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1997 Lorenzo Thomas - The New Age
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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black arts movement poet reads an anti war poem

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1975 Philip Whalen - Statement on Poetry
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Whalen reads poem on consciousness and poetry

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Equal Rights and Same Sex Marriage (es#105)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Why is marriage like voting? Because they have both been the subject of "legal" governmental discrimination.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nose to Nose in a Restaurant (es#104)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What should you do when bottle of cologne is seated at the table next to you?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting College Students' Tender Parts (ES#101)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Conservative students allege that liberal bias on college compuses offends their intellectual sensitivities.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caring for Aging Parents (ES#100)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Do we have an obligation to care for our aging parents as we do our children?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KDNK


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
More Than "Guys & Dolls"-Frank Loesser
From: Amber Edwards
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Evergreen profile of Frank Loesser, composer of "Guys & Dolls", the most frequently produced musical ever

Bought by KERA, KOTO, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 3
Vince Giordano
From: Amber Edwards
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the "greatest generation" had the greatest music, according to hot jazz bandleader/historian Vince Giordano

Bought by KERA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Graceful Art of Breaking Up
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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A primer on the most delicate of arts.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 2
MoMA QNS
From: Michigan Radio
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MoMA returns to Manhattan...and leaves Queens behind

  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:22
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Subway and the Silver Screen
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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The Subway and its many turns on the silver screen.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An adult daughter, bringing flowers to her mother's grave, imagines what her mother would say to her, both condemning and loving.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sleeves to Turkey
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A man describes to his lover the experience of consoling a friend who had just learned of the death of her father. A module from "Family Snapshots...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Aneurysm
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Damn Families
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Sacramento
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Two men talk of a couple whose bizarre lifestyle has nevertheless supported a love and commitment stronger than what the men have experienced in th...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Interracial Marriage
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A young bride-to-be in an interracial marriage tries to get reassurance from a hesitant sister who doesn't want to "take sides."

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Passover
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On a bus, a woman describes the diversity of her family, coming together in a tense but sustaining unity at Passover.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1

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