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A Young Birder's Field Guide
From: Gretta Cohn
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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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Multiples in Mass: Multiple Births and IVF
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why Massachusetts is more than just the "Cradle of Liberty."

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 2
Election Day 2008 NewsDub
From: Matthew Fidler
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A Vox Pop musical piece from polling places around the Bay Area

  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:21
Backyard Ice Cream
From: Joshua McNichols
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Jennie Grant makes blackberry ice cream using only ingredients from her backyard

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
Save the Endangered Didgeridoo
From: Vermont Public
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A musician explains why the didgeridoo is special and how it saved his life.

Bought by WABE, KUT, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Obama and Israel
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Does Barack Obama really have a "Jewish Problem"?

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ballroom Redux
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 21:27
  • Purchases: 1
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
The Weird Sisturs
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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The sisters from MacBeth are alive in the 21st Century and working freelance.

Bought by KUT and KUMM Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
In from the Cold
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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Two ice fishermen come 'In from the Cold' on Valentine's Day to a surprise.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 10:02
Eight Museums
From: Amy Conger
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About one minute of ambient noise from eight museums in four cities.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:24
Bird Songs
From: Ken Cormier
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An ornithologically accurate tale of madness.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Cowboy
From: Jen Nathan
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Man rides horse cross country in search of fame

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 3
Stiff Peaks
From: Jeffrey Letterly
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The first step in making cookies is to purchase a metal bike jingle bell in a western mountain town.

Bought by PRX Remix and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Cult of Colin (Firth)
From: kitty felde
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confessions of a Colin Firth groupie

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Are There Any More Rare, Plastic Ponies?
From: Julie Shapiro
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An unknown pastime to most, competitive model horse collecting is a serious passion for girls and women of all ages. But why?

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dry Smoke and Whispers:The ShadowMan Part 1
From: Marc Rose
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A mysterious Man of Power puts Emille Song, Special Detective, on the trail of a galaxy-wide conspiracy - but does he want our Hero dead or alive?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2007
  • Length: 27:04
Ian's 78s
From: Bruce Wallace
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Baltimore record collector releases compliation of 78s from around the world

  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 14:06
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
Synthesizing Spider Silk
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
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If they can synthesize it, researchers hope to save lives with spider silk.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
"Fourth of July Fireworks at Camp Waterlogg"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
Caption: Kenny Savoy, Shelley Berman, Joe Bev., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
JULY 4th special returns by popular demand!

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Glorious Youth Parade
From: Valerie Lapinski
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A profile of the Glorious Youth Parade, a fledgling band in Sitka, AK

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
For the love of synthesizer
From: Dan Trudeau
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A New Hampshire man has made his home into a shrine to synthesizers

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Victoria Secretes
From: John Ryan
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A proper provincial capital poops in the ocean -- but for how long?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 06:16

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