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Producer Profile: Blue Tarpaleche
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Blue Tarpalechee
Listen in as project coordinator Blue Tarpalechee shares his experiences at Vision Maker Media in an interview with our assistant director Shirley ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 24:18
Sign of the times
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort. Read the full description.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:31
Ticked off, picked off & Mr. Chekov
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
Quiet In The House! Rediscover Silent Movies: Simple Rediscovery #514
From: Teosson Wells
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It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
Old Ashdown: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
NEA Jazz Master Orrin Keepnews
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Five Moments with producer and 2011 NEA Jazz Master Orrin Keepnews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 10
Extra Innings#5 - Dallas Braden's Present to Grandma
From: Thom Butler
Series: Extra Innings
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On Mother's Day 2010, in front of a crowd of 12,227 fans and one very proud and happy gramma, Dallas Braden pitched A PERFECT GAME!

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:57
Extra Innings#3 - The Shot Heard 'Round The World
From: Thom Butler
Series: Extra Innings
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It was an unexpected moment in an unanticipated game. Now it’s known as The Shot Heard Round The World...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Dancing the Sicilian Tarantella
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru explores the rural Sicilian cure for spider bites. Put on your dancing shoes!

Bought by WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Producer Profile: Michelle Danforth
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Michelle Danforth
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Michelle Danforth of the Lacrosse documentary Sacred Stick.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 14:58
EPISODE #104 “Joan of Arc!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Joan of Arc is a national heorine in France who led the French armies during the Hundred Years War. Did This Happen? takes you to the final moments...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
Sweden's Curious Christmas
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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What's Donald Duck got to do with a Swedish Christmas?

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KUER, KCMJ Community Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 14
"Britty the Starfish"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Britty the Starfish," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written by Daws Butler, performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Medi...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
"Bigelow Bee and the Honey Factory"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Illustration for "Bigelow Bee and the Honey Factory," published in the book UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
A funny fable written and performed by Joe Bevilacqua, published in the book and audio book: UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, by BearManor Media and BearMa...

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Doggy Boot Camp
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
Caption: Dog in Pond, Credit: Paul Messing
Animal communicator David Louis tells the story of a dog who only needed the right reason to pass his field trials.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Drying Clothes
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Other ways to dry clothes

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arts on the Air - Stuntman Ben vonDielingen
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
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Interview with Hollywood stuntman

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
Why Give to Public Radio
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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Piece created for Oregon Public Broadcasting regarding why the president of the Fiona Richie fan club might give to public radio.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:54
Clifford & Kidd - It's Just Lunch
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sketch comedy from Clifford & Kidd

Bought by WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Second Loves
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A wife comes first

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :52
Women Making Music: Candye Kane
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
My Neighbors and Other Animals
From: Mark McDevitt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In New York City, city cats and downtown dogs are just as fashionable and neurotic as their owners.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KZSC


  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2