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Cold War tensions led to the creation of a Federal Reserve bunker inside of Mount Pony in Culpepper, VA in 1969. The bunker stored cash and currenc...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 28:10
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 07:33
My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing — potlucks are the pits. Produced for the 2013 ShortDocs Challenge.
- Added: May 05, 2013
- Length: 02:56
Bill Kirchen has been called the Titan of the Telecaster, the King of Dieselbilly. He got his start back in the late sixties with Commander Cody an...
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 27:32
Documentary following the discovery and investigation of a birth chart by an interested skeptic. Hidden from him for years, he attempts to reconcil...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 10:04
As seniors at Union Seminary, Richard and Jim are responsible for welcoming the incoming students through “round robins” hosted in the homes of fac...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 15:40
Richard signs up with his roommate to work amidst the lakes and falls and trees in Upstate New York. Richard and Jim preach on Sundays and spend th...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:05
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 24:55
After his mother's death, Richard throws himself into his academic work, four jobs, and campus political and social activities. He earns a reputati...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 29:10
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:32
Friendships on New York City streets are made and solidified by the games young Richard plays after school and on Saturdays. Which game is played d...
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 18:01
Three short "Moments" featuring alto saxophonist and 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Lou Donaldson. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Siriu...
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 03:27
A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 27:11
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
Janet Messineo is a taxidermist on Martha's Vineyard. But you won't find any deer heads or bears in her workshop--just lots and lots of fish.
- Added: Dec 05, 2012
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 2
A local pedicabber reflects on his past three years of work.
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 03:16
In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors.
They found three problem...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Hello neighbor the weather is fine outside and my old stuff is all yours all free, well, kind of.
Bought by The Story and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
Who knew a hit and run could end in friendship?
Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
Kayden Jenkins-Deal, owner of "The Brass Band", repairs school band instruments in his Durham, North Carolina home studio.
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Jul 22, 2012
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 1
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 55:45
Synesthesia is a rare neurological condition. It usually involves the involuntary coupling together of two unrelated sensory or cognitive experienc...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 09:38
- Purchases: 1
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 55:13
Families that play music together stay together. The Joyce family on Swan's Island made their own entertainment.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 04:45
