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Global Guru-Tanzania's Barbershops
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
I Write Because . . .
From: Jeff Deitchman
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Ask people why they write and you'll hear many reasons. Here are some I hadn't expected.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Technological Innovations -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. W. Brian Arthur discussed the nature of technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 32:12
  • Purchases: 1
Encounters Mosquito
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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The summer drone of doom.... the mighty mosquito has a long history in the north country.

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
Glaciers
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Get your earbones popped with the almost religious sound of glaciers calving as you go for a paddle in a kayak with host Richard Nelson on this epi...

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, WMNF, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Take Your Seats, Class!
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The inner secrets of a comma, a writer, a teacher.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
Alabama Alabama
From: Anton Foek
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One {....} of a captain. Kathy Broughton grew up in Birmingham Alabama but soon learned fishing from

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 1
AlabamaToo
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two women from New York City and California resettle in Alabama.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:46
Someone Worth Finding
From: The Tibet Connection
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The unlikely story of a homeless addict who becomes a Tibetan monk

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 12:53
Mahler in America
From: Eric Molinsky
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Mahler creates the New York Philharmonic but he's still considered a failure.

Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 08:48
  • Purchases: 2
Thom Steinbeck Shares His Father John Steinbeck's Ways of Encouraging Reading
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Thom Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck, discusses his father's unique method of encouraging his sons to read.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Animals of Australia take a Hold
From: Ray Gard
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A Behind the scenes look at the Australian animals associated with the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
Palouse Earthworm Rediscovered
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
CL 2006 Rabbi David Gordis "Judaism in America:retrospect and prospect."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Rabbi David Gordis looks at Judaism in America and interfaith relaions today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 1
genial - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "genial"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
Happy Accident
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The unintentional discovery of my passion

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
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
Active Voice Radio Interview Remix: Tamara Draut- STRAPPED!
From: Chris Goldstein
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Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 07:11
RN Documentary: The Story of the Carmina Burana
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Its got to be one of the most recognizable pieces of music we know, spanning classical and pop cultures, yet not many people would recognize the Ca...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Drive Like My Brother
From: Jonathan Menjivar
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of one man in desperate need of a job.

Bought by WJCT, PRX Remix, The Neighborhood, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 5
Julian Bond on Race in America
From: With Good Reason
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Julian Bond, chair of the NAACP, whose grandfather was born into slavery, candidly talks about race in America fifty years after the Brown v. Board...

Bought by WTJU, WRPI, and WNCU


  • Added: May 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 3

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