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Hedy Lamarr
From: Eric Molinsky
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A 1940s Hollywood star invents the technology behind cell phones.

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUT, WILL and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 6
Talking to Strangers: Chance Encounters with Fellow Americans
From: Aaron Henkin
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a modern American road trip...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 49:30
Modern Cowboy
From: Jen Nathan
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Man rides horse cross country in search of fame

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Bible and a Gallon of Bleach
From: Jen Nathan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Religion and politics are two topics your mother told you never to talk about in public - unless you're a customer at Father Peter's laundromat in ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
A Rockabilly Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Rockabilly Christmas, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Joe Bev Holiday Treat
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a sound rich, inventive take on Sherlock Holmes for the holidays!

Bought by KMXT, KWIT, KDUR, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
The Beat Goes On #107: "The History of Swamp Pop"
From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On
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A handpicked collection of songs that traces the history of 1950's and 60's Swamp Pop, a musical genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south L...

Bought by KMXT, Panhandle Community Radio, KSRQ, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 5
Ripple Rock meets its doom (short version)
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
#5: Igor Stravinsky and the Art of the Miniature
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Beloved for his full-length ballets, Stravinsky also created a surprising array of very short pieces for orchestra

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
Mardi Gras Indian Music
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Musical Tradition of New Orleans' Black Indians

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 10
Shodekeh: The Human Beat Box
From: Aaron Henkin
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An audio portrait of Shodekeh, master of vocal poly-rhythms

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KGOU, KCUR, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 5
JS Bach 24 Fugues
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
all 24 fuges from the Well Tempered Clavier at once!

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz from Enceladus
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
what's hot on Saturn's tiny moon

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recruiting Musician Soldiers
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The Army is using craigslist to recruit musicians.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WVTF, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WMUK, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 6
Eat Your Greens 4: Back to school at Fairview
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Some of the young gardeners have moved on and graduated from Fairview. Will they be able to entice some new ones at the back to school night?

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
Eat Your Greens 3: In the garden at Fairview Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Right beside I 25 a bustling community garden plays host to children and their families.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
Eat Your Greens part 1: McGlone Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Miss Hardy teaches her 4th graders about good nutrition in a 'hands-on' way.

Bought by KRZA and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 2
The Free Monks
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Jon Miller visits a nationalistic rock band comprised of Orthodox monks in Greece.

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Rocky Mountain High
From: Song and Memory
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A song and memory story about a Christian summer camp, John Denver and a psychotherapeutic fad from the seventies.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
Brooklyn Christmas Tree
From: Lizzy Cooper Davis
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two minutes with Vincent van Rhyn, a Christmas tree seller in Brooklyn, NY.

Bought by WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, KUT-HD, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 9
Here a Cult, There a Cult
From: Derek John
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Rocky's heirs...the cult films of a DVD generation.

Bought by KVNF and KZSC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 2

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