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Wrong Moment for Silence
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Youth Epiphanies
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Not being able to speak up to say the right thing at the right moment: a scene from high school

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
The Mixed Race Promise
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Commentary about the hopes of Mixed Race people and the Presidential race.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCUR, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5
Hope in '08? What About Hope in '68?
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?

Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Christina Gold, President CEO and a rare Dutch bird
From: Anton Foek
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18
David Bouchier Essay: Down by the River Side
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David recalls a beloved children's book with a message.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
David Bouchier Essay: Freedom Trail
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David visits Boston and rewrites some history.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
Rethinking Needs
From: Kyle Boelte
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The author goes into the wilderness and comes back with a new appreciation of his needs.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From: Jake Warga
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
Suffering Images: the Lower 9th Ward
From: Brandon Morley
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Long after Hurricane Katrina devasted parts of the American South, one Indiana college student notes little has changed since Mother Nature made Ne...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:10
David Bouchier Essay: Haircut
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David visits the barber and reflects on men's hair styles.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Human Costs of Prescription Drugs
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
David Bouchier Essay: One Thing at a Time
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David observes a traffic accident and draws a moral.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
Stood There Ringing
From: Shiow-Jiau Yung
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A pregnant woman lets a bell say everything she can't.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Plows
From: Sean Hurley
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A reflection on the first snow of the winter.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Workshop
From: David Berner
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A father's basement workshop reveals treasures of a life lived.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:47
What I Know About Hair -- In 3 Parts
From: Ryan Scammell
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3 Short-Short Stories

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: Stay At Home Dads
From: KERA
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Commentary about how some people have yet to adjust the idea of a man as a stay-at-home dad

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
No Limits for Deaf Kids
From: David Kates
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Enid Wizig is a good mentor for the No Limits Theater Group students. She, like them, is profoundly deaf. They prove there are "no limits" for he...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
Why the Dudes Dig Me
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Personal essay by Courtenay Hameister, host of Live Wire Radio, featuring lots 'o' humiliating moments.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WNIN, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4
Running On Fumes Part 2: Freedom
From: Elliot Ward
Series: Running On Fumes: An Adventure in America
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Exploring the idea of freedom in the American west through Mormons at BYU and a hermit in the hills of California

  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 20:05
It's Just A Matter of Time
From: Ryan Scammell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Everything's stuck in the past when Liza Minnelli plays a concert in Coney Island.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 14:01
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Baseball's True Believers
From: Dick Meister
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A game it is, but baseball is serious business to many of its young players.

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
The Three Furies: Poverty, Addiction, and Mental Illness
From: Dawn Dreyer
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Producer Dawn Dreyer explores the "three furies" of poverty, addiction, and mental illness through her own struggles with bipolar disorder. "The T...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZSC


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 2
Banana pudding in Fulton, Kentucky
From: Bria Dolnick
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Narriative quest to find the history of the largest banana pudding in the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:13

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