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Bending In 2020
From: Ahri Golden
Series: Bending In 2020
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​BENDING IN 2020 started off as a gift for my courageous friend, Alaiya, whose husband died by suicide, before Covid. I was curious to know how she...

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:02:00
HMT 1 - 4
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 1 - 4

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 20:37
Lady Jay: Transgendered in prison
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - San Quentin Prison Report
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There are often situations in life when you might want or need a how-to manual, but none exists. One harsh example would be adjusting to life in pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Evolution of Childhood Aspirations
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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How fast are kids growing up? Jasmyn Harlan, a senior in high school, asks kids of various ages what they want to be when they grow up. Surprisingl...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
The Lessons of Kick Stepping
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Climbers use the process of kick stepping to carve out an uphill path for people behind them through snowy terrain. This activity requires not only...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh Pond Trees
From: Michael Joly
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Spoken words, wind and tree movement (from "Sound Thinking" series)

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:03
The Working Poor III: Bridget
From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor
Caption: Bridget Gibbons and her belongings., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
When you think of someone who's part of America's "working poor", you may picture a high school or college dropout. It's generally assumed that th...

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Poor IV: Marilyn
From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor
Caption: Marilyn Lombardo in her backyard., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
For many senior citizens, the "Golden Years" are meant to be lived comfortably. One retires, takes things easy, maybe catches up with kids and gra...

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 3
Sonic Ghoul
From: Karen Michel
Caption: Mingus RIP, Credit: Robert Vye
For years I've been obsessed with death, asking people about living, dying, killing (www.livediekill.org) but really getting into the dying. For ev...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Here, There and Everywhere: Locally Upholding Human Rights
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
Musings on a censored newspaper.
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: A woman prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in the centre of Yangon, Myanmar., Credit: Christopher Davy
With the release of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in November 2010, Becky Palmstrom reflects on her time spent working for a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
No Turnaround: Old Age, Alzheimer's and Identity
From: Rosemary Langford
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This short, fully produced audio essay – with music and sound effects – is a rumination on growing old, with a nod to the effects of Alzheimer's. I...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Kenya Before the Storm
From: Victoria Fenner
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A personal reflection with sound about Victoria's visit to Kenya in the fall just as the election campaign was starting to get underway ..

  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:03
Scab Artist
From: Sean McCandless
Series: Shards
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A piece from the heart, surveying the urban mental landscape through the eyes of a "Scab Artist"

Bought by BSR Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:07
  • Purchases: 2
Have You Met My Cousin, Feng Shui?
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Humor piece about new age and metaphysical consumer goods

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:21
Church Yoga
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Non-fiction humor essay yoga class held inside a church reminds woman of her Catholic childhood.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Dion Junkman
From: Zak Rosen
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man turns trash into art

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Revelation and Reality: A Quest for Family Heritage
From: Katie Bausler
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A quest for family heritage on Prince Edward Island turns up unexpected results and revelations.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 10:51
Lapse in Perception
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Examining perceptual complexity in everyday life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
Revoking My Citizenship to iPod Nation
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Girl buys iPod. Girl enters bubble. Girl wants out.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
Graham Shelby in Vietnam
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby, son of a Vietnam veteran, describes a 1995 visit to that country.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
Alcoholic at Birth
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Incarcerated youth producer, Zack, interviews his sister and grandmother to gain some insight on his own life and the life of his alcoholic mother.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
No Email from Oaxaca
From: Adam Thorsen
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This is an essay about an encounter in a laundromat with a couple from Mexico.

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1