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The Shame of Holland
From: Anton Foek
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Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Father Spirit
From: With Good Reason
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When Jonathan Dickinson’s father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease--a fatal neurodegenerative disorder--Jonathan decided to take him on an ep...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Will There Ever Be Peace On Earth?
From: With Good Reason
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Something always seems to get in the way of peace. Land disputes, nuclear weapons, natural disasters, financial collapses, ethnic divisions… the l...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
The Soper Story
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seeing a bully in a new light.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
Encounters Gray Whale
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Meet the farmers of the sea - Gray Whales

Bought by KMXT, KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, KMXT and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dr. Rich MacDonald: Musician and Educator
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know we introduce Dr. Rich MacDonald. We will get to learn about what inspired him to be a musician, hear stories of w...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
Commentator Guido on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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I was so lost, so bereft, I doubted my vocation. I wasn't worried about becoming a priest, I was worried about dressing myself.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
Medically Fragile Foster Care
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: PRX default Piece image
They say one of the toughest jobs... is being a parent. But being a parent of a child with a disability comes with additional challenges. According...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 2
Read a Book
From: Radio Rookies
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Keith Harris had a secret when he started school in the U.S. for the first time: he didn't know how to read and write.

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 4
Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
A Memorial To Susan Cone Bell
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on Decembe...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Start The Adventure in Reading
From: Julia Botero
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A New Orleans non-profit tutors second graders in reading

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Bringing the New Latinos in New Orleans Together
From: Julia Botero
Caption: Puentes Board Members and Executive Director Lucas Diaz
Non-profit Puentes New Orleans reaches out to New Orlean's Latino community.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
Dropping Out
From: Littleglobe
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Sam Pearson, a former high school student in Santa Fe, NM, discusses the reasons why he dropped out of school.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
AVR author interview: David Marcus on Acceptance
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Acceptance book
Journalist Dave Marcus follows an extraordinary college guidance counselor through the placement process in a NY suburb.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:31
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by KUAC, WJAB, WCSU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
How Philosophy Can Save Your Life
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Book Cover
Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
"The Little Rock Nine"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The docu-drama LITTLE ROCK, by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. is the untold individual stories of the "Little Rock Nine." It is an intimate story about t...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:28:41
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Show Business
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PLAYING HIS CLARINET. BUT HE NEVER REALLY CARED MUCH ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Not Looking Back
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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ARTIE SHAW WAS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS FIGURES IN JAZZ. HE ONCE WROTE AN EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF WHICH READ, HE DID THE BEST HE COU...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Sidney Bechet Style
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND WAS A BIG FAN OF CLARINET AND SAX PLAYER, SIDNEY BECHET.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, KMUW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Jazz in the Beginning
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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MCPARTLAND’S MUSICAL EDUCATION CONTINUED AT LONDON’S GUIDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE SHE STUDIED CLASSICAL PIANO.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KBEM, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland and Challenges of Performing
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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AS A YOUNG GIRL, NEA JAZZ MASTER MCPARTLAND GOT HER FIRST TASTE OF THE CHALLENGES OF PLAYING FOR A LIVE AUDIENCE.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, KMUW, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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IN 1956, 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS TOOK A SEAT IN THE RENOWNED DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP, WITH GI...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10

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