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Revivalist Radio...on Stage

From: Daniel Gross

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

Up Next Episode 7 - David Ingber

From: John Russo
Series: Up Next

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

Flower Philosopher

From: Eleanor Kagan

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

The Pigeon Race

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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

Transport: A Canine Journey

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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

Casa Rico

From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York

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

I Just Am

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Musicians often have trademarks. Elvis had a snarl, Michael Jackson had a glove, and Bret Michaels has bandanas. For Dan Knudsen, it’s a fanny pack...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUT, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 10, 2011
Length: 07:07
Purchases: 4

The Maine Event

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Several times a month, art dealer Rob Elowitch becomes Robbie Ellis, "America's Sexiest Sexagenarian Superstud," a legend in Maine's independent wr...

Bought by WMPG and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 06:45
Purchases: 2

Gamers!

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The games they play here involve dragons, wizards, and superheroes. And sometimes...they come with stereotypes.

Bought by KUOW and WMPG

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 08:41
Purchases: 2

The Flock from the Block

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The wisdom of a birdman

Bought by PRX Remix and WMPG

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 06:16
Purchases: 2

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

For Katie West of Bath, Maine, laughter is not only a way of life but a tool for survival.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and SALTcast Podcast

Added: Jun 03, 2010
Length: 05:31
Purchases: 2

I've Never Dreamt Such Things In My Life

From: Van Gunter

Real dreams. Original music. Bottle of wine. Turn on, tune in, drop out.

Added: Apr 23, 2010
Length: 13:04

Funtown

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

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

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 06:50
Purchases: 4

Reenacting Like They're Related

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

Bought by WMPG

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 06:29
Purchases: 1

Hands Up!

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 05:45

Skin Deep

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In Maine, there are two organized naturist, or nudist clubs: the Dirigo Naturist Association and the Maine Coast Solar Bares.

Bought by WMPG and WORLDcompass.org

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 06:20
Purchases: 2

Positive Energy

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 06:37

The Great Stephan

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Steven Cornish loves magic. He goes by “The Great Stephan,” and he performs as a magician in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 05:16
Purchases: 1

Dumpster Harvest

From: Sam Greenspan

Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.

Bought by KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WDBM, Vocalo.org, KUT and more

Added: Nov 18, 2009
Length: 11:16
Purchases: 8

The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

For a group of retired women in Maine, a garden grows more than just plants.

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 07:28
Purchases: 2

Mushroom Fever

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The tireless search for edible mushrooms.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and CKMO

Added: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 07:01
Purchases: 2

A Young Birder's Field Guide

From: Gretta Cohn

Luke Seitz is a 14-year-old birder with a lot on his mind- life lists, nemesis birds, and how to balance his secret passion with the confusing worl...

Bought by The Nature Podcast