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Musician Tip No. 1 - Chris Stuart
From: WAMU
Series: Musician Tips
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Chris Stuart speaks with WAMU's Bluegrass Country on the subject of songwriting.

  • Added: May 11, 2009
  • Length: :55
Greg Ellis - Biomusique
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Together with Lisbeth Scott, Greg has formed Biomusique which offers textured music that mixes Greg's various percussion instruments with Lisbeth S...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:08
The Alutiiq Masks - Sharing HIstory
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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details the long-sought return of the Alutiiq Masks from France to Kodiak. AK.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:09
Portrait artist on a mission to paint the fallen
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Vietnam Vet has a new mission: to draw portraits of fallen soliders in the Iraq War, for free

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Venice Beach Freak Show
From: Briana O'Higgins
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A look into the contemporary Freak Show

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
Words From the Frontier: Poetry In Maine
From: Rob Rosenthal
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Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine is an hour-long program featuring fifteen contemporary Maine poets.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
Quilting through Grief over Iraq War
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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NW quilt makers harnessed to comfort Iraq vets

  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
William Utermohlen
From: Eric Molinsky
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An artist paints self-portraits while battling Alzheimer's

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 2
The History of Pablo Davis
From: Amanda le Claire
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Artist Pablo Davis's life in activism

  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:54
Aha Moment: The Heidelberg Project
From: Zak Rosen
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Jenenne Whitfield was a banker until she stumbled upon the Heidelberg Project

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Loring Cornish
From: Justin Levy
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Artist Loring Cornish offers a tour of the Baltimore rowhouse he's transformed into an enormous work of art, as well as a home.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2008
  • Length: 09:50
Collecting Christmas Creches
From: John Hingsbergen
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One of the world's largest collections of Christmas creches at the University of Dayton (Ohio)

  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
To Be Like Jesus - An Actor's Perspective on the Passion
From: Connor Holenski
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An actor reflects on his role as Christ in a Passion play

  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:28
Jon Jang
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Jon Jang, composer and jazz pianist, who paved the way for Asian American jazz musicians.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
Art Of Ohio: David Hostetler - On Carving and Life
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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At the age of 80, internationally know sculptor David Hostetler, has no intention of sitting back and taking it easy. He says, for him, art is not ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
100 Families Oakland
From: Robynn Takayama
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This arts program attempts to generate positivity in Oakland, CA

Bought by KZSC and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
For the Love of Craft
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Eric Stockinger and MIchael Norgang embark on a 400 year old tradition of wooden boat building in Maine.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jon Joyce, an artist with down syndrome, offers support and love to his 94 year old mother.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Reimagining a New Orleans Icon: The Shotgun House
From: Eve Troeh
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Striking, afforable architecture that builds on New Orleans' past

Bought by Real Estate Today and WKMS


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Sonic World of Nancy Scott
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sound artist Nancy Scott's ears are tuned to the sounds most of us overlook.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Before & After: The Second Spirit of a One-Eyed Photographer
From: Rebecca Sheir
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When she lost her sight, she found her vision.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
How To Destroy A Book
From: Peter Crimmins
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A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, WBEZ, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 4
Blind Dancers
From: Miae Kim
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A dance program in California that connects dancers who can see with those who cannot.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Dive
From: Peter Crimmins
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Family mourns skydiving death of father through art.

Bought by KUT and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds of Democracy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland Public Library's free piano offers more than music the folks who play it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 3