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Being nice can vary from culture to culture. One European immigrant finds midwestern nice to be fake. In other cultures, nice may be simpleminded.
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 06:56
Antonio Campos talks religious prostitutes, music as plot point, and the choreography of life.
- Added: May 04, 2013
- Length: 21:18
Preston Bus Station is considered one of the finest examples of British "Brutalist" architecture. Built in 1969 at the time of its construction it ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 15:00
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 12:56
- Purchases: 1
Anthony Swann likes music, physical books, coffee houses and he lives with his cat, Samba, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Here, Swann presents his poem, "B...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 03:35
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Riding with Emily." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:47
The San Francisco Wave Organ remains one of the Bay Area's most unknown, misunderstood and yet beloved landmarks. After listening, I hope you'll wa...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 05:30
- Purchases: 1
Dessert? Some people have never even heard of it. This piece examines the cultural relativity of this sweet, after-meal food practice by contrastin...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 04:12
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 05:01
During the Cold War of the 20th century, Russians and Americans saw each other as rivals. But as Kelley Libby reports, that rivalry was cultivated ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
BART closes just after midnight every night of the week, including on weekends when people like Pat Long stay out late. It’s been that way for 35 y...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 06:34
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
Three new companies in the Bay Area are trying to match unused cars with people who can use them – it’s called carsharing. So you, with that car in...
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 10:05
Every winter, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico hosts a spectacular congregation of snow geese and sandhill cranes. Why do t...
Bought by KUPR low power FM and KENW
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...
- Added: Nov 22, 2010
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 2
A sound postcard from Antillanca, a ski resort in Chile. It's summer, so only the animals are there.
Bought by PRX to iTunes
- Added: Jul 23, 2010
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 1
Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:38
Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.
- Added: Feb 08, 2010
- Length: 03:27
Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.
Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio
- Added: Jan 25, 2010
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 3
New York has its Coney Island; Tulsa had its Bell’s Amusement Park. Founded in 1951, Bell’s rapidly became the city’s must-visit attraction--but to...
Bought by The Neighborhood
- Added: Jan 14, 2010
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 1
In Mali, the practice of 'Dama" is one example of how gift giving is an important part of cultures, throughout West Africa, India, and beyond.
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Dec 29, 2009
- Length: 08:31
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 30, 2009
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Met any cannibals lately? Producer Carla Seidl has, and tells the tale in this engaging sound-rich documentary/personal narrative related to her an...
Bought by WILL
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 07:00
- Purchases: 1
From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear the story of one Sudanese family who recently took a trip to Darfur to attend an old friend's wedding.
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 05:42
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.
Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Marfa Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Feb 28, 2009
- Length: 22:29
- Purchases: 10
