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The Wire Episode 7: The Wheels of Steel
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Examines the use of the turntable in contemporary music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 15
The Wire Episode 6: Welcome to the Machine
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Examines electronic dance music.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 13
The Wire Episode 2: The Change of the Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode two of The Wire, this show explores how the manipulation of recorded audio with magnetic recording tape changed music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KALW, KRUA, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 13
Oilcast: High US Gas Prices Here For Good
From: A Porter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Katrina has confirmed that high gas prices in the USA are here to stay.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2005
  • Length: 15:05
Erasing the Past
From: Hana Baba
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A look at San Francisco's "Clean Slate" program, which can erase a former convict's criminal records.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2005
  • Length: 08:00
Until the Fat Lady Sings
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
Leotard
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Jules Leotard is the eponym of the costume worn by dancers, gymnasts and acrobats.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Dressed to the Nines
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Amazon
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Who were the original Amazons, and why do they share a name with the South American river and the bookselling giant amazon.com?

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
1968
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Our interview features Mark Kurlansky who joins host Bryan Le Beau to discuss just what made 1968 "the year that rocked the world," and Robert Bren...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Graduation (#117)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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The lesson in graduation ceremonies.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gender And The American Experience.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
Inside The Clockwork Of Women's Careers.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Carol Tecla Christ talks about the choices women make between career and family.

Bought by WSKG and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
Angel Island - Saving the Ellis Island of the West
From: Hana Baba
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The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...

Bought by Listenwise, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4
Speak The Speech: Acting Shakespeare.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mr. York explains the benefits of studying Shakespeare.

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, KUHB, WGBH Radio Boston, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 4
Old Dogs, New Tricks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Meet "The Pioneers", the first senior citizen group to participate in Odyssey of the Mind.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Just who are you on the Internet?
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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On the Internet, no one knows you. So, why not lie about yourself?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rule of Thumb
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Good Samaritan
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Epitaph
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the etmology of the word epitaph.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Dope
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Origin and evolution of the word "dope."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Best Laid Plans
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Ect + Vns = Tlc
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Strengthening your Body's Signals

  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 03:58

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