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Be With Me
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Our companion animals become ill - they die - a loss on so many levels. David speaks about his experiences with old or ill animals, and his impres...

  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:03
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
The Cat Who Broke his Sweet Tooth
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: On Evolution
Caption: Maverick's Choice
A genetic exploration of why cats can not taste sweet foods

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Allen Toussaint: Striking A Chord
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Allen Toussaint, Credit: © Glade Bilby II
Allen Toussaint says he’d rather let his piano do the talking. Lucky for us. Toussaint’s fingers have done the talking on song after song for more...

Bought by KCSM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 52:03
  • Purchases: 1
Heath Ledger on Role Playing
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into." - Heath Ledger. One afternoon back in the fall of 2005, the actor, Heath Le...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 4
10,000 Tries
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rebecca Lee has lived with a brain injury since shortly after birth. Throughout her life many people have helped her with the resulting physical a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Union Graze, Baltimore's Newest Farmer's Market
From: Mark Gunnery
Series: Sound Bites on Delmarva
Caption: Denzel Mitchell of Five Seeds Farm and Apiary
Sound Bites on Delmarva producer Mark Gunnery visits Baltimore's newest farmer's market, Union Graze, and catches up with a farmer, a farm intern, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Gentle Women of Jazz
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Valaida Snow
This one hour program highlights some of the greatest and obscure female jazz musicians of all time. These great ladies are masters of the harp, vi...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 56:08
  • Purchases: 4
Finding Treatment
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Being diagnosed with a disease is hard enough. Imagine living hours away from the closest place you could receive treatment.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:24
11: Microphone Museum
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:26
  • Purchases: 1
Fatima Learns to Drive
From: Sarah Bromer
Caption: Fatima and Her Daughter, Rana
Fatima Alsamawi, a recent immigrant to the United States from Iraq, experiences the sweet freedom of driving for the first time.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 2
Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
From: Alison Turner
Caption: Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
The Brussels Choral Society has over 120 members from 26 nationalities, and has been performing since 1979. In this feature, reporter Alison Turner...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:50
Co-ops that Work Together, Survive Together: Arizmendi Bakery
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
In some parts of the United States, there are virtually no co-ops. So many of those co-ops that do exist feel a special responsibility to support ...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
The Olsen House and Christina's World
From: jessica lockhart
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The Olson House in Cushing Maine is the farmhouse depicted in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. The painting has become an icon in American art. Th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
OTTER 501 -- Mark Shelley and Katie Pofahl interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Katie Pofahl & Mark Shelley, San Francisco, CA 5/5/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Executive Producer/Director of Photography Mark Shelley and star Katie Pofahl talk otters, kelp forests, and doing the right thing.

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 18:25
Denver Voice
From: Julia Tashjian King
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Follow a newspaper vendor through his day selling papers and changing his life.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
History of music therapy
From: Adi Narayan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the first of a 3-part documentary examining the history of music therapy and it's applications.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 07:54
A Conversation with NEA Heritage Fellow, Del McCoury
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Bluegrass legend Del McCoury discusses his 50-year career, from joining Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in the 1960s to multiple appearances at the B...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 2
Growing their own: Hunters Point Boys and Girls Club get down in the garden
From: KALW
Caption: Hunters Point Boys and Girls Club chef Monica Baghwan posts the recipe for the day: West African Jalaf rice
If you’re a parent, you may have noticed that your child’s school curriculum features more and more food-centered topics such as gardening, nutriti...

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:02
Keeping It Native
From: Julia Botero
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Longue Vue Botantical Gardens in New Orleans Louisiana is trying to encourage local residents to plant native species in their yards at home. Plant...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:32
Around Tomales Bay
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Nelson at home, Credit: Muriel Murch
Driving round the bay brings us to a Duck and an oyster farm

  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 08:49
The Parks of the City of St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Summer in St. Cloud means getting outdoors for fun, frolick, and festivals. From the foliage of the Beaver Island Trails and the Clemens/Munsinger...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Native Harvest for a Modern World
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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An agricultural renaissance has taken root among the Taos Pueblo people in New Mexico. Sustainable agriculture is returning, after years of unheal...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Oasis in an Urban Food Desert
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A look at a project bringing healthy food to low income neighborhoods in Oakland, California.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
Educating Borrowers Away From Debt
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We take a look at MEDA, a program providing support and financial literacy so borrowers don’t fall into lending traps.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2