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Oakridge, OR: A Work in Progress
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season One
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Back in the timber industry’s heyday, the small mill town of Oakridge, Oregon was thriving. Business was booming. Then in the early 1990s, the saws...

Bought by KUER, WRKF, KACU, KPIK-LP, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 27
Mash-ups and the Law
From: Jim Cosco
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are mash-ups an art form or a violation of copyright laws?

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:12
Volunteers and Design
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, we'll talk with author Warren Berger about his book Glimmer about how good design can save the world, and we'll find out h...

Bought by KWIT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Big Ideas
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, Big ideas, and big change. Tim Brown of IDEO tells us how design thinking can sovle big problems, and authors William Egg...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, and WFSU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Createhere and Sparkcon
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today on Smart City we're talking with people who have discovered new ways of attracting and retaining a creative community.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLRN, WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 5
Ed Glaeser and Randy Gragg
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City we'll examine cities in history and how their past shapes their future.

Bought by WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, and WLRN


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Peace Talks Radio: Neighborhood Peace Through Arts and Parks (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Artist Lily Yeh in North Philadelphia
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we explore a program that transforms troubled neighborhoods into more peaceful, secure places through art, learning...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KVSC, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WTJU, WGDR and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 6
The Creative Village
From: Eddy Durnan
Caption: Moseley at twilight, Credit: Eddy Durnan
An insight into why Birmingham's Moseley area is becoming known as "the creative village".

  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Artists Get a Piece of Mass Health Reform
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Artist Xylor Jane
Artists and writers are among the new demographic getting free or subsidized health care under Massachusetts health reform. They say it allows them...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 2
Calls from Home
From: Nick Szuberla
Caption: Thousand Kites
Voices of prisoner family members sending holiday messages to their incarcerated loved ones across the country. Powerful stories, poems, songs, an...

Bought by Prairie Public, WFHB, WRNC-LP, WGCU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 8
The Alutiiq Masks - Sharing HIstory
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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details the long-sought return of the Alutiiq Masks from France to Kodiak. AK.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:09
Save the Endangered Didgeridoo
From: Vermont Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A musician explains why the didgeridoo is special and how it saved his life.

Bought by WABE, KUT, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Fake City, Real Dreams
From: Zak Rosen
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A fake city comes to life to prove that dialogue and ideas can transform a region.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 17:51
  • Purchases: 6
My T-Shirt Says it All
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Jacob Fenston, talks with three T-shirt designers who use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural...

Bought by KGOU, KUT-HD, KGOU, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Listening Live
From: NYCity News Service
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The city's rising cost of real estate and gentrification have forced some well-known music clubs to go silent. While venues come and go, bands are ...

  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
Find or Fake?: Counterfeit Native Art
From: Rebecca Sheir
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If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 3
Red Crystal Palace ~ 5: Conclusion
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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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: 04:17
Super Heroes, Super Villains, and Disability
From: Andrew Reissiger
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What do the Super Heros of developmentally delayed artists look like?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
Post No Bills
From: Robynn Takayama
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Are wheat pasted posters informative public art or vandalism?

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Reimagining a New Orleans Icon: The Shotgun House
From: Eve Troeh
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Striking, afforable architecture that builds on New Orleans' past

Bought by Real Estate Today and WKMS


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
Pepper Fluke
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pepper Fluke is a Durham, NC based artist credited with saving the historic Carolina Theatre

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
An Artist in Social Action
From: KVMR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michael Franti of Spearhead raises $25,000. for prison program

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 1
Radio~Sound~Art
From: Joan Schuman
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A short primer on radio artistry.

Bought by PRX Remix and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 2

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