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Dancing with Many Voices
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this toe-tapping news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores Dancing with Many Voices, a multi-discipline dance perfor...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 26:10
Lambs to the Slaughter - Radcliffe Royds
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
Veronica's Backyard
From: Joel Supple
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A portrait of an unusual character and her backyard menagerie.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
Lego My Legos! - An Educational Look at the Classic Toy
From: Mason Sand
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At one elementary school in Brookline, Massachusetts, Legos are having a big impact on S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) learning....

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: At age 29, Martin Spitznagel is the World Champion of Old-Time Piano Playing., Credit: Martin Spitznagel
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.

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


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
What are you?
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Loren Anderson questions why he didn't know the answer to "What are you?" Trying to understand why his cultural identity wasn't a part of his life.

Bought by KRUA and KUT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Kay and the Terror of the Smurfs
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On our Fear Factor show Kay Little described the sole fear of as a young man, being shunned by his conservative Christian community.

Bought by KRUA and KUT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Meet the "thinking man's conceptual artist"
From: KALW
Caption: Conceptual artist and philosopher Jonathon Keats will take you on a trip to outer space – so to speak, Credit: Photo by Jen Dessinger
Jonathon Keats is a writer, a philosopher, and an artist – a conceptual artist, who plays with people’s sense of time, money, and yes, space. Those...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:36
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cougar
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mainers see cougars all the time. Here's the problem: There are no cougars in Maine.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 3
Frank T. Hopkins (Hidalgo), November 11, 1951
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His father was the only one of Custer's men to survive at Little Big Horn and his mother was the daughter of a Sioux chief. Viggo Mortensen played ...

  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Hiding
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of strange people tell where they hide a familiar object.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Monitoring climate change in the Antarctic
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Science Weekly podcast from guardian.co.uk, Credit: guardian.co.uk
We dial up researchers investigating climate change in Antarctica; plus, internet guru Clay Shirky explains his answer to this year's Edge Question

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Maine's Survivor Bob
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Bob Crowley calls himself a typical Mainer, but there’s nothing typical about becoming a reality TV star at age 57.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices: Produced Funders - Marin Alsop (Language Barrier)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
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Use any of these Funder Spot choices during your Classical Music Fundraising programming, and especially before or after playing any performance co...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, New Hampshire Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
Virtuoso Voices: Produced Funders - Sir James Galway (Practice Days)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
Caption: Sir James Galway
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WSKG, WMNR, KRPS and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 6
I Don't Know
From: Andy Mills
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A child's Christmas thoughts spring into song.

Bought by KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KVNF, KMXT, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 14
The Moth: Unforgettable Thanksgiving
From: The Moth
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Most Thanksgiving dinner tables are where we hear fun family stories, some involving memorable holiday meals of the past. But for graphic designer ...

Bought by WNCW, Troy Public Radio, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 39
The Story Of The Lamp
From: Brenda J Wilson
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A group of long time friends sit around and talk about "the lamp" a simple piece of decor that changed the thoughts and opinions of all that came i...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 08:10
Rapping 101: The New 'Schoolhouse Rock'
From: Alexander Mayer
Caption: Rapping 101, Credit: Yvonne Martinez
A middle school in North Hollywood, CA is expanding its music curriculum beyond the traditional orchestra, band and choir. Oakwood Secondary Schoo...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
NPR's All Songs Considered: Guest DJ Jonsi Of Sigur Ros
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
Caption: Jon ("Jonsi") Thor Birgisson and Billy Holiday
Jon ("Jonsi") Thor Birgisson of Sigur Ros spins some of his favorite music -- everything from Iron Maiden to Django Reinhardt! Available for free ...

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
J Street, Traffic Circles & The Swamp That Never Was
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Was DC really built on a swamp? Why does the grid system have no J Street? And what's up with all those crazy traffic circles?

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 3
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1

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