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Temple Grandin on the Autistic Brain
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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" If you got rid of all of the genes that cause autism, you’d be rid of Carl Sagan, you’d be rid of Mozart. Einstein, today, would be labeled autis...

Bought by KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:46
  • Purchases: 4
Destiny Of a Dishwasher
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio's Billy Cruz grew up dreaming of the day he would join the family business... but when the time finally came, his dream job wasn't all ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
John Coltrane on Giant Steps
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane in one of his final interviews. In the fall of 1966, John Coltrane was living on ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WDCB, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 6
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
“In science, you have to be very humble.”
From: Distillations
Caption: Juana Acrivos
Juana Acrivos, professor emeritus of chemistry at San Jose State University, reminds us that sometimes we must leave our expectations at the door—w...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
Moments with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
NOVA Minute: Speaking Ancient Maya
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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Anthropologist Barbara McLeod explains how she learned to speak ancient Maya.

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 3
Inclusive Language
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
What if language differentiated us via race rather than gender?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
Obsession
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
What We Wish We Could Tell Our Parents
From: april winbun
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Mom, Dad: About That Bullet Hole in the Basement...

Bought by KRZA, KDNK, KUOW, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 8
Southwest Side Stories: The Game of Go
From: Paul Roldan
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Paul makes his weekly trip to to the game of Go.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:54