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PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Fields of sunflowers on PEI up near Souris., Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Mig Maw had a name for this place that means cradle on the waves. Which is exactly what Prince Edward Island—PEI as the people here call it—loo...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
The King of the Rings
From: Jon Earle
Caption: Riders catching rings, Credit: Jonathan Earle
The story about the ring-catching game, played at the Flying Horses carousel on Martha's Vineyard, and my search for the greatest ring-catcher of a...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 1: Landscapes are inhabited even when they're empty
From: Don Hill
Series: Insight Treks > 3D SOUND
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3D audio trips to 'special places' on the land; supernatural spots with unusual acoustics and extraordinary sounds.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 11:02
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
The "Ghost Church"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should b...

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Resurrecting Slave Cabins at Montpelier
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: The slave cabin in the foreground with Montpelier in the background., Credit: Kelley Libby
For years, at historic plantation sites across the South, the focus was on the big house and not on the slave cabins. But cabins like that are now ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 1
Antiques Extravaganza
From: WITF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The little town of Adamstown, PA boasts that it is the Antiques Capital of the USA. It backs up the claim with seven miles of antique stores, thous...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Engineering Gotham From Below
From: Bishop Sand
Caption: This is a look up from the 86th Street Station construction site.
The New York City Subway is a complex system that keeps NYC running and it is still being built. Hear the reasons for the initial construction, the...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 5
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Ely, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Susan Shurke, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Tower, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Soudan Iron Formation - Banded Iron, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Bridge Guy
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: John at the top of the north tower
John Mickiewicz maintains and operates the iconic WPA built Railroad Bridge that connects Cape Cod to the mainland over the Cape Cod Canal. He love...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Holes
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Exploring the secrets of these ancient flooded caves from Australia to Egypt to Belize.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Peary's Piano
From: J Holt
Caption: Jeanie Dorrington loads a scroll into Adm. Robert Peary's player piano, Credit: Jennifer Goff
Come along on a ride out to Eagle Island, Maine, and listen to the player piano that wintered in the Arctic over 100 years ago.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
The 2nd Most Haunted House In D.C.
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Newmarket: Birthplace of American horseracing faces threat to 350-year tradition
From: Liz Ruskin
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Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
A California Commute
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: The Starlite Express stops for a breather, Credit: Muriel Murch
Taking the Train through California past and presentAmtracknow

Bought by KALW and KVMR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
RadioHodgePodge Show 02 - North Country
From: Andy Sewell
Series: RadioHodgePodge
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An audio hike along the Raquette River near Potsdam, NY.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:01:32
Ripple Rock meets its doom
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
From: Sean McMahon
Series: Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
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In this soundscape, entitled Verano Mexicano (Mexican Summer), you will hear the intricate rhythms of a Mexican rainstorm, the historic sounds of t...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2007
  • Length: 30:29
Trams for the Memories
From: Drew Leifheit
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Piece of olde Budapest reaches end of the line

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:24