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Surviving a Tsunami: The story of Valdivians in 1960
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A college freshman travels to Chile and interviews survivors of the 1960 tsunami/earthquake.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1
Seattle University District Farmers Market
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the most popular Farmers Market in Seattle.

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 23:59
The Runaway Lake
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The residents of Newcastle, Maine are still reeling from the disappearance of Sherman Lake.

Bought by The Night Air, Third Coast International Audio Festival, The Nature Podcast, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Cyber Tracker
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Report on animal Cyber Tracker program inventor Louis Leibenberg.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:28
Sugar Cane Power Plants
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Barbados planners envision power plants run on sugar cane

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
Winter Composting
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Composting is possible even in a deep freeze

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Straw Bale Homes
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Straw bale homes stand up to the test

  • Added: Nov 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:12
Plastic Bags and Oil
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
They're made of oil??

  • Added: Nov 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:35
Cafe Rebeldia
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Zapatista co-op sells organic coffee on the growing global "solidarity market."

Bought by KZSC, PRX, KUER, WCOM, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 11
Lapsarian Hummingbirds
From: Dale Short
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A poetic tribute to the arrival of the hummingbird

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
How Long Do You Keep a Polluting Heap?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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What to do when you're the biggest polluter you know.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Just Another Fish Story
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small town in rural Maine recalls the impact of a beached whale on their community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, HowSound, PRX Remix, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 21
Electricity: Paying the Price
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Many people don't think about where their electricity comes from but some, like Floyd Simpson, know all too well!

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WYSO, and Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2005
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 3
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Among the Navajo - A Journey into the In Between
From: Egon Koch
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The Native American tribe is caught between their traditions and modern life.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSUT, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2004
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 3
Finally: A Cure For Nervous Sheep
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists find way to soothe anxious sheep. But how do you know when sheep are nervous?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
Housing for South Africa's poor
From: David Barasoain
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How to house South Africa's poor.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 05:21
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
Polly's Boa
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who knew the riverbanks of Boston catered to such diverse wildlife?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Camp
From: Geo Beach
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You might hike across a continent, find a forgotten friend, and discover summer camp could last forever. Geo Beach goes storytelling around the ca...

Bought by KPIK-LP and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 09, 2003
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2