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Tina Turner the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 4: Counting votes in Philadelphia
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:01
Series Launching on September 30th - California Burning 30s Promo
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
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Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning

Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
The Working Tapes: Auto Mechanics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Lee Singer (1971)
In the 1970's, Studs Terkel interviewed Duke and Lee Singer at their auto repair shop in Geneva, Illinois. He was looking for a story about fixing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 4: There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Elizabeth Wenkuna and her mother outside the jail, Credit: George Lavender
All prisoners have the right to marry, but there are lots of restrictions. You can't exchange rings or request a special ceremony, there's thick gl...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
Now We Have Fire: A Tale of Two Bladesmiths
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
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Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:24
The Live Feed Presents: Winona Municipal Band June 22, 2016
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you the Winona Municipal Band and their 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Hosts of Freedom by...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 54:42
When Ground Zero was known as Radio Row
From: Radio Diaries
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For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Frankie’s Diary, Part 2: Football
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Frankie’s second Teenage Diary follows his season playing running back for the Valley Head Tigers. Recorded in 1997, Frankie documents his life as ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Literacy comes to the community: Afghanistan Child Alert
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent, travels to Afghanistan and in this story looks at the community-based approaches to impr...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
On the front lines against polio: Afghanistan Child Alert
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent reports on UNICEF's work in Afghanistan and the plight of children in this war torn area....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Dangers of Home Births in Pakistan
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Homebirths are common in Pakistan, and Mandy Cunningham goes on the ground to try to understand the many risks associated with ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Life in a Nepalese Hospital without a Doctor
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how one hospital survives without a doctor in the Nepalese mountains

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Nepalese Woman, Kamala, Makes her way to the Hospital
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for a pregnant women to get medical care in a small village in Nepal

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
Risks for Women Giving Birth at a Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 2
Making ends meet in a Pakistani hospital
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how hard it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in a Karachi Hospital

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Najdi Hospital, Room 402
From: Jessica Dheere
Series: The Sound of Bomblets
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12-year-old Hassan talks about his cluster bomb injuries from his hospital bed

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 07:30
SxSw from the sidewalks of Austin
From: David Weinberg
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Music and Mayhem from South by Southwest

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Mar 23, 2007
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
like it's 1999
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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true sound from the dawn of the new millennium

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Yoyogi Park
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
visitors flock to hear the chimes of Yoyogi Park in Tokyo

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2