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The Harmony Harmoneers - Gospel, A Capella Style
From: Philip Graitcer
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Their music is bare bones gospel.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:27
This I Believe - Jackie Robinson
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Jackie Robinson speaks about overcoming discrimination.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, CI Dolphin Radio, WCSU-FM, KFAI Minneapolis, WKYU and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 6
The Softer Iron Triangle
From: Hana Baba
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The most dangerous city in California actually has much more to offer

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
This I Believe - Phyllis Allen
From: This I Believe
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Listener Phyllis Allen once defined her beliefs by social movements. Now, she finds them in herself.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:15
This I Believe - Benjamin Carson
From: This I Believe
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Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson believes he owes his life and career to his mother.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WJAB, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - John Fountain
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Journalist John W. Fountain believes God offered him more parenting than his father ever could have.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WNIN, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Sharing Our Stories
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Fundraising spot from NPR's This I Believe series

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KJZZ, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 14
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67
George Clinton Interview
From: Dan Kramer
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George Clinton Documentry

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KGOU, WNCU, WGBH Radio Boston, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
A Shortcut To The Mountaintop
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Mix

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KALW, KQAL, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 58
Maya Angelou & Guy Johnson - Mother and Son Poets become themselves
From: Sedge Thomson
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Mother and son poets meet to talk about the courage of poetry, the pleasures of red rice and language. Funny, moving.

Bought by KFCF FM, 90.5 WSNC, KWMR, WJSU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 44:47
  • Purchases: 19
Chasing After the Hurricane: A Personal Look Into the Life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - After the Movie.
From: N Lorde
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A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.

Bought by KSFR, KSJD, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 5
Water Woman
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Black History Month
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Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Bought by WSLR, WABE, KUT, KUT, WJAB and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 10
Voices of Courage in the Civil Rights Movement
From: Janis Shields
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Mary Frances Berry, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania explores how we can achieve true social and economic justice in American...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 30:51
Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville
From: Miae Kim
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Hurrican Katrina survivor's first -hand account

Bought by KSJD, KGOU, KTNA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 08, 2005
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 5
Barbara Jordan Speech on Watergate and the Constitution
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
History of Barbara Jordan's Constitutional speech on Watergate

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 17
An Unlikely Partnership
From: KVMR
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A California State Prisoner/Poet and a Swedish Classical Composer create "Frihet for de fanga" (Freedom for the prisoners)

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
Daisy & the Doll/Alec's Primer
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Camel's Hump Radio presents two stories from the Vermont Folklife Center Children's Book Series, based on the family history of the Turner family f...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
In the Spirit
From: WPSU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A one-hour retrospective of 20th Century African-American Religious Music and Interviews

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WSGE, 90.5 WSNC, KLCC, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence -29:00 Version (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s journey to a philosophy of nonviolence and his lasting legacy as a peace proponent is recalled in interviews with his daug...

Bought by KQAL, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMU St. Louis, WFHB, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 49
Peace Talks Radio: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence (59:00/54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s journey to a philosophy of nonviolence and his lasting legacy as a peace proponent is recalled in interviews with his daug...

Bought by WKSU, RadioStPete Florida, WKAR, WKSU, KWMU St. Louis and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 104
Maxey's Mansion
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Alva Maxey-Boyd, now in her nineties, defied race covenants, urban renewal bulldozers, and two Mayor Daleys in a seven-decade battle to get and kee...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, WLUW, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:07
  • Purchases: 5
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 11
Rock, not Rocky
From: WHYY
Series: Olympics
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Philadelphia welterweight Rock Allen is fighting on the US Olympic Team.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1

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