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Apple's Unethical Innovation
From: Dick Meister
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The working conditions of those who manufacture the products of technological innovator Apple are brutal.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
"The Country Doctor Revisited" edited by Therese Zink
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Heidi Holtan talks with Therese Zink about this collection of writing in various forms penned by modern day rural health care professionals. Things...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 20:08
  • Purchases: 1
One Last Word: Garbage
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Garbage is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about fuel sources. However, commentator Mark Blackmon says that where he...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Augmented Reality At The Thanksgiving Table
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Yelp's iPhone App in Action, Credit: Yelp.com
Eric Singley, Yelp’s Product Manager who has been working on Yelp’s iPhone app, walks us through the augmented reality (AR) experience they’re brin...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 10:37
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
TI-99/4A
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author discusses his old home computer and general dorkitude.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WILL, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
Pollopel Island
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Bannerman's Castle, Credit: Shaun O'Boyle
Pollopel Island is host to Bannerman's Castle. But its curious history goes back centuries

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Unquiet History 5
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
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A new view of medieval garbage

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
Your Local Music Spot - An Anachronism?
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Philosophical view of music scene, with a bit of history & a peak at a local jazz club

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Telepathy- Is it possible to read minds?
From: Michio Kaku
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science can begin to read people's minds

Bought by KFCF FM and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
Candidate Questions
From: Larry Burriss
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will candidates realy answer questions?

  • Added: Jun 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
David Bouchier Essay: Equipment Inadequate
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David is in recovery from a computer crash.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
The Villain we hate But Can't LIve Without: TV
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Interesting Point with SCADRadio
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TV is who we are

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
Think Different
From: Neille Ilel
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It's when your thing becomes everyone's thing.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Carpe Diem Today?
From: Jennifer Neeley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As a society both structure or lives around work as well as derive meaning from it. My hope is to inspire thought about how we 'seize the day' -- o...

  • Added: May 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:56
GM is going green. What again?
From: Jonathan Ellis
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A comment on GM's recent, "green" press release

  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
Radio Physics
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Noah takes us behind the scenes on what makes radio work.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Pay No Attention to that man behind the curtain
From: NAISA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A behind-the-scenes view of journalism

Bought by WFUV and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
CL 2006 Sarah Susanka "Not so big strategies for community,home and life"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Architect Sarah Susanko has some inovative ideas about home design.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
Why Is Copyright So Complicated?
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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a 4-minute primer about intellectual property

  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:21
Speed
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
Vision
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:01