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Flashback to Provincetown, 2013 - 'gayer than San Francisco'
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Sunset over Provincetown Harbor, Credit: Provincetown Tourism Office
Escape with us to a simpler place and time. Before COVID, before monkeypox, before traveling got so fraught. To a town promoters claimed then was e...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons....

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culmination of the Pleiades
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Look Toward The Dawn
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Today, we take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 24:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Second Greatest Show on Earth
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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A group of 19th century pioneers lay claim to one of the world’s most inhospitable mountains and turn it into a premiere tourist destination.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 19:41
A Long Train
From: Andrew Poirier
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Reporter Andrew Poirier takes a ride on the A train from beginning to end and discovers that there is more to this train than meets the eye.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Fields of sunflowers on PEI up near Souris., Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Mig Maw had a name for this place that means cradle on the waves. Which is exactly what Prince Edward Island—PEI as the people here call it—loo...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
The King of the Rings
From: Jon Earle
Caption: Riders catching rings, Credit: Jonathan Earle
The story about the ring-catching game, played at the Flying Horses carousel on Martha's Vineyard, and my search for the greatest ring-catcher of a...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 3
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
The "Ghost Church"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should b...

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Antiques Extravaganza
From: WITF
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The little town of Adamstown, PA boasts that it is the Antiques Capital of the USA. It backs up the claim with seven miles of antique stores, thous...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bridge Guy
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: John at the top of the north tower
John Mickiewicz maintains and operates the iconic WPA built Railroad Bridge that connects Cape Cod to the mainland over the Cape Cod Canal. He love...

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


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
The 2nd Most Haunted House In D.C.
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Newmarket: Birthplace of American horseracing faces threat to 350-year tradition
From: Liz Ruskin
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Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Trams for the Memories
From: Drew Leifheit
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Piece of olde Budapest reaches end of the line

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:24
The Half Way - Bus Station
From: WKNO
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The Half Way - Station in Jackson, Tennessee is the oldest operating terminal in the U.S.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Winter Caretaker (Summer Mix)
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Peter Mattox alone in the woods, contemplates wilderness in America.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:36
Colorado Train Special
From: KRCC-FM
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All about trains in the Centennial State

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hawaiian Pidgin English
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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More than half of Hawaii's residents speak Pidgin - a combination of English, Hawaiian and Asian languages.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KREV-LP, KZYX, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Take the 'A' Train
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27