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Christi & Christopher: A Mother and Son Story
From: Jule Banville
Series: University of Montana Journalism
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
Playing with Knives: Portrait of a Young Violin Maker in Manhattan
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Giancarlo Arcieri., Credit: Renan Dario Arango.
This short audio doc about Giancarlo Arcieri, 35, a young violin maker based in Midtown Manhattan, was produced for WorkingNow.org.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz On The Radio
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: "Piano Jazz" host Marian McPartland with Mary Lou Williams back in 1953.
This week on the show, we'll explore the long and storied history of jazz on the radio—from the early crystal set pioneers to the jazz radio host w...

Bought by WRGY, WJSU, KSRQ, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
National Writers Series: Sebastian Junger and Doug Stanton
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
Caption: Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, Credit: John Russell
Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, who’s traveled to some of the most dangerous places on earth, reflects on the art of storytellin...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Jodi Picoult and Paula McLain
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
Caption: Best-selling authors Jodi Picoult and Paula McLain, Credit: John Russell
Best-selling authors Jodi Picoult (Lone Wolf) and Paula McLain (The Paris Wife) talk about the craft of writing, their inspiration, and the challen...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Legacy of an Unknown Artist
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Robert Hamilton wanted to be known as the world's greatest unknown painter. When he died in 2004, he left behind 600 paintings. Now it is up to his...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
At the Edge of the Gulf, Dulac Re-learns Resilience
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Kirby Verret recalls when Dulac had more land and more people., Credit: Barry Yeoman
The Houma Indians and Cajuns who live in in this Terrebonne Parish fishing village have watched its population drop by more than 50 percent since 1...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Janis Joplin
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Texas Music Matters revisits an award-winning documentary honoring "The Queen of Rock and Roll and Psychedelic Soul" Janis Joplin. Join Kris Kristo...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 2
Yamamoto's Waves
From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast
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"A silk dress with a bamboo crinoline hangs upside down over a lake in the center of a former power station. The dress' reflection, distorted by a ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
Remixing Grandma's Voice
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
Caption: My grandmother as an infant, Credit: Family collection
When Afi Scruggs digitized an interview with her late grandmother, she recalled truism about technology: every time a format changes, important inf...

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Your Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A music teacher tries to stop her newborn’s crying with lullabies. Turns out it’s the worst thing she can do.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 3
OPEN SOURCE: New England Poetry Hour - Helen Vendler & Keith Waldrop
From: Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
Series: Winter 2010: Featured Shows
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It's a New England poetry hour, starting with Amherst's Emily Dickinson by way of Helen Vendler, the closest of close readers of poetry, and ending...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Piece of My Heart: The Story of Janis Joplin
From: KUT
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Winner of the Grand Trophy 2011, International Radio Festivals! An intimate reconsideration of Janis' journey from a tiny Texas refinery town to t...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WFAE, KUHF, KCSM, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 13
Wolf: The Dispossessed Part 7
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Home of Ora Meadows in Ida Valley, Credit: Charles McGuigan
It all started with the red wolves who now live, for the most part, in eastern North Carolina at Alligator River. These wolves had once numbered in...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 27:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/8/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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STRONG OAK BESIDE FAIR ASPEN GREW...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Seeds By Zhang Huan
From: Mariel Fiedler
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This is an evaluation of Zhang Huan's piece "Seeds", which currently hangs in the Saatchi Gallery in London.A

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 03:09
Only I Can Now
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Camalot Cages
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Fox and Ducks, Credit: Muriel Murch
Young foxes need to leave the farm. An old fox leaves the Senate floor

  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 08:13
"Hush"
From: Elizabeth Austen
Caption: What Sound Does It Make, Credit: Concrete Wolf Press
Poet Erin Malone reads “Hush,” a poem sparked by watching her son discover the power of naming what he sees. The poem prompts KUOW’s literary produ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
ONE MORE TOKE / BREWER & SHIPLEY
From: Kevin Gallagher
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The Words and Music of Brewer and Shipley

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 35:26
From Out Of The Blues
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
Writing, War and Fictitious Creatures
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With tenacious willpower, 24 year-old Brad Watts writes short stories to help him cope with stress.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:27
The Simple Life
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Toure Weaver, Credit: Kelly Creedon courtesy of the Salt archive
A profile of a young man trying to find his purpose.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Davey Joe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For 42 years, one family called a small cottage in the Camp Ellis area of Saco, Maine their "haven away from home".

  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 05:47