PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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Warren Vache
From: KMHD
Series: Jazz Ascona Festival 2005
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Interview and music

  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:08
Missing Sylvie
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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How do divorced moms keep their sanity when their children are visiting the other parent? Sometimes not so well...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Case of the Empty Lake: Or, How We Learned Stop Whining and Love the Salamander
From: Rebecca Jacobs
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Two college students learn to love the California Tiger Salamander.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 19:56
Dolphins
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Dr. John C. Lilly, noted polymath and sort of a mad scientist, was obsessed with dolphin intelligence and his experiments with interspecies communi...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
The American Spirit: The History, Voice, and Stand of the Declaration of Independence
From: Teen Attitudes
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(Uploaded by Josh Wehe) The history, the voice, and the physical and moral stand the Declaration of Independene took for our nation

Bought by KPIK-LP and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Best Baseball Season Ever
From: Dick Meister
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Major League Baseball is OK, but I prefer baseball as it was played by me and others in baseball-crazy Boonville and the other small towns in the M...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
Be A Man
From: Aaron Sanders
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personal essay on manliness

  • Added: Mar 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, & Music 1:11
From: Aaron Sanders
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poems by Naomi Ayala, Amanda Cagle, Jacob Overdurff, Taylor Mali, Chris Anderson, Pit Pinegar, Annarose Fitzgerald, Aaron Mushengyezi, and Jennifer...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
BRENDA RUSSELL: The Color Purple, Music Past & Present
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Music & Interview, "The Color Purple", Brenda's music "Past & Present"

Bought by WJAB and WSGE


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Face of White Collar Crime
From: Adam Allington
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What really happens to white collar criminals when they go away to prison

Bought by PRX Remix, KPIK-LP, Hearing Voices, KUSP, and KUCB


  • Added: Jan 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 5
Arlo visits Kankakee
From: Bill Yohnka
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A native of Kankakee, Illinois takes an insightful look at Arlo Guthrie's stop in his hometown as part of a Katrina benefit tour. Kankakee is menti...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:29
Four Seconds: Suicide off the Golden Gate Bridge
From: Jake Warga
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Search for meaning of a friends suicide.

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KSJD, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 12
Ease on Down: a Refugee Story
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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An American meets an Afghan refugee in Greece

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
Road Trip: Local Kids Help with Hurricane Relief
From: KRCC-FM
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Springs kids head to Louisiana to help clean up

  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 10:23
Why Ahmad Never Got to Celebrate Halloween
From: KCUR
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Commentary by Afghani college student about how his parents would not allow him to participate in Halloween.

Bought by WDBM, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
Don't Drive Like My Brother
From: Jonathan Menjivar
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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
Autobiorama - To Drink or Not to Drink
From: WMNF
Series: Autobiorama
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first person stories on a theme

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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
Handcrafting Mandolins
From: With Good Reason
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A visit to the workshop of master instrument-maker Gerald Anderson as he works alongside his luthier apprentice, award-winning musician Spencer Str...

Bought by KPVL and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Who's Your Daddy?
From: Sean Cole
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This is a story about someone who asked the most beautiful man in the world for his sperm.

Bought by Room Tone Selects, HowSound, PRX Remix, SALTcast Podcast, KUT and more


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 19:09
  • Purchases: 8
Home Planet: Going home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Home. It's where we go for comfort, even when it no longer exists.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Georgia Market Bulletin
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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A chronicle of rural life in Georgia unfolds between the lines of a farmers' newspaper.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Fall
From: Chris Ladd
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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
Finding My Place
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A memoir piece about overcoming depression and finding hope

Bought by KVSC, KVSC, and KUT


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 3

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