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The Irish Session
From: Susan O'Leary
Series: The Radio Ballads
Caption: The Morro Bay Session, Credit: Ren Nickson
A group of musicians in Morro Bay California have been getting together every week for over a decade to play traditional Irish music (short version).

  • Added: May 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
Boston's River Man
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for peo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 1
Giving Women The Vote
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

Bought by WWNO, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WSGE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
Picture Day!
From: Big Shed Audio
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Spend a day with a school-portrait photographer at an elementary school in the Washington, DC.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 57
We're Not Couch Potatoes: TV Fans Get Politically Active Online
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A fan protests in front of Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles., Credit: nohodamon/Flickr
When TV writers went on strike in 2007, the couch potatoes got active. We look back at the writers strike, and see how the largest political force ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Chickens Are People, Too
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A family in Falmouth, Maine fights for their right to keep chickens.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:29
Cody Appleseed
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man on a mission to reclaim an island off the coast of Maine.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Wayne C. Henderson: How Guitar Making Saved His Life
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wayne C. Henderson, Credit: http://www.waynehenderson.org/
In this edition, we travel to the homeland of American bluegrass to visit the workshop of guitar builder Wayne C. Henderson. His instruments are co...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Garage Sale Hunter
From: andrew walsh
Caption: A Garage Sale Find, Credit: Photo by Genevieve Haas
Veteran garage sale hunter Steve Fry takes us on a Saturday morning tour of garage sales in his neck of the woods outside Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
WWOZ Street Talk- Fringe Fest
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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This weekend New Orleans will host its first Fringe Festival at some very unusual venues

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
La Llorona: An Evolving Myth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition we hear the story of La Llorona (the weeping woman)-- a story that's been told since the time of the Spanish conquest, all over Mex...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KVNF, KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
3. Kinoko, YMCA staff and musical chip bender
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
Urban Chive Hunt
From: Jeffrey Letterly
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hunting for wild chives growing in an alley in Chicago.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
Shortcuts To Freedom
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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July 4th Classic

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 32
George Carlin Tribute -"7 Dirty Words" The Extended Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
George Carling-His Life, Times and The 7 Words...Remix

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 20:29
Tibetan Kids Keep Their Culture Alive in LA
From: The Tibet Connection
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Tibetan children from 6 to 14 years share their thoughts on their identity in a Tibetan language and culture class in the heart of Los Angeles

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:12
Home Brewing
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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brewing beer in the driveway

Bought by WABE, KUT, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 5
Zombie Squad
From: Adam Allington
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Elite Zombie Supression Task Force

Bought by KUT, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 4
WWOZ Street Talk- Jr. Zulu Mentoring Program
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today we take a trip outside the city; to the mall with the Jr. Zulu, a youth mentoring program, to teach shoppers how to decorate the infamous Zu...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:55
An Immigrant's Story in Four Generations
From: Melissa Townsend
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The great grandson of a Norwegian homesteader tells his family's story in five scenes.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
In the Cold, Without Celebrities, New York Writers Strike
From: Kate Dailey
Caption: PRX default Piece image
audio postcard of the Writer's Guild East Strike

  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:53