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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
Active Voice Radio 8-31-07 - Johnathan Mooney- The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
From: Chris Goldstein
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Author Jonathan Mooney joins us to discuss his newest book The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
#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
#2: The Rite of Spring, or when Lenny met Igor
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Few musical works have inspired so many stories as Stravinsky's 1913 hit, The Rite of Spring. These are just three or four of them.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KGLT, KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 8
#1: The Birth, Reversion, and Rebirth of "The Soldier's Tale"
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The 46-year history behind a new release of Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale"

  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
HEAT -- The Contenders
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on Joh...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 4
JS Bach 24 Fugues
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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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
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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
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
Michael and the Silver Fox
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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Michael, a fisherman's gilly in the County Mayo, uses all his wits to get a rare pelt.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
Michael and the Mare
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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Michael, a fisherman's gilly in the County Mayo, discovers there's more than one way to skin a horse!

  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Length: 09:07
Rocky Mountain High
From: Song and Memory
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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
Digital Diary: Berenice's Story from Ghana - Part 2
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Youth Radio journalist, Berenice Akuamoah, 18, tells her story through a six-part radio diary

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Buffalo Nation Hour Long Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: Buffalo Nation/Pow Wow Hour Special
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Radio Netherlands producer Martha Hawley takes two looks at Native American culture in the form of the Revival of the Buffalo and the exploration o...

Bought by KZYX, WGDR, WGBH Radio Boston, WETA, KQED and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:11
  • Purchases: 8
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Warren Upstairs
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Phone Message
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Arrangements
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A sister reminds her accusing brother who held the household together when the mother was abusive and alcoholic in their growing-up years. The sco...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Armsted
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An elderly man prepares to take his senile wife to the nursing home, trying inarticulately to express his love.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Joellen & Willie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1

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