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Part 1, The Journey Begins

From: Ross Chambless

Caption: Ross Chambless stands outside a substation near his home in Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless

Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 06:12

E.A. Poe and the Krautrock Connection

From: Iain Wilson

The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

Added: Sep 11, 2011
Length: 08:10

3 Great American Voices

From: Leet and Litwin

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more

Added: Jun 25, 2011
Length: 55:08
Purchases: 6

Paula Hay

From: Erin Bosenberg
Series: SPACES

Paula Hay Masters student of Social Anthropology Her SPACE - the train

Added: Apr 22, 2011
Length: 06:30

The Man Who Recorded the World - Alan Lomax

From: Open Source

Caption: Alan Lomax with unidentified man. [Library of Congress photo]

Open Source "Shorties" are 7 to 8 minute cuts of our best timely and evergreen material. Today, we're joining biographer John Szwed in thanking the...

Bought by PRX Remix, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and Louisville Public Media

Added: Mar 25, 2011
Length: 07:47
Purchases: 4

The 2nd Most Haunted House In D.C.

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 22, 2010
Length: 06:11
Purchases: 2

Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project Part 1

From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives

A profile of jazz piano great Herbie Hancock

Bought by WEKU

Added: Jul 08, 2010
Length: 05:41
Purchases: 1

Girls on the Gridiron: Life with the Chicago Force

From: Robin Amer

Four members of Chicago's all female tackle football team describe what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s game.

Bought by KUT

Added: Jun 15, 2010
Length: 20:16
Purchases: 1

C4 Explosion

From: Robin Amer

Chris, a veteran of the first Iraq War, tells the story of the time he saw 2500 lbs of C4 explode.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jun 04, 2010
Length: 02:01
Purchases: 1

Jon Hopkins's Quaint Electronica

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 25, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Oct 29, 2009
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses

From: Japhet Weeks

Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks

In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

Added: Oct 07, 2009
Length: 04:20

BEAR McCREARY: FROM SYNTHESIZERS TO CYLONS

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

The music and musician behind TV’s best Sci-Fi show

Added: Sep 25, 2009
Length: 03:30

A Fresh Catch

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.

Added: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 06:35

Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)

From: Brad Horn

A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

Added: Apr 24, 2009
Length: 03:28

Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan

From: Carla Seidl

Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)

Added: Nov 04, 2008
Length: 04:25
Purchases: 2

Why we love a good scare

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Why we love a good scare - a look at horror films since Psycho

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more

Added: Oct 24, 2008
Length: 02:48
Purchases: 8

Bridging the Shores: The Hmong-American Experience

From: Wisconsin Public Radio

Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more

Added: Sep 10, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 10

Ottmar Liebert and the Scent of Light

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

A pioneer of Nouveau Flamenco guitar expands in cinematic colors

Added: Sep 03, 2008
Length: 03:30

2. Whiting Tennis, artist and folk-rock guitarist

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)

A Look at How (Seattle) Musicians Pay the Rent

Bought by KUOW

Added: Aug 21, 2008
Length: 03:21
Purchases: 1

You Sound like You're Not from Around Here

From: With Good Reason

Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.

Added: May 29, 2008
Length: 29:42

Report on Famecast Music Competition

From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM

A report on the Famecast Music Competition, where bands compete against each other for $10,000 and national exposure

Added: May 14, 2008
Length: 06:47

The Beat Goes On #109: "The Bebop Singers"

From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On

A handpicked selection of songs showcasing the best of the bebop jazz singers of the 40's, 50's and 60's--as well as a few modern era interpretatio...

Added: Apr 03, 2008
Length: 58:55

Beijing Dancers Come to Philadelphia

From: Jamila Trindle