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Connecting Cultures: A World Café Special with Yo Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo
From: WXPN
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Connecting Cultures: A World Café Special with Yo Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo

Bought by WILL, KUSP, WAER Syracuse, NY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBIA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Bridge Spitting
From: Bill Palladino
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A reminisence of an adolescent event while growing up in New York City.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
Rule of Thumb
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Good Samaritan
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Epitaph
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the etmology of the word epitaph.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Dope
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Origin and evolution of the word "dope."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Best Laid Plans
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2
THINK GLOBAL: Mary Robinson commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Former president of Ireland and UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson argues that globalization gives us a great opportunity -- and respon...

Bought by WCOM, WGVU, WUAL, WYSO, KPCC and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 6
PRC-Anti Japan Demos
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China rile Tokyo

  • Added: Apr 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:05
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
What's the Word? Poetry in Performance
From: Modern Language Association
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From Homer to slam, the special appeal of poetry in performance.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 20
What's the Word? Chinese Women's Poetry
From: Modern Language Association
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A celebration of Chinese women poets.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 11
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
Japan-Allergies
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cedar and cypress allergies nothing to sneeze at in Japan

  • Added: Mar 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
Blues File: Michael Hill
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New York bluesman Michael Hill is a fiery guitarist, gifted songwriter, and

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 6
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8
More Than "Guys & Dolls"-Frank Loesser
From: Amber Edwards
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Evergreen profile of Frank Loesser, composer of "Guys & Dolls", the most frequently produced musical ever

Bought by KERA, KOTO, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 3
The Beatles In America - 1964 (2 Hours @ 59:00 or 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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A lively two-hour montage of rare archival audio, concert recordings, and new interviews on The Beatles' first U.S. grand tour. Hour 1 focuses on ...

Bought by WSKG, WUSF, WHRV, KSJE, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:57:56
  • Purchases: 52
What's the Word? The Blues as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Blues lyrics give us unique insight into the African American experience.

Bought by KMUN, WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 22
What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 47
Armstrong Williams: Master of Zakazuka
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary on Armstrong Williams Scandal

  • Added: Jan 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:18
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
Sound Design from Hell
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
confessions of a Hollywood sound designer

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Story, PRX Remix, KGOU, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 7
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16
What's the Word? Cookbooks as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Cookbooks can be more than just a source of recipes.

Bought by WVTF, WNMU-FM, WRGY, WLIW, WLIW and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 29

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