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My T-shirt Says it All
From: Jacob Fenston
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Three T-shirt designers use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural identity, and mourn friends whove passed away.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
WWOZ Street Talk- Yoga In The Lower Ninth Ward
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Michelle Baker wanted to bring yoga to the ninth ward but she wasnt sure how.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:48
Urban Chive Hunt
From: Jeffrey Letterly
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Hunting for wild chives growing in an alley in Chicago.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
The Scent of Eddie G's Dad Lying Under the Xmas Tree After Pouring Concrete
From: Katie McGowan
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An experimental audio documentary/sound collage on people's perceptions of scents.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 14:27
Garbage Finds New Life in Queens Office
From: Kenan Davis
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The story what happens to the belongings of someone who dies

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
Creative Time: 33 Years of Public Art in NYC, John Waters
From: Megan Martin
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John Waters & The Hellfire Club: an audio stop on a tour of Creative Time's 33 Years of Public Art series

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 02:19
Muhoney: Case Number 3604
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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Murder in Chicago, 1919; Prohibition; Gangs; Surprises in Genealogy Research

  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:40
Girls Rock!
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Sound collage of Rock and Roll Camp for Girls

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
Robot Car Race
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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In the DARPA Grand Challenge, the cars drive themselves.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
Quest_Greening Man
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Burning Man Meets Clean Tech

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
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Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Quest_Flying Cars
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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NASA is sponsoring a technology contest to revolutionize small planes -- and it's open to the general public.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Hearing Things
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Sonic Rainbow
An experienced narrator explains how to hear ghosts

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
An Angel-headed Hipster's Howl
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Fifty year's after the publication of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and its subsequent obscenity trial, poets and friends look back at its origins, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, KRZA, KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
'Til Death Do Us Part
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 4
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Ripple Rock meets its doom
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pink
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 4
Rabbi Abulafia's Boxed Set
From: Jon Kalish
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The story of a Lower East Side miracle

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 2
Monty
From: Lisa Tharpe
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Monty talks about cleaning latrines in Vietnam while sitting in a communal hot tub.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
Landscapes in my mind
From: Kezia Simister
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Diary of a circuitous cross-country road trip

  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 06:02
Joe Bussard, Record Hunter
From: Justin Levy
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Joe Bussard on his collection of 25,000 78's and his own Fonotone Records label

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 2
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53
Aiming to Miss - The Art of Knife Throwing
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Discovering the the dangerous trials and tribulations of the modern knife thrower

Bought by KUOW, WILL, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
edgar the bum
From: David Weinberg
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meet edgar, he lives on the streets and its his birthday

  • Added: Sep 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:43

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