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Virtuoso Voices - Janine Jansen (Label Dropper)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Every performer has their calling card or label for their style of playing. Some are known for raising the roof with virtuoso flash and fireworks;...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :24
This I Believe - Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Sufiya Abdur-Rahman believes being black is beautiful and not a condition she has to rise above.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Feet In Two Worlds: La Ruta del Voto Latino: Geronimo
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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Diego Graglia in Milton, Florida

  • Added: Sep 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
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
Commentary: Homage to Skip
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The late broadcaster Skip Caray was a welcome guest in millions of homes nationwide almost daily during baseball season.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:27
Muslim Terrorists in Hollywood
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Palestinian American Muhaideen Batah paid a visit to Ms. Toland?s World History class. He spoke about Islam, and in this piece he talks about how M...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
Skating as Sport
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Consider skateboarding a sport

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Bod Mod
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One girl's view of body modification.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:35
Youngest of three
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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This is my life

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
This I Believe - Aileen Mory
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Listener Aileen Mory believes democracy is a shared responsibility -- especially during a time of war.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
KERA Commentary: God, Government and Gasoline
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A writer reflects on how fears about the economy are affecting consumers.

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:10
Basick-ness by Leonard "Junior" White
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His first year in the competition, Junior says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Leonard "Junior" White is 18 years old and a member of Ku...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
Virtuoso Voices - Marin Alsop (Soft Landing)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There are trends and fads even in classical music. One of the trends conductor Marin Alsop finds a bit disturbing involves Brahms. Use this 27 se...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: :27
Dock Ellis Pitches a No-No
From: Neille Ilel
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An Alternate Take on Drugs and Baseball

Bought by KCRW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Steven Isserlis (The Evangelist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are the cellist's bible and yet their existence is shrouded in mystery. Cellist Steven Isserlis is happy to specula...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Never too Young)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Julia Fischer often finds that she has to defend her age and her generation. The up and coming 24* year old admits she bristles a bit wh...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :29
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
KERA Commentary: Huckleberry Finesse
From: KERA
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Reaction to controversy at a Texas high school over teaching of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Feelings)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What makes a composer's music resonate with the audience? Composer John Adams offers a starting point to this ultimately unanswerable question. U...

Bought by WETS and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Don't Mess Around)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
KERA Commentary: Stay At Home Dads
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Debilitating Liszt)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Huge. Blockbuster. Larger than life. Those are just a few of the ways you could describe the Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt. Awadagin P...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Joy Harjo
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Native American poet tells of her belief in the Sun and our sacred connection to it.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, WORT and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 16
"Life Challenges" by Shekira McKnight
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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With her amazing voice and sly poetry, this young writer approaches depression head-on. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Centre (Chica...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
"Mic Check" by Team Maine Township
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Politicians, media, celebrities... the list goes on and on of people who abuse the story-telling power of a microphone. Maine Township is from Mai...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1