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I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn
From: Lu Olkowski
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A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic d...

Bought by KUOW, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 16:30
  • Purchases: 3
It's changed
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on locals' perceptions and views of changes in South Rome, an historically black neighborhood in Rome (Floyd County), Georgia, c...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
Jim Miller pushes his wife's wheelchair across New Jersey for Medical Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
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Cheryl Miller died in 2003 working to gain medical marijuana access in NJ, her husband Jim continues her work.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 26:00
The Other End of the Line: Profile of a 911 Operator
From: Aaron Henkin
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a look at life on the phone at the Baltimore City Police Department's 911 call center

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Mothers, Migrants and Maids of Honor
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Through their own words, we pay tribute to the many working women of color who are struggling for acceptance, recognition and their rights.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Better Day, A Better Place
From: Libby Conn
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Marilou, age 58, talks about her past experiences as a homeless woman in Boston and the food bank she runs today for the needy in her new community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 3
From: WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Series: Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands
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Part 3 of the duPont-Columbia award winning series on poverty amidst prosperity.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Edge of the Rez, Hour Two
From: KNAU
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Edge of the Rez is a documentary exploring what happens when cultures converge in the towns neighboring the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations in ...

Bought by KUT-HD, KUER, WGBH Radio Boston, KPFA, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth producer Cora Buala from the Phillipines, a youth anti-violence activist, reports her own story

Bought by WXLV-FM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
Healing Healthcare
From: WHYY
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An in-depth look at the relationship between healthcare providers and patients

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCBU, KTNA, WMRA, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 7
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
An Exceptional Summer
From: WSKG
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A report on the summer satellite program in Harpursville, NY for at-risk children created by a community partnership

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 1
Life on 'The Ave'
From: KUOW
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"It's very much an organism in itself. What can I say? This place has a bit of enchantment to it."

  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 23:58
Silt Happens
From: Amy Marsh
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Energy Development on Colorado's Western Slope

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 18:16
  • Purchases: 1
War Vets
From: Conrad Bishop
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The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, WNIJ, and KCUR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 56:15
  • Purchases: 5
Maria: They Say Send Them Back
From: uniquelyspoken
Series: Voices of the Other
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A look at immigration issues from a youth perspective

Bought by WXLV-FM and WMPG


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Part II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Part III
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Part I
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Full Version
From: Long Haul Productions
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A half-hour radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures alon...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KZSC and more


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 7
Dying for Water: Indians, Politics and Dead Fish in the Klamath River Basin
From: Rhoby Cook
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A Native radio documentary on the impact and aftermath of the 2002 Klamath River fish kill.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and KVMR


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Love Exile on the Road
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder of Love Exiles, flew from Amsterdam to San Francisco to join over 40 marriage equality activists and supporters on a ...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fraying Safety Net
From: Patrik Angstrom Poore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Health Care options for Oregon's uninsured look grim

  • Added: Oct 01, 2004
  • Length: 29:32
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 8
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2

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