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Marking Stories of Slavery (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers on a lesser Barrier Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Oyster Virginia is an old fishing village on the seaside of the Easter Shore. On the road in there are old dead rises, some half submerged in the s...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 26:36
1871: First Japanese Girls Sent for American Education
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2015
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Imagine being packed off to an exotic foreign land to be immersed into a wholly different culture -- back in the 1870's! (Sorry, no Skype here.) Au...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ginger Strand
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” perfectly captured the essence of the American fascinati...

Bought by KVSC, WMUU-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
John Griffith-Jones on Ugandan Missionary Stamps and Anne Willcocks on the Lindy hop
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to John Griffith-Jones about Ugandan missionary stamps and to Anne Willcocks about the Lindy hop

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:41
Leigh O'Hara on Model Trains
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to orchestral conductor Leigh O'Hara about his passion for his model railway

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Muzica Populara
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Got a Place To Go Tonight?
From: Israel Story
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Visitors to Jerusalem's Old City can reasonably expect to bump into a missionary or two. Mishy Harman and Nava Winkler introduce us to a couple of ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Trapped on a Cruise With a Guy Named Funch
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Funch and Cheri
Producer Cheri Trusler's grandparents had a lot of cows to sell right around the time cattle prices in Montana were at their highest. That windfall...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:45
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
Witnessing 'The Cove'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Fall 2012
Caption: Dolphins being butchered in Taiji, Japan. , Credit: Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taijidolphinslaughter/5304070526/in/photostream/">Elora West</a>
17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #10: Cultural Mixdown
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Beno Picciano poses amid the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. He spent time there during the summer of 2008 living with a host family.
Beno Picciano and Lizzie Kirschner dive into the issue of cultural understanding by chatting with good friends who immigrated from India and Ethiop...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 11:08
Episode 39: The Ups And Downs Of Moving Countries And Choosing Careers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
Caption: RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane in KUOW's studio recording this program. , Credit: Lila Kitaeff
This month RadioActive hosts Yafiet Bezabih and Ann Kane are fixing to surprise you. First we bring you three amazing stories about the challenges ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT -- David Burris Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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David Burris talks blood ties, the presence of the past, and where to get grits in South Africa.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 15:50
In the Field: Seoul Part I
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Relevant Tones goes in the field to this hotbed of contemporary classical music, Seoul South Korea, to attend two major festivals of emerging and e...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
106-Your Reality Fueled Spacecraft
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA/JPL has developed a new computer program, based on software game architecture, which allows you to tour space using real NASA data.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KMXT, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Adhémar and Jacobi and the Missing Model Locomotive.
From: Charles Spira
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Adhémar (a small lion) and Jacobi (a little monkey) travel from the jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Europe to recover a vintage mode...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
MIW #9 Trevor Jones - SF Creative and Burner
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Trevor Jones on MIW, Credit: Allegra Bandy
Making It Work Radio Season 1-Episode 9, with Trevor Jones, San Francisco Creative and Burner

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 19:16
MIW #8 Megan Gebhart - Author of 52 Cups
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Megan Gebhart on MIW, Credit: Allegra Bandy
Making It Work Season 1-Episode 8 with Megan Gebhart, author of 52 Cups

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 24:26
Hot-Wired
From: Bring Your Own
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Noelle Del Tufo told this story on August 1st 2013 at the Old Ironwords. The theme of the evening was "In Hot Water." The story was produced by Nin...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:50
55: Restaurant Sound Design
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Clark Wolf has consulted to restaurants, hotels, and just about every type of venue where people gather to enjoy food. Part of his job is to think ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WABE, PRX Remix, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 4
Paddle Battle and Puppy Play (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs!

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Paddle Battle and Puppy Play (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs! And...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5

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