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The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Tim Eaton: Bowling Lane Inspector
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Tim Eaton Bowling in Falmouth, MA, Credit: Andrew Norton
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 1
Revivalist Radio...on Stage
From: Daniel Gross
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It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
Jack Dunn (Discovered Babe Ruth), October 22, 1928
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Digging up the West Coast's first fraternity
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: Photograph of the first fraternity on the West Coast.
It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Stranger's Smile
From: Andy Mills
Series: THE MEDIA
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a brief sound portrait of a subway performer.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Skaneateles Chamber Music Festival
From: Mariel Fiedler
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This is a feature story documenting the performers and organizers of the 30th annual Skaneateles, NY chamber music festival.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 07:29
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
The Great Stephan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Steven Cornish loves magic. He goes by “The Great Stephan,” and he performs as a magician in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Analog in a Digital Age
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A man practices the ancient art of timekeeping.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRVO, WMPG, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
Pump Up the Jammer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Maine Port Authorities really want to win against the Rhode Island Riveters.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:17
Senior Citizens Barber Shop
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a barbershop in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Music Box Healer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of one of the last music box technicians.

Bought by KFAI, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 3
Chickens Are People, Too
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A family in Falmouth, Maine fights for their right to keep chickens.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:29
Cody Appleseed
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man on a mission to reclaim an island off the coast of Maine.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
La Llorona: An Evolving Myth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition we hear the story of La Llorona (the weeping woman)-- a story that's been told since the time of the Spanish conquest, all over Mex...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KRZA, KUT, KSFR, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bugler at Arlington National Cemetery
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Weird Jobs in the Arts
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Who is the bugler at Arlington National Cemetery?

Bought by KFAI, WAMC, WGUC, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 11:14
  • Purchases: 4
Block Party
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A block of Brooklynites revive an old tradition

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
Size Isn't Everything
From: Shea Shackelford
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM-FM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds of the Suburbs
From: Trent Wolbe
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Audio illustration of the suburbs

Bought by WFUV and KFAI


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Traditions of Brown-Forman's Kentucky Bourbon and it's Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson
From: WFPL News
Series: Kentucky Works
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A day in the career of Brown-Forman Master Distiller Lincoln Henderson

  • Added: May 24, 2004
  • Length: 09:01
RN documentary: At the Circus
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A rediscovery of a child's delight at the circus and an adults exploration of the life of circus performers

Bought by KFAI, WETA, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 3
Aerobics Instructor-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The hardest working man in body biz

Bought by KZSC, KUHB, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Moe Is Me At School
From: Dmae Roberts
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Gay Teen's first love

Bought by KRCB-FM and East Village Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2