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Stories Make the World
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"Stories Make the World" is an hour-long audio documentary celebrating the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling within the context of storytelling...

Bought by WWNO, KUPR low power FM, KMUN, KUNM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 25
An Open Gate
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"An Open Gate" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the repercussions of a Jewish/Christian intermarriage on faith, identity and the family....

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTOO and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 20
Halloween Teen Couture
From: Sue Mell
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Two teenage girls talk about their high end concept for Halloween and clothing as a means of personal expression.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" (hour 1)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Husband wife Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg explore healthy living in the Catskills., Credit: The Kingston Freeman
First of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 3
Songs of the Troubles
From: Charles Lane
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Perfect for St. Pat's or any Celtic music hour.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, WGBH Radio Boston, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 10
Gold, Frankenstein and Myrrh: A Six-Year-Old's Christmas Story
From: Erica Heilman
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From the Saviour's conception to offerings of gold, frankenstein and myrrh, six year old Erin Magill of Moretown, Vermont tells her version of the ...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZYX, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 12
Thanksgiving in Athens
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a narrative piece about living in a foreign country during Thanksgiving.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Turkey Hunting Tips
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Homeless Veterans
From: Philip Graitcer
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One-quarter of the homeless are Veterans

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KKWE Niijii Radio, KZSC, WSCS-FM, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 5
How Would You Haunt?
From: Carolina Wheat
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Impromptu responses contemplating death and astral mobility

Bought by KUT and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 2
Gates of NASCAR
From: David Raskin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interviews with fans tailgating before the NASCAR Coke 600

  • Added: Jul 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:45
A Mother's Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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"A Mother's Shortcut" - a nostalgic look back at Mother's Day, mixing music, comedy and archival material

Bought by KFCF FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 20
Foreign Priests in America (59 and 54 minute versions)
From: Charles Lane
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The Problems with importing priests as a stop gap to the priest shortage (59, 54, 29 minute versions)

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:02:38
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Family Mystery, Family Myth
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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In Family Mystery, Family Myth, Jonathan Groubert travels from Holland to the US, England and Poland in search of the truth behind his family?s emi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KXOT Public Radio, and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Chanukah with Byron
From: Terin Mayer
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Celebrating Chanukah in a dingy dorm lounge with an unlikely companion

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRCB 104.9, and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 4
RN Valentine's Day Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Radio Netherlands the Dutch international series presents Long Distance Love ? two tales of transatlantic romance to warm up your Valentines day.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KMXT, KUT, KUNM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
First Christmas on Candy Cane Lane
From: Liz Jones
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of a neighborhood's holiday traditions.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2005
  • Length: 23:52
  • Purchases: 1
Brooklyn Christmas Tree
From: Lizzy Cooper Davis
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two minutes with Vincent van Rhyn, a Christmas tree seller in Brooklyn, NY.

Bought by WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, KUT-HD, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 9
Schnartzenholler
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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It's not Christmas. It's not Hannukah. It's Schnartzenholler! When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created thei...

Bought by KISU, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 18
The Story of A Tree
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This sound rich piece shows us what it must be like to be a Christmas tree at this time of the year.

Bought by KMXT and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 14:11
  • Purchases: 2
Portraits of Faith
From: Aaron Henkin
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Nine people of nine different faiths and philosophies attempt to answer a deceptively simple question: What does it mean to you to believe?

Bought by WRKF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KUER, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2005
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 18
In Honor of Veterans
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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This Veterans' Day program pays tribute to America's fighting men and women through first-hand accounts of battle, as well as music and poetry that...

Bought by KSLU, KVLU, KMSU, KRCB 104.9, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 53:07
  • Purchases: 39
Roz's Soapbox - Valentine's Day Shopping
From: Roslyn Allen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Businesses find new and ridiculous ways to cash in at Valentine's Day.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:14
Ramadan Fasting
From: Russ Jennings
Series: Ramadan - An Inward Time
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The Islamic holiday of Ramadan in music, poetry and teaching.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 6

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