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Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8
Young French gypsies keep Django flame alive
From: John Laurenson
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Young French gypsy guitarists have created a tradition out of the music pioneered by the founding father of jazz guitar Django Reinhardt

Bought by XRAY.fm, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT-HD, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWGS and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Antarctic Tapes: "The Landings of 14 / 15 November '94"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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We're all aboard...as Visions sets sail for Deception Island, Antarctica.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 01:25:16
  • Purchases: 2
Tale of Two Cities
From: Sue Mell
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New York and San Francisco--a story of going home when you're not really sure what home is.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2005
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Beginner's Guide to Hitchhiking
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the pros and cons of hitching a ride

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Remix Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2005
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 7
Solo One
From: Seth Lind
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A verite portrait of a subway gospel singer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
The Bell of Roussillon
From: Jackson Braider
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The bell of Roussillon rings out a different kind of hour.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 03:58
In the Clutches of Fear - A Journey into the American Reality
From: Egon Koch
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The changes that were much implored on September 11 did not occur, neither in terms of world policies nor in the U.S. itself.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHB, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Nov 06, 2004
  • Length: 55:13
  • Purchases: 3
Lost at Sea: One VW Microbus
From: Jackson Braider
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How my parents managed to create a navigational obstacle in Dublin Bay

Bought by PRX Remix and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2004
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
Ramen Jiro
From: Andy Raskin
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Greatness awaits at the front of the line.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KERA, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2004
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 4
An American at Betty's
From: Chris Frear
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American Tourist in York

  • Added: Sep 29, 2004
  • Length: 07:00
View from the Conductor's Seat
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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To celebrate New York's 100-year old rapid transit system, WFUV jumps into the Conductor's seat on the 6 Train to check out the view.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
Take the 'A' Train
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27
Subway Etiquette
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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How to behave on the Subway

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Tokyo "All Aboard" Melodies
From: Andy Raskin
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Melodies heard on Tokyo train platforms.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUT-HD, KTNA and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 7
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
Ox-Bow Summer School of Art Documentary
From: M. Travis DiNicola
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A documentary about the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, located near Saugatuck, Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 19:00
Fiat 500 Fan
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Her best travel companion - a Fiat 500

  • Added: Aug 08, 2004
  • Length: 03:05
Alaska Beckons
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Disillusioned with their teaching jobs in California, Ray takes a job at a one room school house in Alaska and their adventure begins.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
Capoeira Tourism
From: Sylvia Maria Gross
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bahia, Brazil is a Mecca for capoeiristas from around the world.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2004
  • Length: 06:11
The Swedes Have It All
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Hassle of changing currencies/exhange rates around the world

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
Montpelier Renovations
From: Charlottesville Podcasting Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
James Madison's house is destroyed - on purpose

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio and WHQR


  • Added: Jun 28, 2004
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice"
From: Angela Taylor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Bells From Everest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jeff Clapp makes bells fashioned from oxygen canisters collected from Mount Everest.

Bought by WMPG, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 3
What's Left is Not Who We Are
From: Paula Mauro
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Ash scatterings at sea, as told by the ship's captain

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 25, 2004
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1

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