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The Fishbowl Theory
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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There seems to be an obsession with youth that is prevalent in Hip-Hop culture today. Its originators are now in their thirties and fourties, yet t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 15:14
  • Purchases: 1
Granite City Days
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Summer in Minnesota means a few things: playing in the park, playing in the water and playing around at all the festivals scattered about Central M...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:19
Gamers!
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The games they play here involve dragons, wizards, and superheroes. And sometimes...they come with stereotypes.

Bought by KUOW and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 2
American Standards by the Sea - Show #537 HR1 (Three Segments)
From: Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook
Series: Dick Robinson's American Standards by the Sea
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Featuring music from The Great American Songbook - the golden era of American songwriting which took place from roughly the 1920s to the 1960s. T...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 55:19
The Paramount Visual Arts Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The Paramount Theater has been the cultural jewel of downtown St. Cloud since the age of vaudeville. However, do you know what takes place in the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 24:36
On Stage Theater in St. Cloud!
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Please join Arts & Cultural Reporter Jeff Carmack for a feature covering the rather unique and inspiring people and organizations which create a re...

  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
The Session
From: Susan O'Leary
Series: The Radio Ballads
Caption: The Irish Session in Morro Bay, California
A group of non-professional musicians in California who have been getting together to play traditional Irish music every week for over a decade.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 16:51
Commentator Aaron Brown on Brushes with the Law
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Aaron says that driving really fast requires less planning than better time management...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
The Simplicity Movement
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Dr. Cecile Andrews
Cecile Andrews, author of "Slow Is Beautiful" & "More Is Less" on re-thinking our lives, helping ourselves & the planet.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 51:30
Burning Man and the Gift Economy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One of the most unusual economic structures in the world is the 'gift economy' at Burning Man. Larry Harvey, the festivals founders, tells us how ...

Bought by KSFR, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Master Slide Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Slide Hamilton on his Improvision; Life Experience; Connecting with the Audience; and Family Band.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 7
Adventures of a Slovakian Wanderer
From: Sean Leary
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of a Slovakian poster sales person.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
New York's City Reliquary
From: Emma Jacobs
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The founders of the City Reliquary hope their museum will help change the way New Yorkers think about the city.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 08:42
NPR's All Songs Considered: SXSW '09 Wrap Up
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
Caption: K'Naan performing at SXSW, Credit: Joel Didriksen/kingpinphoto.com
Host Bob Boilen recounts the best live concert moments from NPR Music's coverage of the South by Southwest Festival.

Bought by KTRL and KLCC


  • Added: Apr 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
An equal chance at choice
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Marshall Campus (formerly Marshall High School) is divided up in three autonomous small schools. Why can't we use each other's bathrooms.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 02:30
Hey Stelllllllaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!
From: Marie Lovejoy
Series: WWOZ's Street Talk
Caption: Winning Contestant Nolan McGahan, Credit: Eli Pritykin
Contestants rip their shirts, fall to their knees and cry for Stella in the annual Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest in New Orleans Jackson Square.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:36
Young at Art
From: Steve Busalacchi
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Doctor LuAnn Moraski discusses what it takes to become a competent physician.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 09:07
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young on the story behind Uptown Blues
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young discusses his craft and his solo in "Uptown Blues."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on Composing "Bluesette"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Toots Thielemans composed one of his best compositions in 1962. Bluesette!

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on his Musical Upbringing.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Toots Thielemans talks about being inspired by music at age 5.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
Men Bearing Gifts/Hallelujah
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two perfect-for-the-season documentaries. The first rips the wrapping off a hushed-up reality of Christmas. It's called Men Bearing Gifts (And The ...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 51:23
  • Purchases: 1
Take Your Seats, Class!
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The inner secrets of a comma, a writer, a teacher.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
Home from the Inside Out
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
Caption: Tina Huang, actress
Home Watch

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:36
The Staircase to Old Age
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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We climb the stairs to old age with two women & one man

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:54

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