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An Echoes Winter Solstice
From: Echoes
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Get ready for the big chill on an Echoes Winter Solstice. Echoes' John Diliberto creates a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cactus...

Bought by WXPR, Maine Public Radio, KZYX, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WLRH and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Echoes Sonic Seasonings
From: Echoes
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FLOW AND FRIENDS: In a new Echoes Sonic Seasonings, we bring you FLOW and Friends. FLOW is the instrumental supergroup with Fiona Joy Hawkins, Lawr...

Bought by KSUT, KZYX, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester, and WSHU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving
From: Echoes
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Oboist Jill Haley performs music from her acclaimed new album, The Winds of Badlands, inspired by her residency in the Badlands National Park in So...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WVTF, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSND-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sound Beat for CHRISTMAS
From: James O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Sound Beat episodes that are perfect to air (or listen to) around Christmas, and the holidays.

Bought by Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WOMR and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 6
Sound Beat for HALLOWEEN
From: James O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Sound Beat episodes that are perfect to air (or listen to) around HALLOWEEN.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Harford Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 6
Holiday Pet Threats
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The holidays may pose a surprising danger for your pet.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
WWII Life in the Navy
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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Joining the US Navy at 18, John Baker was called to duty after the United States had been fighting in WWII for three years. His two year experience...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 06:02
#ReclaimMLK actions vindicate King’s legacy of civil rights protests
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: A die-in near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade., Credit: Lena Nozizwe
A news report from Santa Monica, California on "Reclaim MLK" actions there.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
War on Christmas
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Ho ho ho
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
Star Spangled Banner
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Vacation - "Not A Reality Show, Nearly As Absurd At Times."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
St. Valentine, Gangster of Love
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The shocking truth about the patron saint of romantic love, marriage ... and bee keeping.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Henry Nicholas Gunther, November 11, 1918
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Officially the last American to be killed in World War I. In a cruel twist of fate, Henry Gunther "cheated life" by dying needlessly on a field in ...

Bought by WRVG - Georgetown College Student Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hannibal Hamlin (First Lincoln V.P.) July 4, 1891
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Summer Insects
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Stories of Hanukkah
From: Eric Molinsky
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Hanukkah can be seen as a holiday about assimilation.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 16
Caribbean Carnival Comes Early to Southeast Queens
From: WNYC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carnival Music comes early in Queens

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
Eco Resolutions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Another year's gone, and the new year lies ahead. We all know what that means...Yup, New Year's resolutions! How about adding some eco-friendly res...

Bought by KMXT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
like it's 1999
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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true sound from the dawn of the new millennium

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
01 The Green Reaper
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Every November 2nd, Mexicans celebrate those who have died with Day of the Dead festivities...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33
  • Purchases: 1
06 An Eco-Friendly Auto Club
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Planning your next vacation just got a lot greener.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
17 The Return of the Wild Turkey
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Today, the wild turkey population in North America has grown to almost 6 million -- and that?s something to be thankful for.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1