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Dear Father
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by conorwithonen, Flickr
Gabriel Martinez, a seventh grader, wrote this thoughtful and moving letter to his unknown father.

Bought by KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, WSLR, Delta College Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 5
JazzStories: Bill Frisell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn'...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 3
Klet
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Living in a new place can be hard. It can also be great!

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
A Tuba Christmas
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ron Keller, Director of the Naperville Municipal Band and the Naperville Tuba Christmas, talks tubas, the holidays, and his lifelong love of music.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
151: At the Fishhouses
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Abandoned Fish House January 2009, Credit: Carrie Whittier, Little_DogPhotography at Flickr
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:13
Jesus Freak
From: WHJE
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Following the life of a Christian teenager.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
The Mayor of Allston
From: Eleanor Kagan
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To the uninitiated, Mr. Butch was just another homeless man on the streets of Boston. To those living in Allston, however, he was their wayfaring p...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 09:34
The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 27 - College and Horses
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A woman reflects on her decision to give up equestrianism and go to college.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Good Day at Blackrock
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
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A man fulfills a promise to his 13-year old self by visiting the place his grandfather died, Blackrock island, Co.Mayo.

Bought by KMUN and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 2
"Gil Scott-Heron: In His Own Words"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Producer Dred-Scott Keyes looks at the life and music of poet, musician and composer, Gil Scott-Heron, who passed in New York City on May 27th.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:03
Ghosts of Winters Past
From: Prairie Public
Series: Essays from the Veeder Ranch
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
A reflection on earlier ranch life in winter.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Backpack
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: mL., Flickr
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Be My Valentine
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Traditions, trivia, and history of St. Valentine's Day. Also included is a brief story by Charles Westcott about a little girl and her homemade val...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:32
  • Purchases: 1
Unconditional Love
From: Justin Shank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Love is tender, Love is kind.........

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
Here's to the Vets
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Patterns in Music
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Commemorating Veteran's Day with this edition of Patterns in Music—a fitting musical tribute to those who served.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:40:15
  • Purchases: 2
Food & Faith
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Raspberry Festival sign at St. Gertrudes, Credit: Guy Hand
At the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Central Idaho, food and faith are tied together like raspberry canes to a trellis.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
Tattoos are the new lockets
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattoos have surpassed lockets as a way of keeping memories close.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Thanks to the Dog.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: October Days.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Each month brings its own special feeling. October is a month of apple-crisp days, cool nights and the sense that time is moving on.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Four distinct seasons
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A look at the appeal of living in an area with four distinct seasons.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Box of old photographs
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Seeing familiar faces in a box of old photographs

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
Refugees make Alaska their home
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Nithya Thiru tells us about a Catholic Social Services program for refugees who are making Alaska their home.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:58
Rocking Chairs
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Our physical inheritance offers clues about our ancestors

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:53