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99% Invisible #53- The Xanadu Effect (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Can a building be too big to fail?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/25/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I STAND AGAINST THE DARKNESS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Inferior Mirage
From: WFMU
Series: Too Much Information
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Hal Niedzviecki talks Peep Culture and tries to make his Facebook friends real. Peter Choyce recalls being the second person on the Internet. Eddie...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
The Microfinance Heretic
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: jacket Cover, Credit: design by Kirk DouPonce
Hugh Sinclair traveled to several continents while working for numerous banks, agencies and institutions, and saw microfinance from the ground up. ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 179 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Orlean, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
SUSAN ORLEAN - Best-selling Author of "The Orchid Thief" and "Rin Tin Tin." JOHN RODERICK - Talented American musician and writer. PORTLAND CELLO...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Matthew White: The Great Big Book of Horrible Things
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Matthew White about his book, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things, which documents, analyzes, and ran...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
Mays, Memory and Myth
From: Richard Stull
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A ten-year-old's memory of a day at the ballpark with his dad.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
Real Good Words: Will Weaver
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: The Survivors by Will Weaver
Heidi Holtan talked with Bemidji author Will Weaver about young adult novels and his latest “The Survivors” a sequel to the bestselling “Memory Boy...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Aabitose
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Native American topical talk show, hosted by; Winona LaDuke

  • Added: Mar 08, 2012
  • Length: 18:30
Buddhism Behind Bars
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Venerable Aileen Barry, Buddhist nun, Credit: Liberation Prison Project
Venerable Aileen Barry, a Buddhist nun from Ireland and for­merly of the Liberation Prison Project in Australia, talks about spir­i­tu­al­ity behin...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2012
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Nuns on Trial
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Vatican investigation into American nuns

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 5
Fukushima
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tsunami, a country, a power plant.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
Culturology: Mary Strother's toned and hand painted photography
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Mary Strother discusses how she has evolved her artistic process and how she gathers her photography's subject matter. Her exhibit appear during Fe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
Aggressors, Victims, Bystanders
From: Chlöe Chaobal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is learning about bullying helpful?

Bought by PRX Remix and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Lisa Stauffer's landscape paintings and "In Search of Enough" traveling exhibit
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Katie Marshall and Lisa Stauffer join Travis Ryder to preview the exhibitions appearing this month at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The mai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Michelle Boisseau
Poet Michelle Boisseau talks about her collection A SUNDAY IN GOD-YEARS, which examines borders between black and white, free and slave, living and...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Humankind: Rubin Carter's Hurricane
From: Humankind
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Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...

Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
The Creation of Standard Time
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses time, as we know it, with Clark Blaise, author of "Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time."

  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #39- Darth Vader Family Courthouse (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Not the kind of place that makes your divorce or custody battle any easier.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WABE and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10
99% Invisible #34- The Speed of Light for Pyramids (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What we can learn from architects who lived thousands of years ago: make buildings last longer.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17

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