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My Farm House
From: Sheri Quinn
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Natural gas drilling sites surround the Partin's farm house in Monroe County, Ohio and its effects have crept up to their front porch. Young Deb P...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Sepia Elsie
From: Bishop Sand
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90 year old Elsie remembers her dancing days before she met her husband 63 years ago.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
My Audio Universe Spring 2012 - 59:00 - explicit
From: Brian Bahouth
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Our Spring 2012 Edition features five short stories specially adapted to audio. Unique sound design illuminates the best contemporary short fictio...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
The Pawn - explicit
From: Brian Bahouth
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The Pawn chronicles a meth addict’s transformative journey to the river and back.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
A Simple Rigid Structure
From: Brian Bahouth
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A Simple Rigid Structure is a short story that illustrates how tragically submissive and pliable a person will be for acceptance and love.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
Parody of Adele's Someone Like You
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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The "original" version of Adele's "Someone Like You" reveals her inner stalker... Listen, weep, wipe, repeat.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
Central Square Renewal
From: Jordan Weinstein
Caption: 1369 Coffee House in Central Square, Credit: Jordan Weinstein
One of the last remnants of Cambridge, Massachusetts' less-affluent past is about to undergo major changes.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 08:44
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Ron Carter: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Ron Carter is an icon of jazz. He has played his bass on more than 2000 albums. His name, however, is most vividly linked with Miles Davis. Carte...

Bought by KMUW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Irish Fiddler, Liz Carroll
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA Heritage Fellow and world-renowned fiddler, Liz Carroll talks about and demonstrates the multiplicity of Irish music. [38:15]

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 38:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Barber Pole
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The surprising history of a true cultural icon: the barber pole.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Holes
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Exploring the secrets of these ancient flooded caves from Australia to Egypt to Belize.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Tremolo
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Tremolo, one of music's most basic effects, has an incomplete history. What we do know links centuries of composition.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Curveballs from space
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Clockwise and counterclockwise galaxies from the Hubble Telescope, Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA
Astronomers re-evaluate origins of our solar system and entertain the idea that the universe is shaped like a small doughnut.

Bought by KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 6
Top-Down Cause
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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We stroll through the history of causal thought in medicine (and science) and entertain an alternative approach that is getting some traction in ph...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Carsten Höller Experience
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Carsten Höller's Mirror Carousel, Singing Canaries Mobile, and Untitled (Slide) at the New Museum in NYC., Credit: New Museum
Art exhibit, amusement park, or laboratory? You decide.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:30
Chestnuts Return to America
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Chestnuts in chestnut burrs, Credit: Guy Hand
After a blight killed most of America's chestnut trees back in the 1930s and 40s, a new industry has sprouted up using new varieties of blight-resi...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Centerstage Minnesota with Don Vidal
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Focusing on the talent of Minnesota Musicians, this week Don Vidal spotlights Andy Dee and The Roe Family Singers.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53
War Games among the Tipas Porteñas
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Ponys and their men
From old games to old soldiers war remains in our minds

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Godspeed, Tevatron
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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We remember the legacy of the Tevatron, the particle collider that was shut down in September of 2011.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Opinions Presents: Like A Rolling Stone - The Music of Bob Dylan
From: Sound Opinions
Series: Sound Opinions Specials
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In this FREE, EVERGREEN one-hour program, Sound Opinions explores Bob Dylan's life and music.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, KMUW, WXPR, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 79
Tribes Reconnect To Food Traditions
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: A traditional Coeur d'Alene tribal food: huckleberries, Credit: Gu Hand
Native Americans struggle with diabetes, obesity and the lack of healthy food on reservations. Producer Guy Hand looks at what a food coalition re...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, New Hampshire Public Radio, Outer Voices, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8

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