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Bike, Train or Automobile? Three reporters race through morning commute
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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It’s not just you. The morning commute is getting longer and longer. As the local economy picks up steam more and more people are getting in their ...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 06:35
Tour Buses
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week it's all about buses! No, not the queso mobile you rode to school, these rides are fit for the kings and queens of rock.

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Peter Matthiessen Performs a Story
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a remembrance of Peter Matthiessen. He invited us to his house in Sagaponack, to hear a story. He gave his characters' accents, fun for him...

Bought by KZYX and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
Going Undercover for the Arctic 30
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Photographer Dima Sharomov, Credit: Greenpeace
Dima Sharomov is Russian, a photographer and friends with many of the 'Arctic 30'. After for 100 days in prison,they were to be transferred to St P...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
A Walk Through Japan
From: Jake Warga
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When you walk between the ancient imperial capitals of Tokyo and Kyoto you walk into the past... Aired Rick Steves Travel show https://www.rickstev...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Abroad with Baby - Mexico
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Have you ever thought of selling it all and moving to Mexico? How about with your new baby in tow?

  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Jeff Klinkenberg - Alligators in B-Flat: Improbable Tales from the Files of Real Florida
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he might give journalism a good name,’’ says the author Carl Hiaasen. “He has a rare eye for marvelous detail, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Souvenirs - "Is a Souvenir a Trinket, or Something Much More Complex?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Souvenirs - "Post-It Notes Don't Adhere Very Successfully To Stone, Natural or Man-Made."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Cold - "Goodness That Appears Painful. Why Must I Be So Cold?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
Home Sweet Adventures
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Lynne & Tim Martin
In 2011, the Martin’s sold their home in Central California’s wine country, gave away the furniture, and stuffed their art, clothes and small treas...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
Indian Pass Raw Bar
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Jimmy McNeill, owner of the Indian Pass Raw Bar, Credit: Tanner Latham
The Indian Pass Raw Bar is the anchor of the tiny community of Indian Pass in the Florida panhandle. It’s an institution in this part of the world ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4
Happiness Found at Happy Hollow Gift Shop
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Babara Nottingham, Credit: Tanner Latham
Barbara Nottingham has been running the Happy Hollow Gift Shop in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, for almost 40 years. Its live rattlesnakes and abundance...

Bought by KOSU, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
The Dave Holland Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
Walchuk's Memories
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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From salt-crystal lamps to popping wheelies artist Kate Walchuk waxes nostalgic.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:36
Trekking to the North Pole
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 5
Let's Travel Long Island
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
September show, Discover Long Island's Wine Country, presents an interesting overview on the exploding phenomenon of wine production on Long Island...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:20:37
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Interstate Rest Stop"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a well-known Bemidji poet who published his newest collection of Haiku, "Her Cold Martini," during July of 2013. Here, Marsh read...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
Mexican Mom's Retreat
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Ever been to an Encuentro? You’ve just moved to rural Mexico with your husband and new baby. What would you do to fit in?

  • Added: Sep 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
The Picture Postcard
From: Jake Warga
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A historical and contemporary look at the picture postcard. Good for Tourism or travel drop-ins.

Bought by Troy Public Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Disneyland: Lost and Found
From: Jake Warga
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A day in the life of Disneyland's Lost and Found office. It's not a Small World.

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Back Lot, Bringing Film [ and more ] Back to Suriname
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Hennah , Credit: unknown
They [ Hennah Draaibaar & Eddy Wijngaarde ] met by chance when she, a reporter and foreign correspondent was looking for a film producer and found ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 19:10
The Un-Road Trip
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Boaz Frankel toured the U.S. on 101 modes of transportation — everything except a car.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Resorts - "Life Before Waterproof Matches"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Resorts - "Haunted By Overconfident, Intergalactic Vacationers."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:28

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