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100 Years of Whiffenpoofs
From: Gretta Cohn
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Every year at Yale, 14 male seniors are tapped to sing in an elite a cappella group called the Whiffenpoofs. Their repertoire ranges from Cole Port...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Riddles from the Border Regions, 11/28/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WATER IT HOLDS THOUGH RIDDLED WITH HOLES.

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 11/21/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PERFECTLY AN ARC DESCRIBES...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carmen Rizzo and Huun Huur Tu: Tuvan throat singers meet an electronic mix-master
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Carmen Rizzo
Huun Huur Tu is a band from Tuva specializing in the ancient style of harmonic singing that comes from that region. Their music is combined with th...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 11/14/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HILLS AND MOUNTAINS FLAT THEY LIE...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 11/07/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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CLOVEN COMFORT DECKS THE WARY...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/31/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A TWO LEGGED CREATURE...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Same Song, Same Chair: Fifty Years Later
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Spencer Moore, Credit: Jon Lohman
A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, and WAMU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 5
Honeyboy Edwards - blues legend talks about hoboing through the great depression
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Series: Sitting With Gianluca
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Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Mind on the Brain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal look at Traumatic Brain Injury.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Healer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A story of the surprising healing power of sound.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 4
Manufacturing Melodies
From: Zak Rosen
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A sound-rich profile of Frank Pahl, a Wyandotte, Michigan based musician and toy instrument builder.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WILL, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 5
MASTERING YOUR DREAMS
From: The Tibet Connection
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Julie Adler, producer for The Tibet Connection talks to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga. What is it and why is i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:16
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
Bonjour Chanson , Series 4, Episode 17
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson: Series 4
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A selection of 6 French Language Popular Music Songs presented in a manner that will appeal to English Speaking Audiences.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Breakfast With Champions Program 4
From: Renee Blake
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Interviews with four transformational activists

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 57:51
Lanzhou Handdrawn Noodle House
From: Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia
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The freshest bowl of noodles in Philadelphia Chinatown

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Digitonal
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Two classical musicians walk on the ambient side

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Save the Endangered Didgeridoo
From: Vermont Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A musician explains why the didgeridoo is special and how it saved his life.

Bought by WABE, KUT, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Iceland: Volcanoes, Geysers and Fish, Oh My!
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:30
Thoughts in Sound: Eno, Cage, Jarrett, Reich and Riley
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Five music Icons share their ideas about the meaning of sound and music

  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
What if ...? Counterfactuals examine what might have been.
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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If Hillary hadn't had that emotional moment in New Hampshire, how would this have affected her campaign? Counterfactual reasoning helps us better ...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
Graduation
From: kitty felde
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio portrait of everyman's graduation day.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:36
Fouta-Toro, Senegal: An Audio Postcard
From: Emma Jacobs
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A report on daily village life from Northern Senegal.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
Middle Eastern and Native American Melodies
From: With Good Reason
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Middle Eastern and Native American melodies explored by western musicians

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 29:38
  • Purchases: 1

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