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Faithful Foundations: Unveiling the Moral Roots of American Capitalism
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🔥 Unearth the untold story behind America's economic dawn here on radio and podcast🌅 Join us for a riveting episode 🎙️ "Faith In Markets of America...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 35:34
Good Death
From: Kathryn Banakis
Series: Holy Holy Podcast
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Rev. Banakis hosts a show with a palliative care doctor and faith leaders about what we might hope for at the end of life.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 36:59
88 Years of Harmonica-izing
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Jack Hopkins, left, and Frank Jamison, right, jam together at weekly meetings of the Capital Harmonica Club, which Jack founded in 1991., Credit: Eric Shimelonis
Jack Hopkins got his first harmonica at age 7, and nearly 90 years later, he is still going strong.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
Making Do
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producers spoke to senior citizens about self-sufficiency and "making do" in tough times. These folks had lots of wisdom to share o...

Bought by KVNF and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
Old School DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Before it was called DIY or even “do it yourself,” self-sufficiency had value. Our parents and grandparents called it “making do.” This episode exp...

Bought by WYSO, XRAY.fm, KUT, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Once a Marine
From: Gretta Herzog
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Bill recalls his time spent in the U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
Versions of Love
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For a group of retired women in Maine, a garden grows more than just plants.

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
Pearl Harbor Patriots
From: Laura Spero
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As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
You May Approach The Bench Press
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
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Former state Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland started lifting weights to help with chronic back pain. She was drawn to the power-lifters at he...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:07
My family history of radio
From: Matt Pryor
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Essay about my grandpa and his Ham Radio

  • Added: Apr 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
Voler
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Myonne Lee has wanted to fly since she was a child. Some eighty years later, she?s finally learning.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
I Like Beer
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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In a minor way about the pleasures of beer. Mostly a treatise on children, spoken with genuine affection and admiration.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Old In East L.A.
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
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An audio version of David Greenberger?s Duplex Planet magazine, Growing Old In East L.A., offers a look into the lives of elderly Mexican-Americans...

Bought by KGLT, KPFA, KGLT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 4
Polly Thayer Starr and a Student Drawing
From: Jackson Braider
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An artist remembers an early piece of work

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1