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A Cook's Notebook: Old Oil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What do you do with the oil after you deep-fry a turkey? Bury it. On your neighbor's property.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Hawaiian Shirts on Parade
From: With Good Reason
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The history and changing appeal of the Hawaiian shirt—from rich man’s vacation purchase to counter-culture fashion statement.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 17:05
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Humour & Healing
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Does Humour have benefical health effects?

Bought by WCQS, WETA, and WFUV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 3
The Lost Colonies :How Jamestown Beat the Odds
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The United States celebrates its 229th birthday on July 4th. But how close we came to flying the flag of a different country...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, KPIK-LP, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 15
Norman Mailer: a novelist in a time of war
From: Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism
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This talk of Norman Mailer's is a broadcast special from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bought by KUT-HD, KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
St. Paul Island Social Life
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Anchorage's Kathryn Petros takes a look at the teen social life on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs.

Bought by KUCB and KSUT


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 2
Music from the Ether
From: Amber Edwards
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a weird-sounding musical instrument that's nearly impossible to play still attracts followers

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMBR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Jim Moore Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim Moore tells a remarkable story of how a cow fell out of the sky and sunk a Japanese trawler and what he likes about being a commercial fisherman.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 06:30
All Boats Sink Equally
From: The Daily Feed
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Social Security Privatization

  • Added: Mar 03, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
RN Documentary: Will the Real Will Shakespeare Please Stand Up?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt and Amsterdam writer Rodney Bolt face off in a discussion on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays moderated b...

Bought by KFCF FM, WCPN, KQED, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Independent Minds: Peter Sellers
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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Learn more about an amazing comic genius--Independent Minds: Peter Sellers is a one-hour (news-friendly) entertainment documentary hosted by David ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, WGDR, KALW, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2004
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 17
Election Signs
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: An attempt in vain to try something new., Credit: Campaign poster by Larry Rivers.
Graphic designer Michael Bierut answers the question: Why do all election signs look the same?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KCUR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 8
Alpendub
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New Twist on Germanic Alpine Music

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2004
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Sawlady
From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a light profile of a subway musician

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Hain Means Heinz
From: Vinny Lombardo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Public Service "Advertisement"

  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: :51
Elviscop
From: Adam Allington
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Officer Chuck Denault explains what it means to be a respectful "Elvis" impersonator

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KGLT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 6
A Cook's Notebook: Turducken: Three Birds - One Stone
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey. Go figure.

Bought by KSFR, Delta College Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WTIP, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2003
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 8

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