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Goat Auction in North Carolina
From: Alix Blair
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Curtis Ring sells off all his goats: this story presents an intimate look at what is happening to farmers across the country

Bought by Remix Radio and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 08:04
  • Purchases: 2
Aunt Sue or the salvation of a dying Cajun culture in Mamou Louisiana
From: Anton Foek
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Every Saturday cajun music is played in Freds lounge in Mamou

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 34:48
James Carroll Booker the Third: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah Part 2.
From: David Kunian
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Part 2 of 2 part radio documentary about the legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker

Bought by Prairie Public, NPR Illinois, and WNCU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 3
Remembrance of Things Fried
From: Philip Graitcer
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The Silver Grill - a "Meat and Three" restaurant closes for good

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
The Heart of South Rome
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of South Rome Park, a formerly racially segregated park and pool located in historically black neighborhood of South...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:04
There used to be businesses in South Rome
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of businesses located in the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a communit...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:35
Remembering South Rome
From: LA Lands
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A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
Love, War, and PTSD
From: Karen Brown
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A young couple tells the story of married life after war -- and it's not pretty.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
The Street of the Cauldron Makers
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A well-known Turkish novelist confronts her country's modern history on a nondescript street in Istanbul.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 2
"You talkin' to me?" - Conversation with a Cabbie
From: Aaron Henkin
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A veteran cab driver reflects on what it takes to do his job.

Bought by KUOW, Here and Now, and CKMO


  • Added: Oct 20, 2006
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 3
The Itinerant Rabbi
From: Philip Graitcer
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An Itinerant Rabbi ministers to congregations in small Southern towns

Bought by KUT, WYSO, Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KCUR and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 7
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Segment)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Cutaway)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:23
Voice of the Troubles: Stories from the Irish Conflict(52/59 minute versions)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

Bought by KPIK-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KWIT, KUT, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Swap Shop
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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A "music story" about a radio classified show that's been on the air on Tennessee for sixty years.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 6
The Lo-Fi Ballad of Daniel Johnston
From: KUT
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He's been called the 'Brian Wilson of Indie Rock', but the true story's a little more complicated....

Bought by KUOW and PRX Administrator


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Can't Put A Price On That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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John Tulloss loved his family and his farm. Today, he's leaving both behind.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
The Only Voice
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Champion bull rider Kenny Churchill recounts the reason he chose family over bull riding.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called ?post-9/11 fiction? one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer?s ?Ex...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Lord God Bird
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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An innovative story about the rediscovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Brinkley, Arkansas that blends interviews and an original song by Sufja...

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 10
Sad Happy Birthday
From: Pete Mills
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Sad Happy Birthday Voicemail

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: :32
Out of Smoke and Ashes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Carolyn Jackson retells the story and the impact of the 1947 fire in Brownfield, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYBC


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Song of a Troubled Heart
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The story behind Viennese composer Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and his subsequent meeting with Sigmund Freud in Holland.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WXDU, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WHQR


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
Farming The Desert, Drought in Southern Utah, prt2
From: Ross Chambless
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Drought in Utah raises questions about the sensibility of farming in the dry country.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Monticello Story, Drought in Southern Utah, prt1
From: Ross Chambless
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A small Utah town builds a golf course during a drought and almost goes the way of the Anasazi

  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:44