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Joe Hotch Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Joe Hotch is a Native Alaskan and shares how fishing has been a way of life for the Tlingit people.

Bought by KMXT and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Ones That Got Away
From: Michael Nutt
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This is more or less a love story.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2005
  • Length: 07:40
Chasing Love
From: Miguel Macias
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An exploration of the connections between romantic love and late capitalism.

Bought by KUT, PRX to iTunes, KCUR, 90.5 WSNC, WKNC-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 10
RN Documentary: Adrift in Sri Lanka
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Marijke van der Meer was a tourist in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit and recorded her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Bought by WMFE


  • Added: Jan 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Carl Webb Goes AWOL
From: KUT
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Texas National Guardsman Carl Webb recounts his tale of desertion and living underground.

Bought by WAMC and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The eX Files
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2004
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The eX Files ? stories of gay divorce.

Bought by KUT-HD, KQED, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Journey of Lady Buddha
From: Dmae Roberts
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A mythological and personal documentary about Kuan Yin, the Asian Goddess of Mercy and Compassion

Bought by KRCB-FM, KUT-HD, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 56:43
  • Purchases: 8
"My Daughter Knocked Out The Power On The Whole East Coast"
From: Charles Lane
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Amusing vox pop about how a girl caused the '77 Blackout

Bought by KMRE-LP and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 2
Saul and Joshua
From: Seth Lind
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A portrait of a subway musican duo struggling to stay together

Bought by KFAI and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2
Solo One
From: Seth Lind
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A verite portrait of a subway gospel singer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
Return to Israel
From: Cynthia Graber
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Cynthia Graber returns to Israel for the first time in four years, since the beginning of the second intifada, and interviews friends and relatives...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 04:55
Three Women
From: Dmae Roberts
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A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by WAMC and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 2
Stories of Love and Marriage at the Towers
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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Stories of love, marriage and memories at 1,377 feet.

Bought by KUT, KVNF, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 9
Another Lousy Day
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 4
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by KGNU, Vocalo.org, Public Radio Remix, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 7
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KFAI


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
When All Else Fails
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"When All Else Fails" is a first-person account of a man undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock (Award Winner:...

Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 21:19
  • Purchases: 2
Barbara's Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Profile of an illegal immigrant, working as a cleaner, trying to make her way in America.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KCUR, KSUT, Public Interactive, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 18:47
  • Purchases: 6
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WRNC-LP, KUT, KFAI, WMNF and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 7
Kathleen McDonough: A Directors Take on Making An Historical Documentary
From: Talking History
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Katheleen McDonough discusses the making of historical documentaries.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
Owning Guns
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Writer Jay Allison talks about the events in his life that cause him to rethink his relationship with guns.

Bought by WNPR, WCAI / WNAN, The Night Air, KFAI, and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 5
Living Flag
From: Dmae Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI, KRUA, WBHM-FM, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 9
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2
Sinking of the Reuben James
From: Adam Allington
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Retired Petty Officer Robert Howard Recalls being torpedoed by a German U Boat over a month before Pearl Harbor

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jun 19, 2004
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1

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