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50 Years of Newport Folk
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Credit: Avishay Artsy
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
Mothers and Sons
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KTNA, NPR Illinois, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 10
A 21st Century Pioneer Experience
From: Megan Martin
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John Coffer, a Tintype photographer, takes us on a wagon ride into Dundee, NY

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 2
Aha Moment: The Heidelberg Project
From: Zak Rosen
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Jenenne Whitfield was a banker until she stumbled upon the Heidelberg Project

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Loring Cornish
From: Justin Levy
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Artist Loring Cornish offers a tour of the Baltimore rowhouse he's transformed into an enormous work of art, as well as a home.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2008
  • Length: 09:50
Unintended Detours Episode 3: What Remains
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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What Remains: a painter's legacy.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 12:19
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 2: Tic-Toc
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Creativity in the face of time.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 20:55
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 1: Shelf Life
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Musings around the theme of shelf life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 2
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
New York's Sculptured Sky
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Changing scenes in New York, on the ground and in the sky

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 09:30
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
What Remains --a painter's legacy.
From: Sue Mell
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A portrait of the painter Mary Yntema.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 09:47
To Be Like Jesus - An Actor's Perspective on the Passion
From: Connor Holenski
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An actor reflects on his role as Christ in a Passion play

  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:28
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
100 Families Oakland
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This arts program attempts to generate positivity in Oakland, CA

Bought by KZSC and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Truth About Dracula
From: Hillary Frank
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Suzanne Muldowney explains why her interpretation of Dracula is the most authentic.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WRIR, KALW, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 11
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
Crossing East: Shasta Taiko
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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A 1st Person profile of Russel Baba and Jeannie Aiko Mercer of Shasta Taiko

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: Jon Jang Music Feature
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Profile of Composer and Pianist Jon Jang

  • Added: Sep 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
Thai Dawn
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
dawn birds in the hills of northern Thailand

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: For Every Atom Belonging to Me?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham invokes the spirit of Walt Whitman in his latest book ?Specimen Days? ? part of a wave of post 9/1...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
US Army Theater
From: Adam Allington
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Meet the United States Army's touring theater company--Bravo!

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
How To Destroy A Book
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, WBEZ, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 4
Keeping Secrets
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story about what happens when we hold on to secrets, and what can happen when we let them go...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, Spokane Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 15, 2005
  • Length: 17:15
  • Purchases: 4
On The Line: Union Actors In New York
From: Eevin Hartsough
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New York actors face ridiculous odds trying to get work, but persevere nonetheless

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMNF, Marfa Public Radio, Public Interactive, and WHQR


  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 5