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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
Garbage Man-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUT, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Day In The Life Of A Vice Principal
From: Richard Paul
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The 1,000,001 things that fill the day of an inner-city vice principal.

Bought by KUOW and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 04, 2004
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 2
Garbage Man-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 11
California
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Do you know your state song?

  • Added: Dec 15, 2003
  • Length: 03:21
Massachusetts
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Do you know your state song?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2003
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Cube
From: David Gans
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised Beatle song

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2003
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
Heartland Medicine
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Young doctors face challenges, provide total care, and live unconventional lives in rural Nebraska

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRPI, Audible, and WCQS


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Street Dogs
From: Jake Warga
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Homeless kids in Seattle and their Dogs

Bought by PRX Remix and WUNC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2003
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
RIT Video Game Masters
From: David Clements
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Video Games

  • Added: Oct 07, 2003
  • Length: 07:23
Chimpin' The Blues
From: WPSU
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Legendary cartoonist R. Crumb shares his love for early blues recordings.

Bought by KMUW, KRCB 104.9, KGLT, KMUN, WYSO and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
A Cook's Notebook: Groovin' with The Toll House: Chocolate Chip Cookies
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Two New York girl-d.j.'s bake cookies as they mix dance beats

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1

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