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Tom Bills creates custom guitars in his basement shop near St. Louis. Hear the sounds of the guitar-making process as well as stories of his most f...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 25:37
Caption: Ford Transit Connect
Three views of the New York City non-profit meal delivery program, God's Love We Deliver.

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:37
Caption: Karen Pearl and Hassan Mazyan, Jr., Credit: KP photo by Janette Beckman
In which Karen Pearl, President and CEO of God's Love We Deliver, explains the mission of the organization, and Hassan Mazyan Jr., a client, descri...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
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Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
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Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger
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
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Using the stories of three amazing women who happened to be born male, including Filmmaker Lana Wachowski, I explore what it is really like to be T...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
Caption: Bill Kirchen
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
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
In this installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People, the first of ten programs being produced for Northern Community...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 57:17
Caption: Avraamov conducting the Symphony of Sirens in Moscow. November 7, 1923., Credit: Andrey Smirnov
In November of 1923, a Soviet composer named Arseny Avraamov stepped onto a Moscow rooftop clutching two oversized flags. His plan: to conduct an ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Kitchen Sisters take us behind the scenes into rehearsal, sound check, and the making of Way To Blue, the new Nick Drake tribute record.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 16:49
Caption: Bill Kirchen
He’s been called the Titan of the Telecaster, the King of Diesel Billy. Bill Kirchen is all that and a lot more. He’s a master in a league of his o...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 27:45
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This piece examines the tenuous state of relations between the United States and Pakistan. It follows Montana Public Radio Reporter Dan Boyce on a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Ray Penfold and his son Bill have been racing together for the past 40 years. Now 85 years old, Ray's health is failing and he can't race anymore.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:54
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This is a story of a 1940's child's journal, set against the backdrop of WWII, that records the play life of a group of boys reenacting war games i...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 52:58
Caption: French Coast Dead Ahead, Credit: history101.com
A powerful remembrance of the preparation, execution, and aftermath of Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944. For broadcast anytime from Memorial Day We...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cherubin Bancoult sings Chagossian sega, Credit: Raphaël Krafft
The small island nation, the Republic of Mauritius, marks the 45th anniversary of independence from British rule this week. But one group isn’t cel...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
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In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Two first time radio producers travel to the Everglades intending to tell the story of a state-sanctioned Python hunt, but end up telling an altoge...

Bought by KGOU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Freddie Topete at Adult Transition Program, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
A one-hour documentary exploring what's happening twenty years after a sharp rise in autism rates. Thousands of children are aging out of special e...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Spokane Public Radio, KRCB-FM, KREV-LP, KWMR-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 21
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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