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A Musician's Life: Charlie Musselwhite
From: WXPN
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Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite reflects on his life as a blues musician. The blues has helped him through hard times, including the mu...

Bought by KCSM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WQJC, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Dave Alvin
From: WXPN
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Songwriter Dave Alvin reflects on performing with his brother in the band the Blasters and his first bad review.

Bought by KSFR, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: T-Bone Burnett
From: WXPN
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The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

Bought by WQJC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
That's My Song: Thanks A Lot!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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Leslie Wise reminisces about loving Ernest Tubb's song "Thanks A Lot" as a child, and what it means to her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Toiletbowl Conservation
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sustainability professional explores water-saving dual-flush toilets.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Fog
From: Bernadette Cahill
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A memory of working on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
From Farm to Restaurant
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones describes turning her farm into a restaurant for one night.

Bought by WMUK


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Vegetables
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones explains why her customers take away more than fresh vegetables.

Bought by WTIP, WMUK, and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Gigging: A Cherokee Elder Spears for his Supper
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Audio Postcard of a Cherokee tribal member crafting "gigs"

Bought by KOSU, KCUR, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Late (French) Summer
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Poem composition to summer in France

  • Added: Aug 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
Skin Stories
From: Joan Schuman
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Relationships to skin: an artful approach to dealing with pride and self-destruction.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33
Exile
From: Joan Schuman
Series: Travels In Stasis
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A meditation, a sad, but hopeful love letter, a spirited trek.

Bought by PRX Remix and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 22:39
  • Purchases: 2
Nomad
From: Joan Schuman
Series: Travels In Stasis
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Freight trains rumbling through an urban desert accompany the musings of an armchair nomad.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
Taboo Box
From: Joan Schuman
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Layered stories of taboo dreams and a struggle with betrayal are accompanied by the metaphoric sounds of someone trapped inside her own boundaries.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2006
  • Length: 14:47
Thembi's AIDS Diary
From: Radio Diaries
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A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Bought by WUTC, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, WRNC-LP, KPFA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 27:09
  • Purchases: 17
The Drought in Ethiopia - Responding to the crisis
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Correspondent Dan Thomas visits Ethiopia to see the affects of the drought

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: May 16, 2006
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
Airplane Safety or How to Teach Pre-Schoolers About Death
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How to teach pre-school children about death.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Women Making Music: Ani Difranco
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Folk singer and independent spirit Ani Difranco muses about her career and music

Bought by WHQR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 7
Hope of Future Triumph
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
Caption: PRX default Piece image
David takes solace in the unconditional love of the former leader of the free world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 27, 2006
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
Hiking the Andes
From: Cynthia Graber
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Reflections with sound of hiking the Inca Trail, poor Peruvian porters carrying our belongings.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
Self Spirals
From: Terin Mayer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Recalling the epiphany of recognizing yourself in the mirror.

Bought by PRX Remix and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
Southwest Side Stories: The Game of Go
From: Paul Roldan
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Paul makes his weekly trip to to the game of Go.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:54
First US Christmas
From: Youth Radio
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A young mom celebrates Christmas far from home.

Bought by KMXT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WTJU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 14
My Classical Music Appreciation Teachers
From: Fred Flaxman
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a musically illustrated piece on learning to love classical music from old-time radio drama programs

Bought by WEKU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2