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In the shop of Doyle Oliver Kisner, clockmaker.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
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You're invited to spend New Year's Eve with Walt Avery.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 2
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
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90 year old Elsie remembers her dancing days before she met her husband 63 years ago.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Tim Dibble has waited his whole life to work full-time as a sculptor. Now, at 65, he's finally doing what he wants. In his rustic workshop on Cape ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cicada, Credit: Jeremy Luther
Cicada III is a communal reading of a poem by Oklahoma native Scott Aycock. In addition to Aycock's poem, we bring you a granddaughter's grief and...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
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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
Caption: The Cannon Point neighborhood is like nowhere else., Credit: Google Maps
Cannon Point is a one-block stretch in Broward County, Florida, with the highest concentration of mental health assisted-living facilities in the s...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUT, KUOW, and WAMC


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 5
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The authors of "Trailer Ahoy!" and "Trees as Good Citizens" enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:32
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Rodolfo Akel in the kitchen at West Hartford Town Hall during a dance., Credit: Courtesy of Sheila Browne
None of us knows when our heart will beat its last beat. For Rodolfo Akel that last beat came on the dance floor. Friends in the Cajun and Zydeco d...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:25
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43
Caption: Lou takes a break., Credit: photograph by David Foster
Portrait of Lou Alexander, a crossing guide in Portland, Maine

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network, Red River Radio Network, WUIS, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KRCB-FM and more


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Prime Time Radio presents "Truckin' My Blues Away," a music-rich documentary that profiles four Southern bluesmen and the folklorist who is working...

Bought by KRCB-FM, Red River Radio Network, WPSU-FM, WUIS, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Little Freddie King, Credit: Barry Yeoman
Prime Time Radio presents "Truckin' My Blues Away," a music-rich documentary that profiles four Southern bluesmen and the folklorist who is working...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, WUMB, KVSC, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 54:23
  • Purchases: 18
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In the 50's and 60's the scariest horror movies played in Driver's Ed.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Caption: Arthur and Aggie, Credit: Walter Murch
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:20
Caption: Raging Grannies Show Their Stuff, Credit: Ruth Robertson
This story highlights the women who inspired documentary filmmaker Pam Walton's latest film, "Raging Grannies: The Action League." Interviews with ...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRCB-FM, KZYX, and WAMC


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Gauchos at the Market, Credit: Beatrice Murch
Every day is Market day in Buenos Aires, from the daily shopping of the weekdays to the special Independence day and Weekend marketseldersa

Bought by KWMR-FM


  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Flutist and saxophonist Bud Shank helped create the West Coast Jazz sound and fuse jazz with Brazilian music. He passed away Feb. 2, 2009.

Bought by WEKU and KCUR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A profile of a barbershop in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2