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What’s it like at an electic car race?
From: Possibly
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What happens when a car racing fan and the host of Possibly try to find an event that appeals to both of them? Enter Formula E.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Vintage Synths Enjoy a Renaissance
From: Kimberly Haas
Caption: The Album Leaf
A growing group of musicians are returning to old analog keyboards, sometimes refurbishing and playing instruments older than they are.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
Library Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... Underground (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Packard Campus is roughly 500,000 square feet, built into the side of a mountain in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains., Credit: Library of Congress/Matt Raymond
What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Nerds and Games
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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B-Side's Tamara Keith went to the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in search of both games and nerds. They wer...

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Next Generation Radio @ SXSW
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Blending of Film with the Internet as a means of distribution

  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:25
Next Generation Radio @ SXSW
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Film distribution and the Internet.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
Ham Radio
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Ham Radio Operators in the new High Tech world

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
When your computer hates you.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Brits are developing a computer that reads your mood. Erg.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
The MySpace Phenomenon
From: KUT
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myspace gets obscure experimental band on the bill for coachella music festival

  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:24
Hollywood Science
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Physicists review and rate Hollywood movies for science accuracy

Bought by KZSC and KTNA


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
Web animation: a new genre of family entertainment
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Web animators whose art lands in the intersection of cute and ironic are drawing unbelievable numbers of fans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
David Byrne Does PowerPoint
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2