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Exploring Hakone Gardens, Chocolate Travel, Sustainable California Wines and Lansing, Michigan
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Wisteria Pavilion Uppper House on Hakone Estate grounds., Credit: Couretsy of Hakone Estate and Gardens
Join us as we celebrate the centennial of Hakone Estate and Gardens, pair chocolate with sustainable California wines and explore Michigan's dynami...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Ep 3 - The Georgian Cowboy
From: Vladic Ravich
Series: Taxi Taxi
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Shota Adamashvili is a country western singer who has never been within a thousand miles of the world he sings about. Is there a place for country...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 26:05
Ep 4 - The Farmer
From: Vladic Ravich
Series: Taxi Taxi
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A story of about just how much can change after you get a drunk phone call from your boss.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "Mermaid Song"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh is a Bemidji poet. She's published her work in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She's a graduate of the MFA...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
The Fiverr Song Project
From: David Hilowitz
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In this project, I explore the bizarre world of Fiverr, a website that lets you purchase services for five dollars. To learn how it works, I take o...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 27:00
The Beat: Anthony Swann - "These"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Haiku-1"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
The Terry Project on CiTR #53: The End of Civilization Ecovillage
From: CiTR's Terry Project
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Gordon Katic is an environmentalist, but he doesn’t get out of the city very much. He’s plugged into politics, but removed from nature. So he board...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 42:29
Indian politicians forced out of the closet
From: KALW
Caption: Pride festivities in New Delhi, Credit: Sandip Roy
For the first time ever gay issues are part of the election debate in India.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Killer Drugs: Tackling Opioid Addiction and Overdose
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Bottle of oxycodone pills, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Prescription painkillers like OxyContin have flooded the market. They're incredibly addictive, and once people are hooked, the habit gets expensive...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 90.5 WESA, KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 56:57
  • Purchases: 4
Garage Pop Forever: The Story of Needlecraft
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Hana, Mikki
Mikki Lunda and Hana Zimorino are easy to spot walking down the street. The ladies are sharp dressers rarely caught without lipstick and their sign...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Would You Climb a Mountain With Your Sister?
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Rachel is facing the camera. Katy is the taller one.
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...

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


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Media Fast
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
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Hear from three people who do a media fast to take back control of their lives from their smartphones, Internet, and Social Media.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
The World of Online Retail
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 26:10
Mash Ups
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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Are mashups the new metaphors– combining rather than comparing unlike things — as a commentary on our culture? How have mashups influenced and chan...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 23:37
Dog Park: "Whatever"
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Two young and enthusiastic (& non-paying) public radio listeners

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHRV, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
The Fall
From: Chris Ladd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Skydiving can go wrong, terribly wrong, and that can even happen when the parachute opens. This piece chronicles the author's dive on assignment fo...

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 21:55
Life Stories - Friendship
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUER, WFAE, KPVL, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 15