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The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
Radiola! #0004 - Commerce
From: Andy Senior
Series: RADIOLA!
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This RADIOLA! is all about buying and selling--and has cut out the middle man.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
Fake It 'Till You Make It
From: Morrigan McCarthy
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Tina Foster on why she loves teaching line dancing

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WILL


  • Added: Sep 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 2
International Talk Like a Pirate Day Vox Pop
From: Jennifer Ball
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I visited the wharfs in Portland, Maine to talk about ITLAPD.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Still endearing after 20 years, the quirky Penguin Cafe Orchestra's CDs are re-released to a new audience

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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
Google Cooking, Griefer and other Neologisms - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Google Cooking is a new phrase - a neologism - born on the Internet. Listen to this short ThoughtCast program for a definition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepless Nights
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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A day...night, rather, in the life of a high school senior

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Wanted: Dreamjob... Rock 'n Roll Photographer
From: Mary Rose Madden
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The humble story of Sam Holden OR how this guy got to take photos of his favorite musicians.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: May 09, 2008
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
Laurel & Hardy Festival
From: Philip Graitcer
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An unusual festival in Georgia celebrates Oliver Hardy's birthplace

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:20
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - 26:05 version "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a public radio parody program. A 26:05 version of our premiere LP, "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
Say No to Christmas Zombies
From: Dick Meister
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Christmas Shoppers Alert: Beware of those popular personal audio players that are turning people into near-zombies living in their own electronica...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
The Third Essay at NYU Stern School of Business
From: Laura Spero
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At NYU, business school applicants represent themselves creatively through an unusual essay question.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:12
Reason #816 to Give to Public Radio: Chicks
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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Why give to public radio? Live Wire Radio offers a reason you may not have heard yet.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:08
Television, sliced and diced
From: Merle Kessler
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Sony launches 5 minute versions of old tv shows on myspace. Why?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:13
Physics for Poets
From: Lu Olkowski
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People often depict scientists as coldly rational. Physicist Michael Salamon takes issue with that. He explains how Walt Whitman misunderstood th...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 8
The Gist of It
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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Commercial parody for people who are too busy for books on tape - from Live Wire!, a live radio variety show.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
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
What is it with Women and Shoes?
From: Steve Zwick
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We hop on a pink Hummer and infiltrate the murky world of women and shoe parties. Our worst fears are confirmed!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
Clifford & Kidd - It's Just Lunch
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
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Sketch comedy from Clifford & Kidd

Bought by WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Throwing for Rock, Paper or Scissors
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Report on the Rock, Paper, Scissors International Championships in Toronto Canada

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:02
Islands Are Forever...An Interview With Islands
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Canadian rockers Islands give us the inside scoop about their name, their sound, and much more!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Beams! Radio Fiction for Kids
From: Space Radio Productions LLC
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The first episode of a kids' "spacecast" focused on the wacky, outer space adventures of the fictional Beams family!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2006
  • Length: 31:25
Tales of an Irish M.D.
From: Jackson Braider
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A collection of diverse tales told in 1962 by a Dublin heart doctor.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 59:03
An Encounter at Harold's Cross
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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The privations of war lead to a surprising night on the town for a Dublin doctor.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 08:25