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Gallus Gallus Mechanique
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One shouldn't assume humans will always be assembling bits and pieces to make things. In the future hens may lay them.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
Library Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... Underground (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Packard Campus is roughly 500,000 square feet, built into the side of a mountain in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains., Credit: Library of Congress/Matt Raymond
What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
All You Need is a Microwave
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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Sometimes interviews take strange turns - especially when the interviewee is a nine-year-old boxer with an inventive imagination.

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: David Eagleman and 50 years in space
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

Bought by PRX Remix and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes Special
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...

Bought by KUT and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Water Footprint
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It turns out that the milk that goes with the ‘breakfast of champions’ is less environmentally friendly than a pint of beer.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Coal? It’s a Gas!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Kosher Meets Capitalism: The Business of Shabbat
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Making the Sabbath more friendly... one innovation at a time.

Bought by Remix Radio, KUOW, WFUV, Interfaith Voices, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 5
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
Catching the Wave: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
From: Rebecca Sheir
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A visit to one of America's two tsunami warning centers... and a lesson that just might save your life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Going Solar Where the Sun Don't Shine
From: Rebecca Sheir
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The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
Mind Control: Neural Rhythms and the Beat of the Brain
From: Aaron Henkin
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An exploration of the therapeutic technique of neurofeedback and its goal of recalibrating the rhythms of the brain

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 29, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: For the Love of Bridges
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Documentary on the love and fascination people feel about bridges.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Disturbance in the Force
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An internet video game addict loses all bearing on the boundary between fantasy and reality.

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 16:00
  • Purchases: 7
Subway Symphony
From: paul overton
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A rhythmic ride from the Village to Harlem

Bought by WFUV, KGLT, East Village Radio, BSR Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 5
File Sharing Vox Pop
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:13