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Sneaker Fiend
From: Dan Epstein
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Compulsion and passion drive one man's singular pursuit of Nike basketball shoes.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 4
Music from the Ether
From: Amber Edwards
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a weird-sounding musical instrument that's nearly impossible to play still attracts followers

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMBR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
"My Daughter Knocked Out The Power On The Whole East Coast"
From: Charles Lane
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Amusing vox pop about how a girl caused the '77 Blackout

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 2
Grad Student Discos for Dollars
From: Hillary Frank
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A grad student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago pays for his living expenses by disco dancing on the street.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KGOU and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2004
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 6
The Pierogi-eating contest
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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An essay 'snapshot' of an ethnic neighborhood fair in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 03:37
Alpendub
From: monika mueller
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New Twist on Germanic Alpine Music

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2004
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Ken Best/Stephen John Dunkley
From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change
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another musician/songwriter playing for change in the subway

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Swedes Have It All
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
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The Hassle of changing currencies/exhange rates around the world

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
Chicken Diaries
From: Jude Fletcher
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The chicken version of "The Crying Game"

Bought by KZYX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 23, 2004
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Most German Day Ever
From: Brendan Greeley
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Six hours in Krautsand, a German town of 200 souls that sponsors the World Championships of Lawnmower Racing and wishes to secede from the Federal ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KGLT, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 9
Wt Wd Jss Do?
From: Merle Kessler
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Christ shut down in Finland! Reaction.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2004
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
One Last Haircut
From: Kerry Seed
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Norman Millett has run the Senior Citizens' Barbershop for forty-one years. As Norman has learned, there are some perils unique to catering to seni...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 02:31
The Penguin Goes A Courtin'
From: Jonathan Goldstein
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Two of literature's great umbrella travelers-- The Penguin and Mary Poppins-- have dinner together in Merry Old England.

Bought by KALW, KPIP-LP, WABE, KUT, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 10
Dangling Woman
From: Susan Barrett Price
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A social reformer runs away from work, only to get stuck in the jungle treetops of Costa Rica.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KUHB, WYSO, and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 5