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They Sit To Run
From: Charles Lane
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An interview with Nina Kuscsik, the leader of a sit-down strike at the 1972 NYC Marathon.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, WYSO, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
The Future is San Francisco
From: New America Media
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Comment on the Gay Marriage Issue in San Francisco

  • Added: Mar 05, 2004
  • Length: 05:01
The Way it Looks from Here
From: Kerry Seed
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In a time of great economic uncertainty, Mel Clarrage, a legally blind vocational counselor, is looking for work.

Bought by WMPG, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUHB


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 3
Regina Carter: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Today's leading jazz violinist talks about the experience of playing Paganini's violin, and about her passion for Latin rhythms.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMHD, KZYX, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2003
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 9
PowerPoint in Schools
From: Jackson Braider
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Once a tool found only in the corporate boardroom or at party headquarters, PowerPoint is as ubiquitous in our schools as the lunch box.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2003
  • Length: 03:31
The Tongass National Forest Part One
From: Guy Hand
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The wet and wild nature of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 3
The Tongass National Forest Part Two
From: Guy Hand
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The contentious legacy of logging on Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Suits
From: Hillary Frank
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The artist Nick Cave creates full body suits made of objects that make sound, and then dances in them.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KTNA, WFUV, and WHQR


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 5
Homeschooling Dance Party
From: Hillary Frank
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Hillary Frank goes to a homeschooling dance party to investigate the social skills of teens who don't spend much time around their peers.

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KOOP, WUAL, WHQR, and WGCU


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 5
Powdered Eggs and Spam
From: Hillary Frank
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A 44-year-old disabled man is confined to a nursing home for ten years while he hunts for affordable housing.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
Civil War Widows
From: Radio Diaries
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Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Vocalo.org, Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 14
The Camera and Conservation
From: Guy Hand
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Does nature photography instill a true empathy for nature?

Bought by KUER, KXOT Public Radio, KRCC-FM, KVNF, The Nature Podcast and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2003
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 6
Howard Dean: The Vermont Years
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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One-hour documentary details Howard Dean's record as a long-serving governor of Vermont.

Bought by WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPBS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
An Interview with Joe Barbera
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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GREAT EVERGREEN: One half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team describes the founding of their company

Bought by Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
American dream comes full circle
From: Holly Kernan
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commentator Sandip Roy on the practice of outsourcing work to India and China

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Stories1st: Elizabeth and Her Family
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A day in the life of 11-year-old Elizabeth Herrera. THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS SHOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 04, 2003
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7
"Being Photographed"
From: Jake Warga
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A radio story about being photographed

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KGOU, KTNA, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 5
Never Too Young
From: Carolyn Crane
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Thirteen year old activist Maya Danaher--daughter of Medea Benjamin and Kevin Danaher--shares her views about democracy, the state of the nation, a...

Bought by WMUB


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Adjusting to America
From: WOSU
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The Somali community in Columbus, Ohio is torn between two worlds: the one it's building in the still-foreign American landscape and the world of i...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
My Own Private Alaska
From: Geo Beach
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When commentator Geo Beach lived in Boston and New York City, he never listened to public radio. Then he moved to Alaska.

Bought by KUCB, KTNA, KUNM, and South Carolina Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2003
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Ears Have It! [excerpt]
From: Geo Beach
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The indefatigable Geo Beach tells us about one travel accessory that's small enough to fit in your pocket, cheap enough to purchase with pocket cha...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: :30
Deportation double whammy
From: Holly Kernan
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Keshav Jiwnani is fighting an uphill battle against being deported back to a country where his homosexuality is considered a crime....

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Gang database report
From: Holly Kernan
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are California kids being entered into gang database?

  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 05:23

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