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V Day
From: Angela Regas
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"This afternoon, I have the most popular vagina in the state of Iowa. There are never fewer than two, and sometimes as many as six people gathered...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:37
Powered by Laughter
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rip this band off: Billy & Dolly and the art of giving it away
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and Bill Rousseau, Credit: Gabriela Hasbun
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 2
Global Guru-Mexico's Murals
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns about the mural movement in Ajijic, Mexico, two generations after Diego Rivera's vision.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Storefront Library
From: Mark Saldaña
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In Boston's densest neighborhood, the Chinatown Storefront Library converted a vacant commercial space into a thriving community center. And then i...

Bought by XRAY.fm and YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
Wandering the Psychedelic Galaxy with Gong
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Daevid Allen of Gong
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/19/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE AGED LEAN NOT ON THIS CANE...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Political Icons: Donkey and Elephant
From: Gretta Cohn
Caption: In this political cartoon by The Economist resident cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, the donkey and the elephant have no one to blame but each other., Credit: Kevin KAL Kallaugher, The Economist
Kevin Kallaugher, better known as KAL, has been the cartoonist at The Economist for 30 years. He explains how the donkey and elephant came to repre...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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This week, the Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou buys Real Estate.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, KSJD, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 6
Lipstick from a bug
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Cochineal Bug
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:37
Freaks Like Us
From: Briana O'Higgins
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The 21st century sees a revival in the freak shows of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and WILL


  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/24/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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JFM,so it begins...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/17/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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BURSTING FORTH LIKE THE SUN...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/10/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE IMAGE OF HEALTH, TEMPTATIONS SYMBOL.

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/3/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ONE DROPS, MANY TURN.

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/26/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FAMILIAR THIS LETTER...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/19/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WE ARE GIVEN ONE AT BIRTH...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/12/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A PATCH IS KNIT...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/5/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IT PLANTS ITS FEET...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sam Hill Discusses "Buzz Monkey"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Sam Hill is a media insider and journalist whose work has appeared the Wall Street Journal and Fortune among many others. He lives outside of Chicago.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 30:17
Jim Nisbet discusses "The Price of the Ticket"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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A novelist, poet, and furniture maker, Jim Nisbet lives in San Francisco.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 31:07
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
Stingray for dinner
From: Alex Halperin
Caption: A cownose ray at L.D. Amory & Co., Credit: Alex Halperin
The cownose ray is a nuisance fish. Could it become the next great bar snack?

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 2

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