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1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1975 Gregory Corso - The Mad Yak
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Beat great Gregory Corso reads in 1975

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 2
Jimmy Carter Builds a Tree House
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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President Jimmy Carter builds daughter Amy an environmentally-friendly tree house on the White House grounds.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Your Light Bulbs Waste Energy
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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Your incandescent light bulbs waste 95-percent of the energy they use.

Bought by KVNF, Central Florida Public Media, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Connecticut Public (WNPR), and American Independence Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 5
East Coast Culture Shock
From: Youth Radio
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After experiencing her first semester away at college, Youth Radio’s Nora Harrington realized that the hometown she was so happy to leave behind wa...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
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
Earth Sings to Me
From: Michael Joly
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Spoken word and music

  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
The Antarctic Tapes: "A Pair of Pods of "Killer" Whales on Paradise Bay / Springtime at Comandante Ferraz"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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A Pair of Pods of "Killer" Whales on Paradise Bay / Springtime at Comandante Ferraz"

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:19:05
  • Purchases: 1
Living Well Show - Dr. Noreena Hertz - The Debt Threat
From: KRZA
Series: Living Well Show
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Dr. Noreena Herts discusses the burden of thrid world debt and how it effects us all.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:45
In Defense of Bad Weather
From: Guy Hand
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A good natured defense of bad weather.

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WGCU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2005
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Buffalo Nation Hour Long Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: Buffalo Nation/Pow Wow Hour Special
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Radio Netherlands producer Martha Hawley takes two looks at Native American culture in the form of the Revival of the Buffalo and the exploration o...

Bought by KZYX, WGDR, WGBH Radio Boston, WETA, KQED and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:11
  • Purchases: 8
Burning Barrels Trash Environment
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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People in rural areas still use burning barrels, but the pollution contaminates the food grown on farms.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:07
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
Moving the Village
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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Climate change is displacing a thousand-year-old community.

Bought by KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, The Nature Podcast, CKMO and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Grease My Ride!
From: WAER Syracuse, NY
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Do It Yourself Veggie Cars and the Clear Visions Project

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Antarctic Tapes: "The Landings of 14 / 15 November '94"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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We're all aboard...as Visions sets sail for Deception Island, Antarctica.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 01:25:16
  • Purchases: 2
Me and My Monkey
From: Steven Tagle
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This long audio essay explores primate research and the conflict that exists between treating monkeys humanely and treating them like humans.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2005
  • Length: 18:25
Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
From: Susan Stone
Caption: San Francisco, Marina district, October 17, 1989
Earthquake stories from around the Pacific Rim

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, KMXT, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 11
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
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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
20th Anniversary of Bhopal
From: Aimee Pomerleau
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A look at one of the world's worst chemical disasters at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India on its 20th anniversary.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 09:23
Don Hunter, Cataloger of Sounds
From: KLCC
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A profile of Don Hunter, who has been recording sound in the Eugene area for 70 years.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2004
  • Length: 13:17
Every Day, on My Way to Work, Somebody Tries to Kill Me
From: Sarah Kobos
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Trade your car for a bicycle, and you learn a thing or two about people.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Promise of Hydrogen - two parts
From: Cynthia Graber
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As the world grows more concerned about the cost and supply of oil and about climate change, Iceland is beginning an ambitious proejct to wean itse...

Bought by KVNF and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 22, 2004
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Winter Consort and the Sounds of Nature
From: Lester Graham
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Paul Winter Consort's history of using nature's voices.

Bought by KMUN and WHQR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2

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