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Tandem
From: Anna Rose MacArthur
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Two skydivers died in a fatal tandem jump. The men’s parachutes didn’t open completely. A month later, what happened to the man who found the parac...

Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law #46 – One Conjugal Visit
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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How long would your relationship last without a kiss or more than a kiss In America, only three states allow prisoners and their spouses or domesti...

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 17:48
  • Purchases: 2
Project-based learning gets kids back on track
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Downtown High School project-based learning student-centered learning alternative education high school public education SFUSD, Credit: Jen Chien
Nearly a dozen teenagers are scattered in small groups across a large classroom at Downtown High School in San Francisco. Some strum on guitars. Ot...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Finding a home on Hotel 22
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Elizabeth Garber talks to the bus driver at the Palo Alto Transit Center, Credit: Isabel Angell
’m on the Valley Transportation Authority’s Line 22 bus somewhere between East San Jose and Palo Alto. It’s 2:30 AM, and it’s raining. I start a co...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Small Town Police
From: KDNK
Series: Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program
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Get to know what it's like being a police officer in the small town of Aspen, Colorado.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 16:13
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
Hopi Tribe Shines a Light on Domestic Violence
From: Anne Hoffman
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The Hopi Nation in Northern Arizona is in the middle of what advocates call a domestic violence epidemic. But after years of secrecy, victims are s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
WHERE WERE WE IN '63 ?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: interviewing Irving Brecher
Interviews with New Yorkers remembering where they were on November 22nd, 1963

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Week of August 7, 2013
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:01:27
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Weeks of July 31, 2013 [Flashback Episode]
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:06:25
  • Purchases: 1
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Weeks of July 24, 2013 [Flashback Episode]
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:06:20
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Weeks of July 10 & 17, 2013
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:06:33
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for Week of July 3, 2013
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:23:39
  • Purchases: 1
Diary of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Kelly McEvers, Credit: Glen Carey
NPR's Kelly McEvers' unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the some...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KSUT, RadioFreePalmer, WYSO and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 81
StoryCorps: Lucinda Marker and John Tull
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lucinda Marker and her husband, John Tull, talk about being diagnosed with bubonic plague in 2002.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Python Challenge
From: casey schelhorn
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Two first time radio producers travel to the Everglades intending to tell the story of a state-sanctioned Python hunt, but end up telling an altoge...

Bought by KGOU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:34
  • Purchases: 2
Mapping Eliza: Decoding DNA Secrets
From: Spectrum Radio
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In this one-hour special, IEEE Spectrum Magazine's Eliza Strickland takes listeners through her personal journey explaining what genome-sequencing ...

Bought by KOSU, WOUB, KREV-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KZYX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 30
Father of Newtown teacher remembers the daughter he lost
From: Craig LeMoult
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The six educators who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Citizenship (at a Wh...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Bat Men
From: Robbie Feinberg
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
WMMT - Reasons
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Youth-produced content exploring the various reasons students drop out of high school, such as bullying and teen pregnancy.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
Culturology:Todd Boss talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Todd Boss - Poet
In honor of the 5th Anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota poet Todd Boss has composed 35 poems consisting of 35 words pe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 3
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Transforming the Trauma: Soldiers Stories
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Jim Morrison 40th anniversary
From: Henrik Persson
Caption: The Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger laying down flowers and incense at Jim Morrison's grave at Pere Lachaise cemetery., Credit: Henrik Persson
Report from the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, where the 40th anniversary of the death of The Doors singer Jim Morrison was celebrated July 3rd.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 3
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:18:15