan Coukell
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Sound-rich doc of man's search for mystery bird

Bought by The Nature Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis, BSR Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2004
  • Length: 30:14
  • Purchases: 4
Diversified Farming with Charles "Turkey" Goodin
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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a day in the life of a Kentucky farmer

  • Added: Nov 08, 2004
  • Length: 09:30
The Lone Ranger of Looney Valley
From: Rupa Marya
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No better place to see the widening gap between conservatives and liberals than in front of Harry Aleo's storefront window in San Francisco.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Gray County Seat War
From: University of Kansas Office of University Relations
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The Gray County Seat War chronicles the bitter conflict between the rival boomtowns of Cimarron and Ingalls, Kansas.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2004
  • Length: 59:55
Tokyo "All Aboard" Melodies
From: Andy Raskin
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Melodies heard on Tokyo train platforms.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUT-HD, KTNA and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 7
Another Lousy Day
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 4
The Potato Ball Caper
From: Long Haul Productions
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On August 31, 1987, one of baseball's most peculiar plays took place in the minor leagues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was a variation of the ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, Prairie Public, RadioFreePalmer, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 20
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!
From: Jackson Braider
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When the campaigns rallied in 1840, they were there to par-tee!

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Aug 10, 2004
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ken Best/Stephen John Dunkley
From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change
Caption: PRX default Piece image
another musician/songwriter playing for change in the subway

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska Beckons
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Disillusioned with their teaching jobs in California, Ray takes a job at a one room school house in Alaska and their adventure begins.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds of the Suburbs
From: Trent Wolbe
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Audio illustration of the suburbs

Bought by WFUV and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
The life of mushing
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim guides us through his personel journey, into a world few of us will ever know.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:09
100 YEARS OF THE COMPUTER ART SCENE
From: ACiD Productions
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The story so far of the computer artscene.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 49:21
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
If You Can't Take the Heat
From: Lee Fuoco
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Dinner at the Munjoy Hill Fire Station starts at 8am.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Office Artist
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Office Artist Larissa Brown finds beauty in ordinary office supplies.

Bought by KUOW, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: May 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4

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