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2012: End of the World! Cancun, Mexico
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Stella predicting the end of the world, Credit: Jake warga
It's the end of the world, according to the Mayan Calendar. A thoughtful and goofy piece exploring Cancun, Mexico.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
WorldCanvass: The Arts in India
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:01
WorldCanvass (excerpt): Nov 2009, The Man Who Cured Clubfoot: Dr. Ignacio Ponseti
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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200,000 children are born each year with the deformity of clubfoot. Dr. Ignacio Ponseti's non-surgical cure has treated thousands and allowed them...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 23:59
WorldCanvass:Africa
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The wildly diverse and compelling continent of Africa is our focus on this program from December 2009. Discussion centers on WiderNet and the eGra...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:37:56
WorldCanvass: Italian Art and Culture
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:01
Some White Noise
From: kim fox
Caption: The view from my apartment in Cairo
An entry for the Third Coast International Audio Festival Short Doc Competition.

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
Miranda and How to tell He Isn't the One
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Miranda tells us about her love filled jaunt in Paris and how to detect men not of your dreams.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:07
Pro-Putin, Anti-Putin
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Alexander Yellin., Credit: Julia Barton
Thousands of protesters gathered in the months before the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russia's president. Putin’s supporters and detractors bo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Andre Watts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Pianist and 2011 National medal of Arts Recipient, André Watts remembers the early years of his career. [39:41]

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 29, 2012
  • Length: 39:41
  • Purchases: 2
Rabbit-Jumping
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Europe has popularized a new, much smaller rendition of equestrian show jumping.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 3
TFTS-065 Tin Roof Project #14 Featuring Vic Fleming
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
A Little Flushed Up by Sarah Zhang of WHJE
From: YouthCast
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Poop talk: when its personal, its embarrassing—at least for most people—but when you’re talking about global access to sanitary conditions, it’s a ...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Somali Chefs Showdown in Sambusa Cook-Off
From: KFAI Minneapolis
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KFAI's Dale Connelly filed this report about five Somali chefs taking part in a Sambusa Cook-Off that presented challenges for chefs who are not us...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:56
Bare As You Dare!
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Frank T. Hopkins (Hidalgo), November 11, 1951
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His father was the only one of Custer's men to survive at Little Big Horn and his mother was the daughter of a Sioux chief. Viggo Mortensen played ...

  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Shakespeare in London
From: Christopher Werth
Caption: Shakespeare
An old church in London may hold secrets concerning Shakespeare and the great English actors of his era.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Royal Wedding – the Dad's Wedding
From: Connor Walsh
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The last Royal Wedding was when Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. Members of the Great British public, loyal to the late Diana, Princes...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:01
Studying Abroad, Staying Practical
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: Have you thought about studying abroad?, Credit: University of Nebraska at Kearney
We conclude our study-abroad discussion as guest Dr. Ronald Méndez-Clark and students Gina, Guillemette, Elizabeth, and Albert share their favorite...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 11:50
Learning Immersion: Spain, Russia, and New York
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: Study Abroad, Credit: Open Press Room
We continue our show on studying abroad with our guests from Fordham University and the New York Institute of Technology as they talk about their c...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:12
Beyond the Bog Road with Eileen Ivers
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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On Saturday March 5th, the College of St. Benedict St. John’s University Fine Arts Programming is bringing one of the most accomplished Irish music...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 26:47
Steig Larsson's Stockholm
From: Jake Warga
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A walking tour of the famous, infamous, Millennium mystery series. Local guide walks us through the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hotspots in Stockho...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
Without bugs there would be no chocolate!
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: SAfari ant
A conversation between David Inoue and Dino Martins about the value of African insects to the worlds favourite things. Without bugs there would be ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:49

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