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Culture Queue 1-20-13: "Vicinity of Obscenity"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we dive into the world of the obscene. First Producer Marcheta Fornoff learns about a little “dirty dancing” for the sa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Artist and the Pinhole
From: Marnie Crawford Samuelson
Caption: Pinhole camera/hot dog stand, Provincetown, MA, Credit: Marnie Crawford Samuelson
When Provincetown artist Marian Roth learns that a seaside hot dog stand is about to be razed because of coastal erosion, she sees the chance to tu...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
Busking for Change
From: Mallory Falk
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When Marcia Mello started busking, she was excited to pursue a life-long dream. But she's had to fight for her place on the street.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 2
New Life
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every thing deserves a second chance

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
You're the Driver?
From: Jennifer Swann
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
Culturology: "Mayor of the Universe" - Author Lorna Landvik talks with Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
Quick Queue: Michelle Zimmerman
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Marcheta Fornoff. Michelle Zimmerman balances life between school to become a dental hygienist, and hitting the gym to train as a bodybuilder. T...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 095: Tin Roof Project with Tobi Fairley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
Caption: Designer Tobi Faireley
This week it's our monthly Tin Roof Project, featuring award-winning designer Tobi Fairley. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The Class Menagerie
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: Amy Boortz feeds rescue dogs at the school where she lives. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
Amy Boortz bought a full-size school in north Georgia to live in with her family. They turned classrooms into bedrooms, and life was alright for a ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
Roller Derby
From: Maeve Conran
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A profile of Boulder County's first roller derby league.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Brazen Belles
From: Sara Robberson
Caption: Back stage with the Brazen Belles
This piece was created for WCAI's Creative Life Series. Producer Sara Robberson takes us to the world of sequence and bras, humor and strip tease –...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
Distillations Episode 147: Babies
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Remember when I leeched all the calcium from your bones?, Credit: Flickr user paparutzi.
Big eyes, soft skin, squeezable cheeks. No doubt, babies are adorable. But in this episode we take a break from our cooing to examine some more ser...

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:43
The Online Date that Went a Little too Well
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
Marlins, dead cats, beagles, and red wine make for an interesting evening.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Tales from the South 079: The Teen Years
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 078: Tin Roof Project with Monica Staggs
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Stuntwoman Monica Staggs
Hollywood stuntwoman extraordinaire Monica Staggs is here telling stories. The Tin Roof Project is a once-a-month series of Tales from the South wh...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Uppity Women
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Women who like to stir things up aren't always appreciated by society, but they make great stage characters

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Martin Levin, Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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92-year-old Martin Levin tells his granddaughters Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe about a college classmate he didn't like.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, WEZU, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 6
The Hyster-y of the Vibrator
From: Kaitlin Prest
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You may be surprised to learn that the vibrator (also known as woman's best friend) has been a staple of female health since the birth of electrici...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:13
The Vinyl Countdown -- album #115: LaVern Baker
From: Alexa Lim
Series: The Vinyl Countdown
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The Vinyl Countdown is a journey through a vinyl collection that spans 4,000 albums and would stand over 40 feet tall. It is our goal to listen to...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part One
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Choreographer and author, Liz Lerman converses through dance on the stage and now the page.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 23:42
  • Purchases: 1
Vidal Sassoon: Inspired by Architecture
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Mary Quant, as styled by Vidal Sassoon
In this evergreen single-voice portrait, renowned hair designer Vidal Sassoon discusses one of his greatest artistic inspirations with charm and in...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
15: A New Set of Possibilities
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Drunk with knowledge, and slightly scared by its implications, Sam considers how best to use her new powers. Drama serial, set in a call centre for...

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 14:25
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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