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Inside/Out Youth: Thoughts on Valentine's Day
From: KRCC-FM
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Gay youth from the Belly of the Conservative Beast talk love and marriage

  • Added: Feb 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:27
The Terrorist Biz
From: Merle Kessler
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How the "insurgents" are branding themselves.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
The New New Las Vegas
From: Merle Kessler
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Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Eve at My House
From: KRCB Voice of Youth
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Three stories of three very different Christmas Eves

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WXLV-FM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 25, 2006
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 3
Marian Apparitions
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Marian apparitions are some of the planet?s most reliable occult phenomena.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Naked Truth
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Visit the Richmond Saunas in Richmond Maine. Your clothing is optional.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
Salida Oral History Project
From: KRCC-FM
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Local history project releases CD of interviews

  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 08:29
MetroNaps
From: Chelsea Merz
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Matthew, who's been living on the streets of Boston for nearly ten years, travels to NYC to test the latest sleeping invention: The Metropod.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 2
Religious Bickering Goes Electronic
From: KRCC-FM
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Email exchange gets nasty...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
I Liked Diamond When Diamond Wasn't Cool
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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Secret Neil Diamond fans unite -- finally Diamond is cool!!

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
Fundraising Funnies II
From: WFIU
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Nine comedic pledge drive spots

Bought by KRCU Public Radio, KMUN, KTXK, KRPS, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 51
Adventures in M.U.K. - The Melbourne Ukulele Kollective
From: AMRAP: Australia
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A delightful look at a unique and unusual Australian music scene.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 09:11
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
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Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54
Songs of the Humpback Chubb
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Ecologist Larry Stevens sings the saga of the Humpback Chubb, a small odd-looking fish that lives at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and which has ...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
A Cook's Notebook: Fraud Pie
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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and she thought it was homemade...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Haunted Santa
From: KRCC-FM
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The lure of a mechanical Santa

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Turkey Stuffing Paul's Way
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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My father says I should make stuffing his way or no way.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Wildlife Poaching
From: KRCC-FM
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The wild world of the wildlife repository

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:48
Diabetic Halloween
From: Johnny Plough
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what does halloween mean to a diabetic kid - when you take away the candy?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KKWE Niijii Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 11
They Lied
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Born in Poland, Joanna Pittner thought she was only visiting America for a vacation.

Bought by WERU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Dog Park: It's the STUFF, man
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Finding the one in ten listener who s a member

Bought by WHRV and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 2
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
The Wire Episode 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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The digital revolution in music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 16
The Wire Episode 5: The Sound Around
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode five of The Wire, this show explores the overwhelming presence of music in our day-to-day lives.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 13
The Wire Episode 4: Good Vibrations
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode four of The Wire, this episode investigates the birth of the synthesizer.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 12

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