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9/11 Rewrite: Memoir in a Time of Violence
From: Laura Jackson
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"What does it mean to fashion a self in the midst of a violent world"?

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 20, 2004
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
Poncho Sanchez: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Even without a conga drum handy, a master of Latin Jazz finds a way to demonstrate the essence of the mambo.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCUR, Public Interactive, KMHD and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 9
Mates of State
From: Adam Allington
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Kori Gardner of the band "Mates of State" talks about their sound, touring and making records.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2004
  • Length: 05:06
Jim Lauderdale: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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An eclectic country musician describes how he sent Ralph Stanley to the Dairy Queen, and a few other tricks of a songwriter's trade.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMHD, KNAU, East Village Radio, WVPE and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 7
Lolita Unveiled: Muslim Women's Take on a Scandalous Classic
From: Laura Jackson
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Confronting the tyrannies of our times through the transformative power of the novel.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WETA, WFUV, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2004
  • Length: 22:40
  • Purchases: 6
Luther 'Captain Luke' Meyer: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A rich-voiced bluesman rediscovered by the Music Maker Relief Foundation remembers what it was like performing during the '50s and '60s in the inf...

Bought by The Story, KMHD, and KNAU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2004
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 3
Alzheimer's: Losing a Mind
From: WHYY
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The latest information about Alzheimer's and the impact on families.

Bought by WPSU, WFUV, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 3
Cecilia Bartoli: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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One of the world's great operatic singers explores what it means to approach the human voice as an instrument -- like a trumpet or violin.

Bought by KVNF, PRX Remix, The Story, KGLT, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 10
Lang Lang: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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In a room across from Carnegie Hall, the exuberant young piano phenom demonstrates how he approaches a lovely Brahms Intermezzo -- and wonders whet...

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, KMHD, KNAU, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 7
Carla Cook: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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The Grammy-nominated vocalist talks about finding a place in jazz for funk, gospel, and pure joy.

Bought by WMPG, KMHD, KNAU, East Village Radio, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 6
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32
Walter Backerman, Seltzer Man
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
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When Walter's grandfather drove his cart there were thousands of seltzer men in the city; today Walter is one of the last.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WFUV


  • Added: Oct 29, 2003
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 4
"More Civil Liberties, Less Fear"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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"Anees" (sp?) from Brooklyn says post 9/11 democracy lacks civil liberties

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Life in a Brothel
From: Barry Vogel
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Prostitutes and their customers: Who are they, why are they there, and who supports them.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 29:00
Democracy, American-Style: "Smaller is Better"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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David, a law professor, explains why democracy works best in smaller units -- like his parents' commune

  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 02:05
Democracy, American-Style: "Mandela...Bush"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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Nadine from South Africa remembers voting for Mandela in 94 and asks, crying: Why don't Americans value democracy more?

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2003
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2

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