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On the Day I Died, It Was Mostly the Blues
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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I live next to the Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro, North Carolina and my neighbors are the ghosts who reside there.

Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional : The Angel of Death
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
Pete's Story
From: Maggie Saia
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Pete described himself as relentless. This innate perseverance lead him to overdose on heroin, and live to tell the tale.

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 17:55
The Age of Innocence: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” This half-hou...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Sing and I Will Hear You
From: Carolyn Barnwell
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Elaine and Francis- a nun and a priest- fell deeply in love and left the Church so they could be married. Nearly 40 years later, on Jan. 3rd 2010, ...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sing and I Will Hear You
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In early 2010, Elaine McGillicuddy lost her husband to bone cancer. Elaine has created her own grieving process rooted in daily rituals. She is e...

Bought by WMPG, WAMC, Interfaith Voices, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Head Water Blues Opry
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:25
Cleo
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Cleo had a hard time learning how to read

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:49
Number One Mourner (poem)
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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To some death is the great equalizer; for others it is the least judicious parting of them all. A poem.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: :42
Little Black Train
From: Nora Harrington
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
Homelessness in San Francisco
From: Selwyn-Lloyd McPherson
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A portrait of homelessness in the city of San Francisco

  • Added: Nov 28, 2007
  • Length: 16:43
P.O.V. - The Chances of the World Changing Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar talks with P.O.V. about the making of his film "The Chances of the World Changing"

  • Added: Sep 14, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
The Psychedelic Legacy of Roky Erickson
From: Adam Allington
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Roky Erickson is the godfather of pyschedelic rock.

Bought by KUT, KFAI, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 3
Memoir Cafe: Episode 25
From: Gary Smith
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In this 25th episode of Memoir Cafe, women write about reacting to the events around them.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:33
Reverend Grady's Story
From: Jess Mador
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Minister falsely accused of sexual abuse finds solace in his new life

  • Added: Oct 09, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
RN Documentary: A Diary of War and Liberation
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An 80- year-old Dutchman opens up the diary he kept as a teenager during the German occupation of Holland and the liberation by Canadian troops fo...

Bought by KAWC


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 30:26
  • Purchases: 1
On The Line: Union Actors In New York
From: Eevin Hartsough
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New York actors face ridiculous odds trying to get work, but persevere nonetheless

Bought by WAMC, WMNF, Marfa Public Radio, Public Interactive, and WHQR


  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 5
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
Rip, Rift, and Panic: Earthquake Stories of Life and Death Along the Faultlines
From: Susan Stone
Caption: San Francisco, Marina district, October 17, 1989
Earthquake stories from around the Pacific Rim

Bought by KFAI, WORLDcompass.org, Public Radio Remix, The Nature Podcast, KALW and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 7
Buffalo Turkey Butt
From: Andy Raskin
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Does it exist? Does it matter?

Bought by KSJD, KLCC, KUT, KZYX, WDET, Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 19
Errol Morris on Harris execution
From: Connie Walker
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Errol Morris on recent execution of David Ray Harris

  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 20:17