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Dollar Storeys- The Golden Mug Award
From: David Weinberg
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My contributution to the third coast project Dollar Storeys

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
HEAT -- The End of the Beginning
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A reflection on changes in 1990 South Africa from a poet, the playwright Athol Fugard, musicians, Ambassador Lindewe Mabuzeh and everyday people.

Bought by WCPN, KERA, KLCC, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
Womemories -- Susan McDougal
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Susan McDougal, imprisoned during the Whitewater investigation, tells why she refused to talk

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 10:00
Ripple Rock meets its doom
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
HEAT -- The Contenders
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on Joh...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 4
A Shortcut Through 2003
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Fight Them!
A look back at the year--2003

  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:44
A Shortcut Through 2006
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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An hour-long retrospective of the year 2006

Bought by KGLT, KUT, KVMR, North Country Public Radio, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
Bad At Sports -Interview With Tony Fitzpatrick
From: Kathryn Born
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Interview With Tony Fitzpatrick

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 01:05:09
The Greatest Funk Band in the World?
From: KUT
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Rediscovered disks by a '70's era high school stage band are creating a new cult following

  • Added: Jul 25, 2006
  • Length: 09:08
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Portrait of an Artist as an Answering Machine
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound
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In contemplating the telephone answering machine, what better place to turn than Los Angeles---a town known for its phones.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 3
Passaic On Strike!
From: New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio
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In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey

Bought by WVTF, KBRP Community Radio, Iowa Public Radio, KLCC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2006
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 10
LIVE! UN Event / Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000Women for the Nobel Peace Prize -March 4, 2006
From: Lys Anzia
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UN event / Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize / Two files: 1. raw sound file / crowd mingling before event

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 36:48
Starter - Crowd Mingling - UN event - Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize
From: Lys Anzia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
starter - crowd mingling sound file

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 39:31
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive documentary presents rock music legend, Roy Orbison, through his own words and music, and comments by artists inspired by ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KPIK-LP, KPIP-LP, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 18
The Chieftains
From: Joyride Media
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Celebrate St Patrick's Day with The Chieftains

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KLCC, Troy Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 39
Tribal Canoe Journey 2005 Aluets Join Family Canoes
From: Robin Carneen
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Mark Daniels a non Native becomes skipper and boat bulider for Aleuts

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Third Unheard: Connecticut's Hip-Hop History
From: Derek John
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A long forgotten hip-hop scene is unearthed in the unlikeliest of places.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Early Signals
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sound-rich reflection on origins of wireless and radio broadcasting

Bought by KWMR, KZSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Zeeland '53
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Living With Water
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Recreation of the disastrous 1953 flood in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland during which more than 1800 lives were lost.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 2
Jimmy Breslin: The Art of Climbing Tenement Stairs
From: Jon Kalish
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the legendary newspaper columnist.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KALW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 4
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A one-hour music intensive radio special tracing the history of Jazz guitar from 1906 through today; hosted by Les Paul.

Bought by WICR, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KGLT, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
From: Joyride Media
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The "official bootleg" radio companion to the PBS special "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home"

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KPIK-LP, Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:58:10
  • Purchases: 27
Barbara Jordan Speech on Watergate and the Constitution
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
History of Barbara Jordan's Constitutional speech on Watergate

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 17

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