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View from the Conductor's Seat
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
Early Morning Delivery
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a trucker drives through the night to make an early-...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:50
Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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day in the life of a cave guide

  • Added: Aug 11, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
Part 5: Keeper of the Flame
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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In an intimate meeting, the reporter comes face to face with the 95-year-old keeper of the family flame, himself a direct descendant of the 18th ce...

Bought by KUER, WBEZ, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 4
Part 4: Making Friends
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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Ancient traditions and today's religious government foster tension among Iranians, expressed carefully in quiet conversations. (Fourth of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: To Pari
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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The reporter sits his ancestral home and finds hospitable villagers and suspicious police. (Third of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 3
Part 2: Tehran
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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City life is a pastiche of old and new as we hear the call to prayer, the carpetsellers in the bazaar and the chaotic traffic on the streets - and ...

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1: Arrival
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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Even with family ties to this country and preparation, a reporter finds Tehran to be a foreign and intimidating place upon arrival. (First of five ...

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
OCCANEECHI POW WOW
From: Keith Weston
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sound rich piece from annual Native American Pow Wow

Bought by KLCC and KSUT


  • Added: Jul 23, 2004
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Don't Take The Colors Apart
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Amerasian Playwright Velina Hasu Houston learned early on to have pride in her identity through her African American father and Japanese mother.

Bought by KVSC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUER, KVSC, KUT and more


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 17
Poncho Sanchez: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Even without a conga drum handy, a master of Latin Jazz finds a way to demonstrate the essence of the mambo.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCUR, Public Interactive, KMHD and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 9
Mates of State
From: Adam Allington
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Kori Gardner of the band "Mates of State" talks about their sound, touring and making records.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2004
  • Length: 05:06
Luther 'Captain Luke' Meyer: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A rich-voiced bluesman rediscovered by the Music Maker Relief Foundation remembers what it was like performing during the '50s and '60s in the inf...

Bought by The Story, KMHD, and KNAU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2004
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 3
Duane Jarvis' "Delicious"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Duane Jarvis' "Delicious" CD

  • Added: Feb 21, 2004
  • Length: 12:34
Jay McShann's "Goin' to Kansas City"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Jay McShann's 'Goin' to Kansas City" CD

  • Added: Feb 21, 2004
  • Length: 12:46
A Family Yarn
From: Rupa Marya
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In the wake of NAFTA, a family of woolen mill workers in Maine salvages their livelihoods by returning the industry of yarn-making to the home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WBST and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 13
Steve Forbert's "Any Old Time"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Steve Forbert's CD of Jimmie Rodgers songs

  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 12:53
Walter Backerman, Seltzer Man
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
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When Walter's grandfather drove his cart there were thousands of seltzer men in the city; today Walter is one of the last.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WFUV


  • Added: Oct 29, 2003
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 4
Cambridge Bay Soundscape
From: Victoria Fenner
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An interpretation of the soundscape of Cambridge Bay Nunavut

Bought by KTNA, WZBC, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 22, 2003
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Summer With Kara and the Swing
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A grandmother's quest to help her disabled daughter

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTJU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2003
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 6
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7

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