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Caption: Max Good & Nate Wollman, SF CA, 8/1/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Good and Nate Wollman talk passion, law-breaking, and late-night stake-outs in the world of graffiti artists and the buffers who hate them.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 19:10
Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sugarcane Harvester, Credit: Zwelethu Mthethwa, photographer
Since the 1994 demise of South Africa's apartheid system, photography in that country has taken on a new freedom, and a new meaning. It has evolve...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
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Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges came to Washington to take part in a campaign to end hunger. He visited a school in Washington, and met w...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:48:00
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Meena means "port of entry" in Arabic -- a fitting name for the journal of poetry, art, and literature produced in the ports of New Orleans, Louisi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
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THE ART OF THE STEAL's filmmakers Don Argott, Sheena Joyce, and Lenny Feinberg talk about the history of the Barnes Foundation, and the politics an...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 19:57
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we take a look at an American ballet about the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
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From "Center Stage" (February 20, 2009): War News Radio profiles an independent theater production that examines the ways the national media shapes...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: The Welcome Wagon's series, Credit: Tim Gibbon
DC artists and activists collaborate on a poster project to inform Inauguration-goers about the lack of DC voting rights.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:13
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While it may be a coincidence that Halloween and Election Day are in close proximity, some voters make the most of it.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Vietnam Vet has a new mission: to draw portraits of fallen soliders in the Iraq War, for free

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
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NW quilt makers harnessed to comfort Iraq vets

  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
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Chicken John is running for second place for San Francisco Mayor. He's been laughed at on Fox News, and called a dwarf by The San Francisco Chronic...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
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the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
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The story behind the Durham Love Yourself bumper sticker

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:20
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A look at the forthcoming Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
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The difference between Hollywood-Washington and Washington-Washington

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WHQR, BSR Radio, and WGCU


  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: An attempt in vain to try something new., Credit: Campaign poster by Larry Rivers.
Graphic designer Michael Bierut answers the question: Why do all election signs look the same?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KCUR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Along with everyone else pouring into town for the RNC, writers, actors, dancers, musicians and other artists are also seizing the moment.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2004
  • Length: 04:40