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Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
Party Chinese People
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Immigration and assimilation from a teen perspective.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WGXC, WMNF, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 4
Smart Parking
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Car parking gets a high-tech make-over

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:02
Compact Discoveries 30: Ravel as Pianist and Conductor
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Maurice Ravel plays his own piano compositions in high fidelity, stereo!

Bought by KPIP-LP, WNMU-FM, WMNR, WMRT, KAMU and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 16
Astrology Songs: Harvey Sid Fisher Speaks
From: Ken Cormier
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Harvey Sid Fisher talks about how the Astrology Songs made him a cult hero.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:55
The Volcano Man
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 07:14
Wireless Powered Devices
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Inventor creates wirelessly powered devices

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
The Belltown Hustle
From: David Weinberg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome to the world of the belltown posse...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 11:11
The International Male
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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The World's Tackiest Catalog is getting too mainstream.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Aderall and Low Expectations
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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Pharmaceuticals change the way college should be.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Sounds of Lunch
From: Ken Cormier
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I'm able to spend more time writing music now. I quit my job. . .

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WBEZ, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
Wireless Naskapi Nation
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
The Arctic area's Naskapi Tribe upgrades to wireless.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:18
Smart Robots
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Inventor designs robots that are starting to think like humans

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRFC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Compact Discoveries 116: Cartoon Classics
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Classical music as used in Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Bought by KPVL, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KUCO, KENW, KAMU and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 20
Gold, Frankenstein and Myrrh: A Six-Year-Old's Christmas Story
From: Erica Heilman
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From the Saviour's conception to offerings of gold, frankenstein and myrrh, six year old Erin Magill of Moretown, Vermont tells her version of the ...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZYX, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 12
Dion Junkman
From: Zak Rosen
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man turns trash into art

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
We Really Don't Know Clouds At All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
Emma Lazarus vox
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What people know about the woman who wrote "give me your tired..."

  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:28
Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Dowland in the Dumps)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Certain pieces of classical music are known to be soothing and even healing for the listener, but it can have similar effects on the composer who a...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Simon 1
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Simon raps in English and Twi

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:20
metal - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "metal"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
Aphasia
From: BSR Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"How do you go from meaning into sound? Sound into meaning?"

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
gnome - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
The Rut
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Listeners drop in on a conversation between father and son hunting partners, Rupe and Joe LaRock, who talk about the annual breeding cycle of male ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
The All-Time Epic Barbara Bush Racquetball Smackdown
From: Vermont Public
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Commentator Philip Baruth takes a real fundraising event as a jumping off point for a fictional encounter with a former first lady and the result i...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:16

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