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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
Stingray for dinner
From: Alex Halperin
Caption: A cownose ray at L.D. Amory & Co., Credit: Alex Halperin
The cownose ray is a nuisance fish. Could it become the next great bar snack?

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 2
Mushroom Fever
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The tireless search for edible mushrooms.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
"The Voices In My Head" read by author Jack Handey
From: Amy Wallen
Series: DimeStories
Caption: DimeStories 3-minute stories read by the author
The narrator contemplates the conundrum of those voices in his head telling him what to do.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 5
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
Fernwood: Acoustic Americana world chamber music
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Fernwood mixes Americana sounds with Appalachian strings, along with bouzoukis from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
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
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
Turn the Tradio Up
From: Rebecca Sheir
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An on-air garage sale where one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Life with Clyde
From: MAG group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
See what happens when a young girl develops a serious relationship with a correctional body cast.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2008
  • Length: 13:27
Unleavened Alaska: Passover in the Last Frontier
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
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When it comes to Passover, why is this state different from all other states?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 6
"This is how the story was told to me." (V3.0)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Travel. Adventure. Romance. Inexplicable narratives from the man in the window seat.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Leaplings and Lunar-cy: The Science of Leap Year
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?

Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 6
A Jew Grows in Rockland
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amita Jarmon discusses what it's like to be Rockland's first rabbi since 1937.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Insomnia
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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During the day, Michael White works at the concession booth, handing out popcorn and candy at the movie theatre. But when night comes, he cannot sl...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KCRW, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
There's Only One Kind Of Rock'N'Roll: An Interview With 2*Sweet
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Interview with old-style pop-punk band 2*Sweet about touring, their name, DIY, and much more!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 10:11
PB & J Saves the World
From: The Environment Report
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Peanut Butter and Jelly can save the world from global warming.

Bought by WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
Selling the US, One Inch at a Time
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a mere $3.95, you can own a piece of America.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
Harnessing the Power of Permaculture
From: The Environment Report
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Making the best use of the things in your own backyard.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:59
Jungians, Athabascans & Dream Stuff: An Interpretation of Dreams
From: Rebecca Sheir
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What's the real stuff dreams are made on? Depends whom you ask...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Art Of Ohio: David Hostetler - On Carving and Life
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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At the age of 80, internationally know sculptor David Hostetler, has no intention of sitting back and taking it easy. He says, for him, art is not ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
Country songwriting legend Bobby Braddock talks about love, life and his new book, Down in Orburndale.
From: Katie Ball
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In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
"This is how the story was told to me." (V2.0)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Feel free to get up and move about the cabin...or you might want to pay attention to the man in the window seat next to you; he has a story he'd li...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween Parade Puppets
From: WFUV
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Learn how the giant puppets that lead New York City's Village Halloween parade are constructed.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:18