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Serendipity on the airwaves
From: KALW
Caption: Lita Hernandez shows off her new credentials. , Credit: Audrey Dilling
There are many different sounds that float through the intersection of 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in East Oakland: crowds heading to the Oakla...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
Episode 103 - "Life With Camels"
From: Dot Cannon
Series: Over Coffee™
Caption: Gil Riegler with two of his camels., Credit: Dot Cannon
What don't most people know about camels? A lot, says Gil Riegler of the Oasis Camel Dairy.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:22
Heed the Deed
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with historian Loren Moulds about Herbert Hoover’s career-long crusade to promote home ownership.

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Herman and Sidney Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and Sidney Blake
Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and WITF


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
StoryCorps: Marcela Gaviria and Dempsey Springfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Marcela Gaviria speaks with Dr. Dempsey Springfield, who has been her surgeon for more than 30 years.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 3
Women in Sports
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Guido on women in sports.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
Moments with Jazz Master Sheila Jordan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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5 Moments with vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, Sheila Jordan.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 10
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/17/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HERE COME THE HERDS OF BILLY GOATS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Earthquakes don't kill people — bad buildings do
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Credit: Dowser.org
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 18:40
  • Purchases: 1
Veronica's Backyard
From: Joel Supple
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A portrait of an unusual character and her backyard menagerie.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, and HowSound


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/22/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FREAKISH, IT HAS HOT THREE HANDS...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Swimming Upstream: A special one-hour documentary
From: Michigan Radio
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Fred Newman
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Fred Newman performs live sound effects for A Prairie Home Companion
Sound effects artist Fred Newman is an integral part of A Prairie Home Companion. In this interview, Fred talks about his roots, his partnership wi...

Bought by KPIK-LP and KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:48
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/4/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PROTECTIVE WREATH ENCIRCLES THRONE...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: How a 12-year-old foiled the FBI
From: KALW
Caption: Robert Tsutakawa spoke with his daughter Susan Tsutakawa in the San Francisco StoryCorps booth
It’s the year 1942. The United States has just joined the war in the Pacific. On the home front, the FBI is investigating and interning Japanese-Am...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Maine's Survivor Bob
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Bob Crowley calls himself a typical Mainer, but there’s nothing typical about becoming a reality TV star at age 57.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:27
  • 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
Anh Le's Sound Story
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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A lovely story about a chicken and a bull.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:04
Bluegrass With Mustard 090503.1 House of David Blues
From: Dan Sadowsky
Series: The Bluegrass With Mustard Show
Caption: The Bluegrass With Mustard Show
Bluegrass, yes. Humor, why not. Alternate aural pathways to ultimate all-knowing truth, jeez I guess. Bluegrass you can listen to with your shades ...

Bought by KVNF and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
Phenology Plus
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Phenology Show
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus A Talk on the Wild Side with Harry Hutchinson, the monthly update with Eli Sagor...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 57:11
Wood Cutting Trip
From: Laura Spero
Caption: Women and Girls gathering wood in Kaskikot, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
An American gal accompanies a raucous group of neighbors down the mountain to cut firewood in rural Nepal.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
Rapping 101: The New 'Schoolhouse Rock'
From: Alexander Mayer
Caption: Rapping 101, Credit: Yvonne Martinez
A middle school in North Hollywood, CA is expanding its music curriculum beyond the traditional orchestra, band and choir. Oakwood Secondary Schoo...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
Spontaneous Hooplas
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 4
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30