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The Wrecking Crew
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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This group of session musicians played on hundreds of huge hits in the '60s and '70s. They're the unsung heroes of pop and rock.

Bought by WEZU, Prairie Public, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:53:24
  • Purchases: 3
Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross 1973
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Behind the #1
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After going solo in 1970, this was Diana Ross' second #1 hit.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell 1975
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Behind the #1
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Glen's first #1 hit came 14 years after his first chart appearance.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
Part Five: Counting The Invisible
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Joe Fox is a resident of Safe Haven in Kennett, Mo., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
Resources are pretty sparse down here in the Bootheel. No single town has every service to meet the homeless community’s needs. The apartments at S...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:24
Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Behind the #1
Caption: Helen Reddy Accepts Grammy
This #1 hit won the Grammy in 1973.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
The Letter - The Box Tops - 1967
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Behind the #1
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1967 saw The Letter at the top of the charts in the fall.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:15
Amid Theft, Ranchers Scramble to Locate Hay
From: Grace Hood
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One of ranching’s most basic materials is in high demand right now. With the price of hay doubling for some smaller operations along the Front Rang...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Cave Conservation
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Looking up and out of the mouth of Horse Cave, Kentucky, Credit: K. Gourlay
Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
Message in a Bottle
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
Caption: Czech composer Karel Anerl conducting the Terenzin Strings Orchestra. Photo from propaganda film made by the Nazis, Credit: Courtesy of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
The story of two brilliant and celebrated composers whose music was lost during the Holocaust. 'Message In A Bottle is a Gold World Medal winner at...

Bought by WFIU, KFAI Minneapolis, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRPI, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 5
Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Olympic civil liberties suppression, Credit: UBC
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 1 - Aboriginals & Canada's Dirty Secret_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land, Credit: http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
WNYC's Fishko Files: Russian Cultural Exchange
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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In an unlikely moment at the height of the Cold War, art and culture crossed seemingly impassable political barriers.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
The Day the Music Died - web radio in peril
From: Eric Klein
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on July 15th radio over the internet is going to undergo a BIG change

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 2
Hair Cut Check Up
From: Tanya Ott
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African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates than other women, but a unique program is turning African American hair dressers i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
Japan-Nationalism
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rising nationalism in Japan worries Asians

Bought by WETA and WGCU


  • Added: May 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Life Before Social Security
From: Richard Paul
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A look a life for the elderly in the years before Social Security was created

Bought by WBEZ, New Hampshire Public Radio, WYSO, KVMR, and WSHU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 5
Biography of 100,000 Square Feet
From: Benjamin Temchine
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How does a public space fail? Can good intentions separated from reality border on negligence?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KALW, WZBC and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 9