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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
Up Next Episode 7 - David Ingber
From: John Russo
Series: Up Next
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Actor / writer / composer David Ingber has created musicals about Zombies, and Fantasy Football, an ESPN web series, and several screenplays. He ch...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
Tribute or Plagiarism? ( A Question of 21st Century Ethics) DEC 2011 UPDATE/REMIX
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A "newsical" program offering context and perspective on the ethics of our times. A DJ samples music from 5 other artists for mashup and is hailed ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 57:50
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
Distillations Episode 122: Our Chemical Landscape - The City
From: Distillations
Caption: Philadelphia skyline., Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Kevin Burkett.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 14:35
The Pigeon Race
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pigeon racers across New England get out their lawn chairs and wait for their birds. The flocks are released 150 miles away from home. The pigeons ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
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
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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
Casa Rico
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
Paddling
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how paddling is still alive and well in the South. Ouch! Behave!

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
The Black Swan of Cairo - Mark Blyth
From: Open Source
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Open Source "Shorties" are 7-8 minute cuts of our best evergreen material. Today: Mark Blyth on the political economy of uncertainty in Japan, Egyp...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
On The Margins of Music - Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess
From: Open Source
Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books
First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
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
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
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

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