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A real life film noir: Dashiell Hammett and the case of the missing manuscript
From: KALW
Caption: hough he died in 1961, author Dashiell Hammett's manuscripts are still being discovered.
What do the city of San Francisco, a long lost manuscript, and a Mediterranean bird of prey have in common? Well, they’re all part of the legend of...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/19/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PURPLE FLOWER FROM THE DEEP...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Vito Acconci: The Architect Can Never Go Home
From: Gretta Cohn
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Vito Acconci's work as an artist and architect often confuses the boundaries between public and private space. In 1964 Acconci saw a movie that wou...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2010
  • Length: 06:09
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 24
Lost and Found, Lost in Thought
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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New views of getting lost

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:14
War and Peace: Four Snapshots
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Memories of War, Dreams of Peace

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:39
On the Farm
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Three Views of Farmers

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:25
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Making Room For Shenandoah National Park
From: Jesse Dukes
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500 families were displaced from their homes to make space for the Shenandoah National Park

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 6
Red Crystal Palace ~ 3: Where will you be five years from now?
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 01:31
Residents of Carnegie Towers Holding On
From: Jonah Engle
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Profile of artists in the famed Carnegie Towers fighting eviction

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
Art Of Ohio: Art as a Lifeforce
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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Art is not only in the eye of the beholder- as the traditional saying goes, for many artists it?s a driving force in their lives.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
A tour of Jane Hammond's "Paper Works"
From: Tina Antolini
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New York City-based artist Jane Hammond tests viewers perceptions of reality and truth.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
Email Habits
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
A look at our emailing habits

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
RN Documentary: Diner Pensant
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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What our diet tells us about our relationship with the natural world.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KFAI Minneapolis, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 3
Do Right!
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Integrity

  • Added: Sep 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
You Are Here: 1000 years of mapmaking history in one brief segment
From: Jackson Braider
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A short introduction to the wonderful world of maps

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 4
After the Dumpster
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Drowning in stuff, a hoarder discovers how to let go of some objects.

Bought by KVMR, WDBM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 7
You Don't Watch TV?
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Perception on being a Producer and not a Consumer

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Fixed Gear Bikes
From: Jonathan Menjivar
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An exploration of the bicycle and why sometimes simpler is better.

Bought by PRX Remix, WTJU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 10
Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
From: Susan Stone
Caption: San Francisco, Marina district, October 17, 1989
Earthquake stories from around the Pacific Rim

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, KMXT, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 11
Time, Place, and Conditions
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Political radical and former prisoner, Ray Levasseur sorts out his past, present, and future.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:37
I Am Not Your Boyfriend
From: Tom Leger
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Interview with Riley, FTM transsexual

  • Added: Dec 02, 2004
  • Length: 26:39