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Consuming Desire
From: Todd Melby
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Enter the world of passionate collectors and compulsive shoppers to find out why people spent money on objects they don't need.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WGBH Radio Boston, Marfa Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 25, 2005
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 6
The Secret
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jarrod Livingstone was once officially dead for three minutes and his sister Carma wants to know what this experience was like.

Bought by HowSound, Vocalo.org, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 4
Cracked Open
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Richard Handler shares his pungent insights into brain surgery, actually, his own brain surgery.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Corner of the Universe
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Now that Adam's "school" is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike man whose existence they've denied for years.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Connecting Cultures: A World Café Special with Yo Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo
From: WXPN
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Connecting Cultures: A World Café Special with Yo Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo

Bought by WILL, KUSP, WAER Syracuse, NY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBIA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
A Cook's Notebook: Charlie's Duck
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Duck in three days

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Translating
From: WAMU
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Carlos reports on his and his friends' experiences as translators for their families.

Bought by WXLV-FM, KUOW, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, WGCU and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
Never Again: A Holocaust Memorial - with Elie Wiesel and Abraham Foxman
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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NEVER AGAIN: A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: is a one hour special that includes Larry Josephson's recent exclusive interview with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 15
Bioprospecting in Chiapas
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Traditional Mexican healers have stopped "bioprospecting projects of foreign pharmaceutical companies.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, WAER Syracuse, NY, Here and Now and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 6
Roads on the Isthmus
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Improved roads were supposed to be a side-benefit of NAFTA, but some poor Mexicans are convinced that highways won't improve their lives.

Bought by KUNM and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 2
Corn in Oaxaca
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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US corn imports in Mexico are making it hard for traditional farmers to maintain precious biodiversity.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Mangroves on the Yucatan
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Mexico is trying to balance its lucrative tourism industry with the need to protect fragile coastal ecosystems.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, Here and Now, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 4
THINK GLOBAL: Mary Robinson commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Former president of Ireland and UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson argues that globalization gives us a great opportunity -- and respon...

Bought by WCOM, WGVU, WUAL, WYSO, KPCC and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 6
THINK GLOBAL: Ernesto Zedillo commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
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Former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo argues that free trade and increased links are critical to the advancement of developing countries.

Bought by WGVU, WBST, WYSO, WAER Syracuse, NY, WDIY and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 6
Worlds of Difference: Finding a Niche
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A sound-rich documentary about the efforts of traditional societies to find a niche in the global marketplace, with stories from Peru, Canada, Scot...

Bought by KUNM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WUMB and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 27
Other Answers
From: marybethkirchner group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour special/pilot on children’s health with pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon and guest, actor Noah Wyle of “ER.”

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 55:16
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
A City Bigger Than
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a social commentary/spoken word piece about the City of Chicago.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
THINK GLOBAL: Bill McKibben commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentator Bill McKibben argues that thinking local makes sense both for people and the planet.

Bought by WSLR, KLCC, WUAL, WBST, WNKU and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 12
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
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A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Executive Director of Life's End Institute
From: Sheila Edmundson (Smart City)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This interview provides information about alternatives to conventional end of life decisions

  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 17:37
What's the Word? Chinese Women's Poetry
From: Modern Language Association
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A celebration of Chinese women poets.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 11

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