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The Civic Standard
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Actors from Developed to Death, a mystery dinner theater show from the Civic Standard in Hardwick Vermont. The mission of the Civic is to give neighbors excuses to get together, even if someone had to die before the salad course. , Credit: photo by Terry J. Allen.
"The Civic Standard" chronicles the making of a unique theater production in Hardwick, Vermont. "Developed to Death" is a play about Hardwick and w...

Bought by KWGS, Prairie Public, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Our Show
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
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When COVID-19 struck, Producer Erica Heilman was looking for a way to be useful. She wasn't needed to make school lunches or volunteer at the hosp...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WBEZ, KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Out of the Blocks: 600 Deepdene (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
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600 Deepdene: One block. Everybody's story.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
Out of the Blocks: 600 Deepdene (mini version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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600 Deepdene: One Block. Everybody's story.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Out of the Blocks: 2100 E Monument (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
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2100 E Monument: One block. Everybody's story.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
Out of the Blocks: 2100 E Monument (mini version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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2100 E Monument: One Block. Everybody's story.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mars
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Fun facts about the red planet, John Carter and the Princess of Mars...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:07:20
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Go For It: Life Lessons From Girl Boxers
From: WNYC
Caption: Claressa Shields at the Olympic Trials. , Credit: Sue Jaye Johnson
This year women will enter the Olympic boxing ring for the first time. Hosted by actor Rosie Perez and producer Marianne McCune, "Go for It" expl...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WBEZ, Delta College Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 38
White Van Man
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: White Van
They are seen as the kings of the road... but we see what being a self employed courier is really like.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
Best Couple
From: Radio Rookies
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When seniors at a small public high school in the Bronx cast their votes for "Best Couple" they chose a pair they admire but who definitely defy th...

Bought by KSFR, KALW, XRAY.fm, WABE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 9
Sidney Barnes has a Stone Cold Feeling
From: Ayana Contreras
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Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Legal Emancipation
From: Radio Rookies
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At 15 emancipation has brought both freedom and hardship for Radio Rookie Jordan Teklay. Now 17, he's trying to understand what it means to be an a...

Bought by The Story, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 4
Choosers, Not Beggars
From: Lu Olkowski
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Two men more or less allow themselves to become homeless in order to dedicate their time to writing poetry

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2008
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 2
To peddle pleasure
From: Ryan White
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voices of those who bring joy to those in need

  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
Finding My Ma
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a piece about meeting someone I thought I already knew.

Bought by KUOW and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
In a Bubble
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four teens talk about what it's like to be quiet in school.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, East Village Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 8
Neil Feather's Musical Chop Shop
From: Aaron Henkin
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If a musical instrument and a household appliance were thrown together into a particle accelerator, Neil Feather's music would be the result.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2