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Road Trips: Emily
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
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Emily plans an elaborate road trip to entice the man of her dreams into falling in love with her.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 43
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Roadtrip! Pat Callaway unknowingly rides into a dry county, Joy Rockenbach heads to funeral in Greenville, Mississippi via a Lake Village must-see,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 021
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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This week is about finding strength and confidence in big moments and in small. Darinda Sharp makes a famous correction, Holly Patton is shown kind...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 029: Tin Roof with Graham Gordy
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Graham Gordy, playwright and screenwriter of "War Eagle, Arkansas" and "The Wreck", takes us back to his teenage years with a basketball, a Rebel f...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Elderberries
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Elderberries, Credit: Jim Mead/Flickr
Jellies, syrups, and tonics are some healthful and delicious ways to enjoy the fruits of the elderberry bush. Charlie discusses the finer points of...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Woodchucks
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Culprit Caught Eating Petunias, Credit: NHN 2009/Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck. Learn a no-nonsense approach for ridding your landscape of woodchuck...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Big Bad Beetles
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: The Asparagus Beetle, Crioceris asparagi , Credit: Wild Photons/Flickr
What do wool, the color yellow, and kaolin clay have in common? Charlie Nardozzi gives a full disclosure when he tackles tiny garden invaders.

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 018
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Hank Godwin, Chuck Butkus, and Daniel Koehler share about childhood mistakes. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tales from the South 007
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Helen Austin watches the law of the jungle in her own backyard, Paul Guerin creates his own name twice, Melanie Baden travels to Gulf Shores, and J...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Earning College Credits while Still in High School
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Abdul Kadir Farah, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Abdul Kadir Farah, a Minneapolis Edison high school senior, is one of many Minneapolis high school students who collect college credit while still ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
The Real Meaning of Christmas
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Nostalgic Christmas Story About Your Neighborhood

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
Street Bands Bring Protest to the Internet through Flash Mobs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Some bands are getting creative about making a political spectacle, by becoming the protest themselves, and using the internet to make their messag...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Life and Death of the Infernal Noise Brigade
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Infernal Noise Brigade debuted at the Seattle WTO protests in 1999. Jill Friedberg from KBCS in Seattle has their story.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 1
Marching to the Beat of their Own Drums
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Marching bands from North Carolina to Portland, Oregon are bringing humor, politics, and a unique sound to the streets.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Marching for Change: Street Bands in the U.S.
From: Making Contact
Caption: The Infernal Noise Brigade in downtown Seattle., Credit: http://www.andrewstern.net/
We look at how political marching bands are stirring up public spaces; from the streets, to supermarkets to your facebook feed.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gap Year - Ailin Conant
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Ailin takes a year in Europe and becomes a matador. Kind of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Wood Cutting Trip
From: Laura Spero
Caption: Women and Girls gathering wood in Kaskikot, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
An American gal accompanies a raucous group of neighbors down the mountain to cut firewood in rural Nepal.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
A Few Good Women
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Gardeners on the ground, Credit: Beatrice Murch
From the philanthropic women of Washing to DC to a group of international environmentalists in Buenos Aires, A few good women can make a difference...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
Miss Smith and Miss Jones
From: Susan Kottler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When I was growing up in a small, rural city, we didn't even know there was a closet to come out of.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:09
Profile on Blind Artist, Charles Blackwell
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: Charles Blackwell teaching at LightHouse for the Blind
Blind since a hiking accident in 1971, Charles Blackwell has not let his disability prevent him from becoming a vibrant visual artists. In this seg...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
I Don't Want To Grow Up
From: City High Radio
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Noa isn't ready to give up the "kid stuff" of her youth.

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up With Epilepsy
From: City High Radio
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A teenager explains what it's like to grow up with epileptic seizures. Gaining independence is hard work.

Bought by KHSU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 2
Lauren
From: Jeff Deitchman
Series: My Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students interested in radio work must get past the first, and possibly the biggest hurdle: hearing their own voice.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
Following Phish before the internet
From: Lydia Wilson
Caption: Phish playing Hampton Coliseum in VA, Credit: http://yamar2001.wordpress.com
As Phish reunion tour wraps up, a Phish-head fan reflects on following the band before the internet.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
OUR CASTLE IN SPAIN
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We found our castle in Spain -- and celebrated Thanksgiving there.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:54