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Mindless Chanting: Catfish Courtesy

From: Thomas Kenning

Caption: The members of Catfish Courtesy, circa 2002.

Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.

Added: Jan 26, 2014
Length: 36:04

What Would You Want Other Than Money?

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

Follow Rachel as she progressively interviews kids ages 5-18 and asks them a simple, yet thought-provoking question. This is the first of four epis...

Added: Oct 02, 2013
Length: 04:16

Video Games

From: Littleglobe

Sarah Jones explains her mixed feelings about video games.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Sep 26, 2013
Length: 02:42
Purchases: 1

Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013

Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure: A story about two cousins and a luthier.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 31, 2013
Length: 06:25
Purchases: 1

Viral Video's Patient Zero

From: JP Davidson

The amazing story of the world's first viral video, and how it launched a multi-million dollar media empire.

Added: Mar 18, 2013
Length: 17:43

Searching for Sasha Krizhanovsky

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin

Caption: Sasha & Jessica, Credit: Sarah Stuteville

Armed with a letter from 1990, producer Jessica Partnow goes in search of her childhood Soviet pen pal.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 26, 2013
Length: 06:03
Purchases: 3

The Trick That Turned Skateboarding Upside Down

From: Andrew Norton

Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding

After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 28, 2012
Length: 05:25
Purchases: 1

Sonic ID: Classical Guitar

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

Gorzycki youth producers discover the ancient sounds of the classical guitar.

Added: Dec 18, 2012
Length: 02:57

Beyond the Beats

From: Emile Greer

A look into the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) culture through an EDM producer.

Added: Dec 05, 2012
Length: 05:21

Say Yes to Unicycle

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The extraordinary education of a Maine family

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

Added: Feb 23, 2012
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 3

Illegal Mail

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out

For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, and YouthCast

Added: Dec 31, 2011
Length: 08:47
Purchases: 5

Pizza Time by Alex Malmude for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

From: YouthCast

Caption: So much pizza!, Credit: Flickr User rj3

Ah, the mysterious life of a pizza delivery man, finally captured in his natural habitat. This documentary takes a smooth non-narrated path to tel...

Bought by WGXC

Added: Nov 03, 2011
Length: 08:43
Purchases: 1

Handclapping Games

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Sep 01, 2011
Length: 06:13
Purchases: 2

Pooptown Adventure

From: Will Rogers
Series: Compostmodernist

This tour of a Texas wastewater treatment plant will inspire you to “Do what you love; Love what you doo”

Added: Aug 27, 2011
Length: 03:59

I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds

A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 11, 2011
Length: 03:05
Purchases: 1

Young Artist Exhibition Mentorship Program

From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage

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

America America

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...

Added: Jun 08, 2010
Length: 30:00

Gamers!

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The games they play here involve dragons, wizards, and superheroes. And sometimes...they come with stereotypes.

Bought by KUOW and WMPG

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 08:41
Purchases: 2

Once upon a unicycle

From: Matt Larson

A group of 4th and 5th graders prove themselves on the basketball court. On unicycles.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 01, 2010
Length: 22:46
Purchases: 2

Bass/Super(sonic) Structure

From: Daniel Makagon

Audio documentary explores the uses of loud car stereo systems.

Added: May 12, 2010
Length: 14:49

The Girl with the GNR T-Shirt

From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor

Andy meets a girl with a GNR T-Shirt

Bought by Remix Radio

Added: Dec 24, 2009
Length: 02:42
Purchases: 1

Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more

Added: Aug 17, 2009
Length: 51:29
Purchases: 10

My Not So Sweet Home

From: Radio Rookies

14-year-old Radio Rookie Krystle Monclova has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the sys...

Bought by KUOW