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Jackie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Thank-You Note
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Stoplight
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Out Dancing
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Circus Life: The Last Sideshow
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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What is it like on the other side of the peephole? The Half-Girl, the Snake Lady, the Fat Man and others share their experiences and surprising vi...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, WETA, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 5
Corruption, Democracy, and Tabloids
From: Jennifer Dunn
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Media reforms in China are presenting reporters with new freedoms and challenges

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Rocks at Rock Bottom
From: Hillary Frank
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The story of a man who hits rock bottom when he's surrounded by a whole lot of rocks -- and how he uses those rocks to get over heartbreak.

Bought by KUOW, KUT, Iowa Public Radio, Remix Radio, PRX Lovesick Stream and more


  • Added: May 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 7
Willard
From: Blue Chevigny
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Willard Mental Hospital closed in 1995, but for over 100 years it was at the center of life in upstate New York, for both the patients, staff and t...

Bought by WCFM, WZBC, WRFI Community Radio, and WNYC


  • Added: May 07, 2004
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 4
Yo-Yo Ma ENCORE: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Yo-Yo Ma describes how a 21st-century hotel key helps him create the right sound for a rustic piece called "Drunken Fisherman."

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, KMHD, and KNAU


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 4
Chicken Diaries
From: Jude Fletcher
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The chicken version of "The Crying Game"

Bought by KZYX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 23, 2004
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Yo-Yo Ma: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Have cello, will travel: Yo-Yo Ma describes how he works his way inside the "DNA" of musical styles from all over the world, and finds joy in "the...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, KMHD, KNAU, WCVE and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 6
File Sharing Vox Pop
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:13
Arcade Girl (version 3)
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Changing values about sexuality among China's youth, and the role of Western pornography in their sex education.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2004
  • Length: 05:55
Doorbells, . . Offramp
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - The Improvised Comedy Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old coots reminiscing about wars and police actions of words. . . and steam, geothermal and nuclear-powered doorbells they have known. . .

Bought by The Prairie Star and WCOM


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
Poncho Sanchez: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Even without a conga drum handy, a master of Latin Jazz finds a way to demonstrate the essence of the mambo.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCUR, Public Interactive, KMHD and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 9
Virginia
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Do you know your state song?

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Delaware
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Do yo know your state song?

  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:14
Polly's Boa
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who knew the riverbanks of Boston catered to such diverse wildlife?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Mascot
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If you can't make it as a professional mascot, what's your back-up plan?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, SALTcast Podcast, KZSC, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 29, 2004
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
Fast Food: What and Why
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fast food: What it is; how it is sold; what it does to us.

Bought by KVSC, KUNM, KVSC, KRZA, KOSU and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Cecilia Bartoli: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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One of the world's great operatic singers explores what it means to approach the human voice as an instrument -- like a trumpet or violin.

Bought by KVNF, PRX Remix, The Story, KGLT, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 10
A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times
From: Richard Paul
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Dramatization - largest mass-escape of slaves in Amer history - PROMOS ATTACHED

Bought by WJAB, WAMU, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 54:10
  • Purchases: 29
Washington Goes To The Moon PART 1
From: Richard Paul
Series: Washington Goes To The Moon
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The politics behind the Apollo Program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, MPR News Stations, WXXI Rochester, WITF and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 44

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