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You Are An Authority
From: Destination DIY
Series: Destination DIY
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This show covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: please...

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ken Nerger
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Ken Nerger (Detail), Credit: Emile B. Klein
Surviving cancer, the economy and a haunted house.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:26
Flip, Skip, Guitar
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Flip Scipio and wife Mitzi Pratt, in their Martha's Vineyard studio., Credit: Emma de Campo
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
How to Run Away to the Circus
From: Mary Harris
Caption: Seth Bloom, Rehearsing, Credit: acrobuffos.tumblr.com
How did a nice girl with a degree from Princeton University end up as a globetrotting... clown? Meet Christina Gelsone -- and her husband, Seth. Th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
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
Walking a Labyrinth
From: Destination DIY
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
DIY Rituals
From: Destination DIY
Series: Destination DIY
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We depend on all kinds of secular and spiritual rituals to mark the ends and beginnings of things. Sometimes this means following a long-standing t...

Bought by WRVO, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WYSO, WRVO, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Jane Bown - a portrait
From: Jack King
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
The Paramount Visual Arts Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The Paramount Theater has been the cultural jewel of downtown St. Cloud since the age of vaudeville. However, do you know what takes place in the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 24:36
Saunter Along the St. Cloud Arts Crawl
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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On a late November 2009 Friday night, St. Cloud's downtown came to life with artists, musicians, and 800 people exploring the St. Cloud Art Crawl. ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 30:35
Fortissimo
From: Erin Calabria
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A renowned conductor with Parkinson's disease struggles to keep music in his life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Something Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rich keeps doing graffiti, even though at age 34, he knows the consequences.

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Grandpa
From: Lu Olkowski
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A father and son have a contest to take the best pictures of their dying grandpa, the result is an up-close portrait of death.

Bought by KUOW, Public Radio Remix, KUT, KVNF, KFAI and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 6
The Art of Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jon Joyce, an artist with down syndrome, offers support and love to his 94 year old mother.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
You Only Have To Look and See
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Martha Solomon tries to discover more about the work of her late father, a highly regarded photographer. What Martha discovers is the difference be...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1