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The Witch of Pungo
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Witch of Pungo

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KUT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 5
Bacon's Castle
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Bacon's Castle

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 6
Edgewood Plantation
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Edgewood Plantation

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 4
Portsmouth's Mike Hardy
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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Portsmouth's Mike Hardy

Bought by WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WPSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 5
There used to be businesses in South Rome
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of businesses located in the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a communit...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:35
Remembering South Rome
From: LA Lands
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A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
The Itinerant Rabbi
From: Philip Graitcer
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An Itinerant Rabbi ministers to congregations in small Southern towns

Bought by KUT, WYSO, Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KCUR and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 7
The Last Words of Arthur Wallace
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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The mind tries to make sense of the jumbled memories resulting from a stroke.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
The Lo-Fi Ballad of Daniel Johnston
From: KUT
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He's been called the 'Brian Wilson of Indie Rock', but the true story's a little more complicated....

Bought by KUOW and PRX Administrator


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Lord God Bird
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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An innovative story about the rediscovery of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Brinkley, Arkansas that blends interviews and an original song by Sufja...

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 10
Out of Smoke and Ashes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Carolyn Jackson retells the story and the impact of the 1947 fire in Brownfield, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYBC


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Song of a Troubled Heart
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The story behind Viennese composer Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and his subsequent meeting with Sigmund Freud in Holland.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WXDU, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WHQR


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Comparing the lives of gay men over two centuries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Orphan Train
From: Annie Wu
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Orphan Train riders re-live their journeys in search of a home in the West.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 33