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StoryCorps: Harvey Sherman
From: StoryCorps
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Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world."

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
It's Amore: Karlin
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Karlin does his best to win over a girl at Princeton Seminary with a fly rod and a healthy sense of confidence.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Wynton Marsalis
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three Moments featuring trumpeter, bandleader, and 2011 NEA Jazz Master, Wynton Marsalis.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 9
Detroit's Floating Post Office
From: Zak Rosen
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On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
Royal Wedding – the Dad's Wedding
From: Connor Walsh
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The last Royal Wedding was when Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. Members of the Great British public, loyal to the late Diana, Princes...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:01
Prison Love
From: Kaitlin Prest
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Forget the bird and the fish: an activist and an inmate fall in love through prison bars and tell the story of how they get closer despite their se...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 10:35
Thurzday night
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I had found out some bad news that night.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: :50
Voices from Pie Town
From: Aengus Anderson
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Pie Town, New Mexico: population 90. Over the past thirty years, this small town perched atop the continental divide has become a mecca for pie af...

Bought by KSFR and KUT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Elvis is alive on the August anniversary of his death!
From: Jill Marcus
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August, 16, 2010 is the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. "He's Alive!" follows the formative years of a young lady growing up in the...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
1. A Dog's Life
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
What I learned about life from my dog when I was eight years old.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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
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
Call Your Mother!
From: John Dennison
Caption: It's Mother's Day!, Credit: Bridgette & Mike @ Earmark
We all have Mothers who like to call and chat, but sometimes you just have to let the answering machine take care of her.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:50
Funtown
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
A Shortcut To the North Pole
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Santa Claus Jr.
A Holiday Classic! Join Howdy, Mickey, John, Paul, George & Ringo on this "wild and crazy joyride" to Santa's workshop in the northern most reaches...

Bought by Prairie Public, KVSC, KRZA, KVSC, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 16
Kenneth Johnson
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Creator of V talks about his sequel novel, V: The Second Generation.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 46:07
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young gives advice to aspiring players
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young is still playing, after all these years.

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Wild Places of Youth
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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A Swim through the waters of childhood.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
Family: In Four Movements
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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...the flights of fancy, the follies, the letdowns, and the soft landings

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Baseball - My First Love
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Remembering Remus
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Summer Baseball League in Small Town Michigan

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 08:10
No Mo Joe (The Old Man and the Horn)
From: ken girardey
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A Grumpy Old Man learns to play the saxophone and have fun.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 48:39
Digital Photographs
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Commentary on digital photograph storage

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:10
What happened to San Francisco's "Greektown?"
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Looking for San Francisco's Greektown

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 05:42
That's My Song: Thanks A Lot!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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Leslie Wise reminisces about loving Ernest Tubb's song "Thanks A Lot" as a child, and what it means to her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Wish
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wanting to make a mother happy

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:10