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Factsheet Five
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/27/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE WORLD IS HELD ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Top Ramen
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
First Kiss
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
Booksmellers Unite
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WE MAY BE ARCHED, WE MAY BE SCANT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 06/09/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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LIKE A MOUSE, HIS FUR IS BROWN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
Riddles from the Border Regions, 04/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHAT IS IT THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Revivalist Radio...on Stage
From: Daniel Gross
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It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 2
Desperately Seeking Steampunk
From: Teresa Chin
Caption: What would Jules Verne do? The Steampunk aesthetic combines elements of victorian fashion, sci-fi, and punk DIY., Credit: Photo by SoulStealer.co.uk
Steampunk is quickly moving from a quirky Victorian sci-fi subculture to a major inspiration for mainstream artists like Panic at the Disco and Rus...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/17/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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IN DECEMBER SEE HER NEST...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/8/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHEN THE BULL RANGES FREE...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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UPON A LADDER I WILL CLIMB...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
"Please Call Stella": Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Speech Accent Archive is the brainchild of GMU's Steven Weinberger, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A look -- and listen -- inside the world's largest online database of English accents.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 5
Finding the Muse
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Jazz Fest 2011
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At last weekend's 41st Annual Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lauren Peterson spoke with a member of the Muses, an all-female...

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
below
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
Transport: A Canine Journey
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is th...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/16/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FOUR ARE NEEDED...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Elementary Education
From: Lauren Peterson
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For some, education is a global debate involving scholarly theories and reform strategies; for others, it's something a little more...elementary. O...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:46