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From Death Row To A Doctorate
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Consider spending time on death row and turning that experience into the drive to get a doctorate?

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Secrets To Living To 100
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How can you reach 100 years leading a healthy and fulfilling life? Lillian Brown Vogel Phd. reached 100 in September 2009 and has just published he...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:16
Inclusive Language
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
What if language differentiated us via race rather than gender?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
Born on Public Radio - Active Voice Radio Father's Day Special
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: On location at the Philly Auto Show, Credit: Chris Goldstein
My annual Father's day interview with my daughter...who just turned six! Also an excerpt of the AVR interview about Dutch Master Painter Johannes V...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Recent College Graduate For Hire
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year more than other years, a college degree is no guarantee of a job. Commentator Emma Jacobs of Youth Radio graduated spring 2009 from Colum...

Bought by WMNF and Topics Education


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Body Secrets Project
From: Ross Chambless
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An anonymous 'Body Secrets' project reveals deep insecurities about a community.

Bought by Vocalo.org, Vocalo.org, KUT, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
Cannibal Theme Park
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Fredy and his wall of postcards
Met any cannibals lately? Producer Carla Seidl has, and tells the tale in this engaging sound-rich documentary/personal narrative related to her an...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Manuel Barrueco (Playing for Rodrigo)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Manuel Barrueco
The benefit of working with a living composer is you can get instruction and clarification directly from the source. On the other hand, it might b...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Manuel Barrueco (The Singing Conductor)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Manuel Barrueco
It's not unusual for a well known guitarist to play and record the most famous guitar concerto of all time, the Concierto di Aranjuez by Joaquin Ro...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: :19
Virtuoso Voices - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (No Waiting)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Jean-Yves Thibaudet
How does a performer choose the music they'll play? First and foremost, performers play the music they love – the music that resonates for them. ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: :15
DRP: A Wedding in Nyala, Darfur, Sudan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear the story of one Sudanese family who recently took a trip to Darfur to attend an old friend's wedding.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:42
Virtuoso Voices - Simone Dinnerstein (Who Comes First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Simone Dinnerstein
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :25
Eliades Ochoa
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Eliades Ochoa in Havana, Credit: (c) 2008 Reese Erlich
An intimate profile of the cowboy hat wearing singer and guitarist who starred in the original Buena Vista Social Club CD.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 06:31
Dave Holland
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Dave Holland
Sound rich portrait of bassist Dave Holland talking about his years playing with Miles Davis and current projects.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 06:04
Chick Corea
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Chick Corea and Bela Fleck
Profile of pianist Chick Corea performing jazz and acoustic music with bajo player Bela Fleck.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and WEKU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Yefim Bronfman (Bad Tchaikovsky)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yefim Bronfman
The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 is a part of nearly every pianist's concert repertoire, and for many Russian pianists, it's often the first ma...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Yefim Bronfman (Don’t Tell Anybody)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yefim Bronfman
One of Brahms best known orchestral works is his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn." Although it's best known in its orchestral version, Brahms firs...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :21
A Musician's Life: Warren Zanes
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Warren Zanes has taught about contemporary music at the University level. He's also championed the educational program at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Shift"
From: MayCope Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
The Stories of Hanukkah
From: Eric Molinsky
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Hanukkah can be seen as a holiday about assimilation.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 16
Abigail's Art (Pt.2)
From: Kristen Balagtas
Caption: Freedom from the Cage, Credit: Abigail Bradley: BradleyStudios123
Fine artist Abigail Bradley describes the “conception” of her assemblage piece, donated to Goodwill Industries.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
War and Peace: Four Snapshots
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Memories of War, Dreams of Peace

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:39
2. Whiting Tennis, artist and folk-rock guitarist
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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A Look at How (Seattle) Musicians Pay the Rent

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Black and African
From: Making Contact
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African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. On this edition, we meet Mauton Akran, a Nigerian immigrant ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, XRAY.fm, WCSU-FM, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Kenneth Feinberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg believes people's lives should be valued equally, not based on their wealth.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and WEZU


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3

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