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The Soulful Repair Man
From: Jill Strauss
Caption: Gayford Caston, Shoe Repairman, Credit: Jill Strauss
In collaboration with the Mapping Main Street Project (visit mappingmainstreet.org) Independent Radio Producer Jill Strauss captures the voice o...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
An Exploration in Sound: Market Basket
From: Justin Grotelueschen
Caption: Market Basket love Xmas
An accelerated trip to this insanely active grocery store in Union Square, Somerville, MA.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
An Exploration in Sound: Commercial Environments within Union Square
From: Justin Grotelueschen
Caption: Union Square, Somerville MA, Credit: Christina Pazzanese For The Boston Globe
An edited analysis of nine indoor businesses in the heart of Union Square, Somerville, MA.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Rabbit Hutch
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Retro Product Proves Recession Proof
From: Todd Bookman
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A family business named Sarah's Hat Boxes is surviving the Great Recession, despite selling a product more befitting an era defined by the Great De...

Bought by WILL and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Return of Fine Cider
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Steve Wood, owner of Poverty Lane Orchards., Credit: Scott McIntyre
A fine cider revival could provide a lifeline to struggling New Hampshire apple growers.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Pink Gloves Boxing
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Joyce Garrels, Garret Garrels, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Two recent college grads are trying to beat the recession and become the next big thing in fitness

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
La Tanda -- A Grassroots Savings Scheme
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A newshole ready first-person piece about "La Tanda", a tradition of many immigrant communities of pooling their money, and sharing the benefits.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
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
Antioch Alumni Gather For Reunion When College Needs Them Most
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alumni of Antioch are being asked to carry the torch to reopen the College.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Kramer, Master Bladesmith
From: KUOW
Caption: Bob Kramer's handmade knives
Bladesmith Bob Kramer creates custom knives used by some of the world's most elite chefs. But this rarified, artisanal quality all starts in a humb...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:46
Economic Storm Hits Norfolk Island
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Lisle Snell at Island Fish Fry, Credit: jake Warga
Norfolk Island, Australia, is a small rock in the middle of the South Pacific, but not immune to the global financial crisis.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 04:31
Pine Beetle Epidemic
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Dead Pine Beetles, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Pine Bark Beetles are turning green trees red

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
Montana Timber Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Sun Mountain Lumber, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Many timber operations are fighting to stay in business.

Bought by Topics Education


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Markets for Farmers
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Farmers ready to Bid, Credit: Beatrice Murch
The Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires is the biggest cattle market in the world. Monday through Thursday 45,000 head of cattle pass though it's p...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Fresh Catch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
The Rolling Diamonds
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For most of us, the circus is a day of cotton candy and clowns.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 3
Senior Citizens Barber Shop
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a barbershop in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Autos Katrina
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: "Autos Katrina" are taken into Bolivia from Chile, Credit: Ruxandra guidi
Over the last 6 months, cars damaged by Hurricane Katrina and discarded by the U.S., have been ending up in Bolivia.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Follow the Money
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the economic forces that push the Purepecha from home and pull them toward Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
The Garage Sale Hunter
From: andrew walsh
Caption: A Garage Sale Find, Credit: Photo by Genevieve Haas
Veteran garage sale hunter Steve Fry takes us on a Saturday morning tour of garage sales in his neck of the woods outside Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
The Hartville Flea Market
From: Matt Pryor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A day at the Hartville Flea Market

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
D.C.'s Shrinking Chinablock: A Two Part Series
From: Kristen Balagtas
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One ethnic enclave tries to obtain a cultural identity in a struggling economy

  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:48

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