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The Live Feed Presents: Bryan Day and Ember Schrag
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Bryan Day and Ember Schrag performed in a Noise Show at the Root Note in downtown LaCrosse. A kind of performance art, both musicians experiment wi...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1
Collaborative Music with Aid of Social Media
From: Toby Scott
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Can new, globalized cultural traditions that cross national boundaries be created with the aid of social media? "Album in a Day" is a community-d...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
Clever Apes: Sense abilities
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: www.wbez.org/cleverapes
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the realm of the senses, finding out how cochlear implants are opening up a world of sound for the h...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 3
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
The Live Feed Presents: Greg Taylor
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Greg Taylor, Credit: Midwest Music Fest 2010
On this edition of "The Live Feed" we hear from a musician normally heard on the radio on Winona's KG95.3, but tonight he comes to us here at KQAL ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 39:35
The Legend of Patsy Cline
From: Jeffrey Letterly
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A surreal encounter with Patsy Cline.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: Wake Up Bed Head
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Wake Up Bed Head, Credit: via Wake Up Bed Head on Facebook
On this edition of The Live Feed we feature Winona based band Wake Up Bed Head. Wake Up Bed Head is comprised of Joshua Lauer (lead guitar/vocals, ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:54
East Timor's Umaluliks
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Umalulik in Timor Leste
This week the Global Guru learns how to negotiate land deals, family disputes, wedding arrangements, cattle sales and other deals in Timor Leste.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
From the National Press Club with Tony Horton
From: National Press Club
Caption: Tony Horton, Credit: NPC
Physical trainer Tony Horton, who advises everyone from entertainers to the U.S. military, leads Press Club members and guests through some exercises.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
Piano Red - Dr. Feelgood: The Music Makes You Feel Good
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Piano Red
Piano Red's music makes you tap your feet and smile.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:01
The Mikie Show # 19, Marcia
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a conversation with Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marcia Daniel. We talk about a day in the life and how anyone can beat ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • 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
Take Me Out to the Japanese Ballgame
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru uncovers the rules behind Japanese baseball. Accidentally smack the matter with the ball? You better practice your bowing...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Flock from the Block
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The wisdom of a birdman

Bought by PRX Remix and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
Selling Texas Kitsch at SXSW
From: Michael Lee
Caption: Boots at Allen's Boots in South Austin, Credit: Nathan Bernier
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Soulful Repair Man
From: Jill Strauss
Caption: Gayford Caston, Shoe Repairman, Credit: Jill Strauss
In collaboration with the Mapping Main Street Project (visit mappingmainstreet.org) Independent Radio Producer Jill Strauss captures the voice o...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
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 Mikie Show #11 Dimitri & Girts
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It's not often one gets to speak with best in the world athletes, but we lucked out here on The Mikie Show. Show eleven features an interview with ...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Great Stephan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
The Mikie Show #1 Rob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Our inauspicious beginning. We introduce Señor Glow and The Hi There’s. A guest interview with dance music artist and dj Rob Rives. We discuss the ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Cartoon Carnival Christmas Party
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Fun PRX Xmas special!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
An hour special of rare and classic Christmas themed cartoon audio and music, plus 12 modules, produced and hosted by Joe Bev, with Stan Freberg, D...

Bought by Raven Radio, Prairie Public, WEZU, KREV-LP, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:05:19
  • Purchases: 6
An Evening with Beausoliel
From: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of music and Interviews with Cajun Music Icons Beausoliel, recorded live in 2004 at Mountain Village in Telluride, Colorado

Bought by Prairie Public and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 2
R U Green?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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A humorous look at what people are actually willing to do to help the environment.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:16
  • Purchases: 1
Kids and Computers
From: andrew walsh
Caption: Liam Computes, Credit: Andrew Walsh
Liam McLeod is a typical 4-year-old: He can't tie his shoes, but he can use a computer better than some adults.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2009
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1

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