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Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/26/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THEY ALL TAKE THEIR MARK...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
From Pakistan to Tanglewood - Vazira Zamindar & Composers
From: Open Source
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Historian Vazira Zamindar talks about the "wound of partition" in today's Pakistan. Then, we meet three young composers - Cynthia Lee Wong, Jacob B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/12/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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NEARLY WEIGHTLESS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/15/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FOR MONTHS THE WHITE-CLAD TROOPS AMASS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuzzy Bunny gets a "pat-down" with a happy ending
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
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A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Community Caring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43
Global Guru - Latin America Bas Reliefs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wandering the Psychedelic Galaxy with Gong
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Daevid Allen of Gong
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Still endearing after 20 years, the quirky Penguin Cafe Orchestra's CDs are re-released to a new audience

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Whether you like it or not, it affects you too.
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is fast approaching. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," discovered that many of our cur...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
The macabre imagery and dream world of Alu
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Singer-songwriter delves into dark and quirky places

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Conversation Brian Wansink about his bestseller "Mindless Eating."
From: Out of Bounds
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Amusing, entertaining and informative conversation with Cornell Food and Brand Lab Director BRIAN WANSINK, with a focus on his bestselling book, "M...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
The Dickie Goodman Show
From: Jon Goodman
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The Dickie Goodman Show Premier

  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
The Beat Goes On #102: "Jukebox Jamboree"
From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On
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Great songs about the jukebox from a wide variety of musical genres.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Robot Toy Store
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Visit to New York City's Only Robot Toy Store

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 14:33
Smart Robots
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Inventor designs robots that are starting to think like humans

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRFC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Robot Music
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Melding art and technology to creat emusical robots

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:33
A Cook's Notebook: Pork Loin Roast
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a Sunday dinner

  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:24
A Cook's Notebook: Salmon with a Pedicure
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the chef thought that it was just another lunch

  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
A Cook's Notebook: Fraud Pie
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
and she thought it was homemade...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Turkey Stuffing Paul's Way
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My father says I should make stuffing his way or no way.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Congee
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
for stronger chi

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Off the Road
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a story from the kitchen.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1