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Shakespeare in London
From: Christopher Werth
Caption: Shakespeare
An old church in London may hold secrets concerning Shakespeare and the great English actors of his era.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/16/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FOUR ARE NEEDED...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/9/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THEY LINE UP LIKE WELL-BEHAVED CHILDREN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Supporting Youth Minnesota at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this Arts & Cultural Heritage news feature, Jeff Carmack explores an innovative arts program which has taken root at the Eastside Boys & Girls C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:23
JazzStories: Bobby McFerrin
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Bobby McFerrin has spent four decades breaking ground in jazz vocals – and his music always feels fresh. Hear how Miles Davis changed his life.

Bought by WMOT, CJRT-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 8
JazzStories: Dianne Reeves
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Dianne Reeves
"I don't ever want you to open for me again" said Sarah Vaughan. The diva was paying her a compliment, but the modest Dianne Reeves didn't' know that.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 8
Jenni Fallein, poet and painter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Jenni Fallein about her new collection of poetry, IF BEAUTY WERE A SPY. The conversation...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/5/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ON THE STREET ARE MESSAGE BOARDS...

Bought by KUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Jason Moran
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jason Moran , Credit: Frank Stewart
Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 6
Napier Nook
From: WNJR
Series: WNJR in New Zealand 2011
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A few sounds gathered from my first few days in Napier, New Zealand.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: :36
Death Bear Goes Visiting
From: Thomas Dodson
Series: Champs Not Chumps
Caption: Death Bear taking away painful memories, Credit: Photo by Kevin Walsh
Performance artist Nate Hill describes a harrowing break-up.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:08
JazzStories: Sam Rivers – Reedman, pianist, composer
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Sam Rivers, Credit: Frank Stewart
Sam Rivers has sounded his horn across six decades of jazz with Miles Davis, Cecil Taylor, and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer David Goren brings us an i...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Randy Weston — From Brooklyn to the Berkshires and Back
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Randy Weston , Credit: Frank Stewart
Pianist Randy Weston has seen a lot people and places in his life. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 and served in the US Army during World War II. But it ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WEZU, KPVL, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 8
Al Hirschfeld, January 20, 2003
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was an artist. And you've likely seen his stuff.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
Young Artist Exhibition Mentorship Program
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack heads downstairs to the Paramount Theater studios to talk with Heidi Stedman f...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:46
It's All in the Telling. The Wide Variety of Stories
From: Daniel Bishop
Caption: Join Daniel Bishop, the Storyteller by the Campfire.
The program highlighting the art of Storytelling.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 55:14
Washington Color and Light
From: Emily Berman
Caption: "Light Depth" Sam Gilliam, 1969, Credit: Corcoran Gallery of Art
What's the deal with abstract art, anyway?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
The Great River Regional Library
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Have you ever wondered where the money raised by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment goes and how the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund is specifically af...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:15
Not Quite Nutcracker (and way better than christmas carols)
From: Emily Corwin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Set to the entire score of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet, Vanessa White's The Slutcracker is a wholesome kind of raunchy...

Bought by WFHB, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 3
Head Water Basement Blues Riff
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits with SCSU Professor Rex Veeder about the Head Water Blues Basement Riff Fundraiser for Take H...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:49
DC Love
From: Emily Berman
Caption: A New Icon for DC, Credit: Brandon Bloch
“Just because you’re a tourist for a moment doesn’t mean you’ve lost your taste and concept of fashion.” The state of DC tourist paraphernalia. Wh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
  • 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
Balloon Art
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What'll it be?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/23/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A HEAD AND A TONGUE MADE OF SILVER OR BRASS...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:30

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