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Warning Signs
From: Sarah Lilley
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Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Library of Dust
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Library of Dust, Canister 1454, Credit: David Maisel, photographer
Photographer David Maisel's project "Library of Dust" proves there is life after death, in vivid color.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/16/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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OUR CROWN AND GLORY SOMETIMES NEEDS...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Clever Apes: Toolmakers
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: A chimp at the Lincoln Park Zoo uses a stick to fish for food., Credit: Michael De Bonis/WBEZ
Humans have an incredible ability to fashion tools that make our lives easier and advance the goals of science, but we're not the only species maki...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 4
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/2/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY NAME IS L, MY NAME IS E...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Byway Art Exhibit
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us out to the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University to explo...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Audiophiles: Zoe Keating’s one-woman orchestra
From: KALW
Caption: Cellist Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. , Credit: Jerry Dodrill
Zoe Keating's unique style of music has gotten her to the top of the iTunes classical and electronic music charts, and all the while she's remained...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 1
Foley
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
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The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
Economy of the Arts
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/11/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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NOW BLACKBIRDS PERCHED UPON THE HEAD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/4/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PROTECTIVE WREATH ENCIRCLES THRONE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/28/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHEN THESE ARE PLANTED ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/21/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HOUSES MADE OF THESE WILL FALL...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going retro: the art of hatmaking
From: KALW
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San Francisco may not be known for its fashion, but it’s certainly a fashionable city – the item of the day might be a bulky scarf or skinny jeans,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
City Lore Archives: Episode 1
From: Jesse Ricke
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I offer selections from The People's Poetry Gathering, a annual celebration of beautiful language hosted by City Lore and Poet's House.

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 48:34
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/14/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HILLS AND MOUNTAINS, FLAT THEY LIE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/30/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HE BEGINS AS THE SUN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 9, Episode 41.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
Caption: Versailles
Six very diverse Francophone artists perform in this musical program specially created for English Speaking Audiences. No need to understand French...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/23/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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EACH YEAR COMES THE BANDIT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Marcel Mangel(Marceau), September 22, 2007
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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One night, entering a clearing, he and a companion came face to face with a well-armed Nazi patrol. Desperately outnumbered, he took an amazing cha...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Walking Home: An Interview with Laura Milkins
From: Aengus Anderson
Caption: Camera on head, Laura Milkins walks across Tucson, AZ, Credit: Tom Willette
Laura Milkins is walking from Tucson, Arizona to Grand Rapids, Michigan—with a streaming webcam attached to her head. Milkins is a performance art...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
The "Curse" of the Hope Diamond
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Does bad luck befall everyone who's owned the infamous Hope Diamond?, Credit: The Smithsonian
Is the world's most famous diamond... cursed?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
From Indie to Bollywood: a sneak peek at the Asian American Film Festival
From: KALW
Caption: "Surrogate Valentine" is one of the films featured at the SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival
The 29th annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival kicks off this week. There will be 120 film works playing from San Francis...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 07:20
Local photographer James Lee captures daily life in Afghanistan
From: KALW
Caption: Marsham Khan cooks a goat head, February 15, 2010., Credit: James Lee
James Lee spent three years stationed in Iraq, as a U.S. Marine. After his time there, Lee went to Afghanistan, but not in uniform. He retired to ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:42

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