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The Ghost in the MP3
From: Emily Richardson-Lorente
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What's lost when a song is compressed into an MP3? To the untrained ear, perhaps nothing. But to one composer, these "lost sounds" are a source for...

Bought by WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 3
Zac Little Stops by WFHB
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Zac Little of the American Folk Rock band Saintseneca a talks about the relationship between a necker cube and songwriting on the new album Such Th...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:28
The Village Portrait Project: Painting a Community, Bringing Together a Village
From: Anna Rose MacArthur
Caption: Jon Goldman, standing in front of his Village Portrait Project in his Woods Hole, MA studio. , Credit: Anna Rose MacArthur
To bring his community closer together, artist Jon Goldman is painting 781 portraits of his Woods Hole, MA village. 781­ is the number of people li...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 3
Making Monsters: Inside Distortions Unlimited
From: Grace Hood
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If you’ve already visited a haunted house or plan to do so on Halloween, chances are you’ll see something designed to scare you that’s been created...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/03/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PERHAPS AN ANCIENT CALLING CARD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 01/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A WIND WILL HOWL...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Warning Signs
From: Sarah Lilley
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Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/23/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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EACH YEAR COMES THE BANDIT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Most Frantic 12 Minutes
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Asst Stage Manager Jewell Fears checking an effect used in Women Beware Woman at Constellation Theatre, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
A look behind the scenes at the fires, mishaps, injuries and backstage drama that arises during the intermission of the National Touring company of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/3/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ANIMAL, VEGETABLE I AM NOT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/3/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THEY TRAMPLE IN THE GARDEN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska in Da Bronx
From: Rebecca Sheir
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5,000 Alaskan tchotchkes can't be wrong.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
Cell Tower
From: Lu Olkowski
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Don Ingber is a cell biologist from Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital. One day he saw a piece of modern sculpture and was inspired to mak...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Andrew's Mix
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Trading mix tapes with strangers is a work of passion with members of Esther's Mix Tape Collective.

Bought by WBHM, KTNA, WMPG, WILL, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 5