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03 Fog Catchers in the Sky
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Chilean researchers devised a plan to capture water from the thick fog that rolled in daily from the sea.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Tell Me Wai
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
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Maori group called 'Wai" blends traditions with a hip hop sound in New Zealand.

Bought by WNJR and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Ying Ying Yu
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Even at 13, Ying Ying Yu believes she has a duty to her parents, her ancestors and her homeland.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
Beware of Shortcuts!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A Classic Halloween Special recorded and mixed on a two track machine and spliced together by hand--"from the bodies I took from graveyards..."

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 54:37
  • Purchases: 16
Tristan und Isolde Act 1
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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Act 1 of Wagner's opera in three minutes!

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 3
From Biking In Sweden...To Biking In Texas
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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When Zoe's family spent their summers in Sweden, all she had to get around on was a bike...but could a car-using Texan like Zoe get used to it?

Bought by WGXC, BSR Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: Autographed Copy
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a chef, a fan, a cookbook signing

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Teenagers on Islamic School and Ramadan
From: KCUR
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FIRST PERSON: Kansas City teenagers talk about Islamic school, public school and Ramadan.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
The Pumpkin Pie Show
From: Dan Kramer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
exploring the world on stage with Clay McLeod Chapman

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
Late (French) Summer
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Poem composition to summer in France

  • Added: Aug 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
The Voices in My Head
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A humorous rant

  • Added: Aug 04, 2006
  • Length: 05:22
Ralph White: Always an Outsider
From: KUT
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profile of experimental folk musician Ralph White, who may not have a wide audience, but has come to symbolize the uncompromising artist

  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: 08:05
The Inner Workings of a High School Marching Band
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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One organism in celebration of life!...and music...etc."

Bought by KPIK-LP, WXLV-FM, KWCW, and CKMO


  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 4
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Michael and the DTs
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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A celebrated Dublin surgeon learns how to diagnose the DTs (the Delirium Tremors) from a local scout.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:57
Quincy Sore Throat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sore throat named for Quincy, Massachusetts; other ailments and unrelated tangents.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Gravity/Massachusetts/Newton
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three unrelated subjects connected by a musical theme.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
Crackpots
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A retired patternmaker remembers some of the clients who approached him with unusual projects

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :56
Broken Hearts
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of thoughts about love and other obstacles in life.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:50
Vampire
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A stream-of-consciousness recitation of facts from an imagined horror film including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, with spooky music followed by a ra...

Bought by WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Administrator and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
Smoking is a Pleasure
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chain smoker anticipates his next cigarette.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
Eggs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A march through a dozen ways to enjoy an egg.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
Utopia Net
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
The future in Federally run super fast networks

  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
NASA - STEREO Overview
From: Ray Gard
Series: NASA - the launch of STEREO
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NASA's STEREO spacecraft are launching shortly. This episode looks at STEREO and investigates why two spacecraft looking at the sun are so importa...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 11:00
NASA - History
From: Ray Gard
Series: NASA - the launch of STEREO
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NASA's STEREO spacecraft are launching shortly. This episode reviews a brief History of NASA and introduces the STEREO spacecraft

  • Added: Jun 03, 2006
  • Length: 07:25

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