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Lady Henrietta Rouss on Ossie Clark
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to Lady Henrietta Rouss about her close friend, the iconic British fashion designer Ossie Clark

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:48
Concert Tours Take Center Stage
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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The economy of popular music has shifted. With so many ways to listen to music for free, artists have had to develop other ways to make money. The...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Make No Little Plans: Tony Magee, Lagunitas and the Craft Beer Moment
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 3
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In this episode presented by our friends at Craft Beer Cellar, host Mike O’Toole visits Tony Magee, founder and CEO of Lagunitas. They discuss how ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 39:03
Reinventing Retail, One Story at a Time
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 3
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Is it a store, an art gallery, or a magazine? According to founder Rachel Shechtman, Story is a little bit of all three. Based in the Chelsea neigh...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 26:43
Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted: Contrarian Thinking About Business Metrics
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 3
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Many unconventional brands are proving that you can succeed while managing around ideas that aren’t typically measurable. With the right leadership...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 14:42
Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Lost Weekend Storefront on Valencia Street., Credit: Audrey Dilling
A couple on an evening stroll down Valencia Street comes to a stop outside Lost Weekend Video. They’re peering in through the big front window...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:33
Life in a Song
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Jordan Corey
Not many aspirational musicians can claim their songs rated alongside groups like Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. But, Jordan Corey can! And, she did ...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
Corn Mo Portrait
From: Jamie Courville
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Corn Mo has had an amazing career as a performer but still continues to fly under the radar.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dollar Shave Club
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals: Season 1
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The Unconventionals host, Mike O'Toole, chats with Michael Dubin, CEO, Dollar Shave Club.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:25
IdeaPaint
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals: Season 1
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The Unconventionals host, Mike O'Toole, chats with Morgen Newman, VP, International Sales and Jeff Avallon, VP, Business Development, IdeaPaint

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Big Ass Fans
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals: Season 1
Caption: Carey Smith, CEO, Big Ass Fans
The Unconventionals host, Mike O'Toole, chats with Carey Smith, CEO of Big Ass Fans

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Maine's Survivor Bob
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Bob Crowley calls himself a typical Mainer, but there’s nothing typical about becoming a reality TV star at age 57.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Dylan: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour special traces how Bob Dylan hastened the end of Tin Pan Alley.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WVIA and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Rip this band off: Billy & Dolly and the art of giving it away
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and Bill Rousseau, Credit: Gabriela Hasbun
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 2
Spontaneous Hooplas
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 4
Funtown
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
Men Of Craft
From: NPR Intern Edition
Caption: Elijah Wyman, ellusive 'craftsman' and owner of 'Figs & Ginger', Credit: Illustration by Jess Gitner
The indie crafts scene may have metallic bunnies and hand-stenciled suitcases, but there's still something missing: men!

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Coming Undone
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chose a random industry (zipper), found bloggers to talk about it

  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
Empire Discs
From: Brian Drew
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of Empire Discs

  • Added: Mar 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
"Diamond" Jimmy Roy
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Once, Jimmy Roy owned half the businesses in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a steel town just outside Pittsburgh. Braddock's decline paralleled Jimmy's. B...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 1
Late Night Action
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV news checks in with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, we catch up with a television film crew working ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:45
The Mascot
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If you can't make it as a professional mascot, what's your back-up plan?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, SALTcast Podcast, KZSC, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 29, 2004
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5