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The New WWII Memorial In DC
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Interview with architect about the memorial

Bought by WDNA, Public Interactive, KCLU, KTOO, and KRCL


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 27:09
  • Purchases: 5
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice"
From: Angela Taylor
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"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Traditions of Brown-Forman's Kentucky Bourbon and it's Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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A day in the career of Brown-Forman Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson

  • Added: May 24, 2004
  • Length: 09:01
RN Documentary: The Volga Boatmen
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The Volga Boatmen, who worked as human beasts of burden hauling barges along Russia's rivers, eventually became folk icons, portrayed in literature...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 18, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers
From: Arndt Peltner
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The most important anti-fascist and protest song of the 20th century

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 38:37
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Six Ways to Vermeer
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Life and fame of Vermeer seen through six of his paintings.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Urban Indian Experience: The Documentary
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An in-depth look at the lives of native americans in cities

  • Added: Apr 26, 2004
  • Length: 51:57
Making the Louisville Slugger
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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The art of hand turning a Louisville Slugger baseball bat

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: A Conversation with Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A conversation with aboriginal musicians Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Times They Are A-Changin': A Radio Symposium on Bob Dylan & His Times
From: WFUV
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A unique panel discussion commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bob Dylan's historic Philharmonic Hall concert in New York City.

Bought by KTNA, KUHB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2004
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Art and Craft of Blacksmithing with Lewis Meyer
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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the day in the life of a Kentucky blacksmith

  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
Kermes Tradicional / Traditional Kermes
From: eRadio
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Traditional kermes from the 50's Interview, narrative as if your granddad where telling you something from his time.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2004
  • Length: 05:22
JAZZ RHYTHM DEMO
From: DAVE RADLAUER
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JAZZ RHYTHM DEMO AND EXCERPTS

  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 47:00
Sea Shanties
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
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Singing Sea Shanties by the Seashore

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Exodus '47: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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This is the story of three men who served aboard the Exodus 1947, a Jewish refugee ship that tried to run thousands of holocaust survivors past the...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KWIT, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 11
Ann Meets Mr. Ellington
From: Kerry Seed
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Ann Searcy is a 76-year-old jazz singer. She grew up as one of the only people of color in Old Orchard Beach, Maine where music legend, Duke Elling...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), SALTcast Podcast, Iowa Public Radio, WJAB, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 7
The Valentine 1955
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Youth Epiphanies
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Society's problem with race relations is played out between 2 little girls on Valentines Day, 1955.

Bought by KLCC, PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNCU, PRX Lovesick Stream and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 13
A Pioneer in Writing Women's History
From: Barry Vogel
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A conversation with Prof. Gerda Lerner, a foremother of women's history.

Bought by WVAS, KVNF, and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst
From: FNR (Moscow, Russia)
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Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst was commissioned by the 2003 Third Coast International Audio Festival for its 'Variation on a Thirst' ShortDoc competition.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 24, 2004
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times
From: Richard Paul
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Dramatization - largest mass-escape of slaves in Amer history - PROMOS ATTACHED

Bought by WJAB, WAMU, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 54:10
  • Purchases: 29
Washington Goes To The Moon PART 1
From: Richard Paul
Series: Washington Goes To The Moon
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The politics behind the Apollo Program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, MPR News Stations, WXXI Rochester, WITF and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 44
Mutiny on the Bounty
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mutiny on the Bounty

  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 29:06
Festivals of Light/Families of Dysfunction
From: Barbara Bernstein
Series: Radio Tales For The Road
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Transformational journeys through time, space and memory

  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 57:07
Civil War Widows
From: Radio Diaries
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Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Vocalo.org, Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 14
The Starting Five
From: Radio Diaries
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The NBA, now a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, looked very different a half century ago.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Remix Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 18:59
  • Purchases: 3

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