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Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
A Fresh Catch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
The Birth of the Frito
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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The secret saga of a Texas corn chip, and C.E. Doolin, the can-do kitchen visionary behind it. The Kitchen Sisters travel to Dallas and discover an...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 11
Weenie Royale; The Impact of the Internment on Japanese Cooking in America
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in remote federal camps around the country. The uph...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WORT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 23
Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with 3 kitchen. She goes to 6 farmer's markets a week. She is an anthropologist, a kitchen botanist, a one...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Boise State Public Radio, KWMR, WABE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 7
Broncos & Boudin: The Angola Prison Rodeo
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Hidden Kitchens travels to the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the world of unexpected, below-the-radar, down-home convict cooking at the Angola P...

Bought by WABE, The Story, PRX Remix, Iowa Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 5
The Birth of Rice-A-Roni
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old Armenian woman converge in this story of the creation o...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Boise State Public Radio, KWMR, WABE, KALW and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 8
Black Chefs, White House
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
Caption: George Washington's Chef, Hercules
Hidden Kitchens explores the food of the founding fathers through the stories of Hercules and James Hemings, enslaved chefs of George Washington an...

Bought by KWMR, KZYX, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 6: Behind the Scenes: The Nutcracker
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Ascending: Baltimore School for the Arts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We drop in as some of the most talented teen dancers in the nation get ready for this holiday favorite: The Nutcracker.

Bought by KUT and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 2
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Bridging the Shores: The Hmong-American Experience
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
2. Whiting Tennis, artist and folk-rock guitarist
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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A Look at How (Seattle) Musicians Pay the Rent

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Sagebrush to Steppe(short)
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends & singing songs wit...

Bought by KUOW and KVNF


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 2
The R&B Chronicles - Isaac Hayes
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Exploration of R&B Music

Bought by WDCB, KRZA, KUCB, WNIJ, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 10
High Tech versus High Touch: Printmaking in the Digital Age
From: Nicole Pietrantoni
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The digital is expanding the definition of the print and creating a complex relationship between artists, their work, and the tools they use to cre...

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 17:30
The Story of Lata
From: Outer Voices
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who's sailing now? women and the revival of traditional polynesian sailing in the solomon islands

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KWMR, WLPR , KMXT and more


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
America, America
From: Making Contact
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We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Rhythms of Zapata"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Alejandro Reyes, takes us to East Los Angeles, where a number of Chicano artists inspired by the Zapatistas have been...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
Berlin Without Walls - The Sound
From: WNYC
Series: Berlin Without Walls
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In this series, we examine various aspects of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, in both modern and historical context. From the players themselves...

Bought by WDAV Classical Public Radio and WETS


  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 2
Paradise Lost: Military Training in Makua Valley
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact intern Samson Reiny reports on what happens when the military takes over historically sacred land and on how people are fighting bac...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Invaders from Another Ecosystem
From: Making Contact
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We visit wetlands around the San Francisco Bay, where scientists are waging a scorched-marsh campaign against a devastating kind of East Coast grass.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Hoagy!
From: WFIU
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One-hour special exploring the life and music of legendary songwriter Hoagy Carmichael

Bought by KMUW and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 2

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