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My Classical Music Appreciation Teachers
From: Fred Flaxman
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a musically illustrated piece on learning to love classical music from old-time radio drama programs

Bought by WEKU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Saturday Night
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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An unbelievable story of a 21st birthday.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
A Bosnian Christmas Carol
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN EuroQuest: Public Radio's Weekly European Journal
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Jonathan Groubert follows his Bosnian in laws up a mountain to take part in a Serbian Orthodox tradition and discovers the true mean of Christmas.

Bought by 'The Sea', KMXT, KZYX, WRNC-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 11
Sixty Second Season: Teenagers' Memories of Fall and Winter
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Funny and touching teenage memories of fall and winter, mixed with seasonal sounds.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WXLV-FM, KOOP, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 5
The Mighty Wurlitzer!
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Demonstration of the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
Freshmen Formations: James Hannaway
From: Terin Mayer
Series: Carleton Audio Portraits
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Audio portrait of "idealistic college student" James Hannaway, Carleton Class of 2009

  • Added: Nov 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
Dear Piano
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dear Piano is a musical conversation, a duet perhaps, and certainly a love story.

Bought by WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 3
Hypnosis
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

Bought by KTNA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
Catfish Noodling in Oklahoma
From: Scott Gurian
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An introduction to the tradition of noodling, the sport of catching giant catfish with your bare hands

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KTNA, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 8
Friday Sans Fairview
From: Eric Mack
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nightlife in an eccentric Alaskan village continues despite the closing of a historic venue

  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:34
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From: KRCC-FM
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Musicians talk about playing Telluride

  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
Certifiable: Laughter Club Training
From: Vicki Farden
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A snapshot of a laughter club training session

Bought by KLCC and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 01, 2005
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 2
Think Piece: Days of Our Teenage Lives
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Series: Talk of Alaska - Kids These Days
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This Think Piece relating to developing character and values presents a series of scenarios in which kids need good morals to make the right choices.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Accordion Files
From: Amber Edwards
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audio postcard from an Accordion Convention

  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:49
The Perks of Studying to Heavy Metal
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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One high schooler defends her practice of listening to heavy metal music while studying claiming it's less distracting than the sound of her family...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KRUA, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 5
Bridge Spitting
From: Bill Palladino
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A reminisence of an adolescent event while growing up in New York City.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
Wal-Mart in China
From: BBC
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The world's largest retailer -- and the world's largest buyer of Chinese goods -- has jumped with both feet into the rapidly expanding Chinese market.

Bought by WGVU, WBST, KCLU, WBEZ, WILL and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2005
  • Length: 12:19
  • Purchases: 8
Transit Duchess
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inner thoughts riding bus late at night in New York

  • Added: Mar 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Paul Pena's Kargyraa Moan
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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a blues singer discovers a new voice

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: From Brooklyn to Banja Luka
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal portrait of an unlikely international romance.

Bought by KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 6
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
Sounds in a Cowboy's Head
From: Claes Andreasson
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Cowboy Poetry in Elko, Nevada

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
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

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