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Marcel Donaj
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain from Marcel's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
The Beat: LouAnn Shepard Muhm - "Waitress"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
The Beat: John Thornberg - "Settling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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John Thornberg is a poet living in Chisago City, Minnesota. He is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Group of Park Rapids, and the Mulberry Street P...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
Art and Transition
From: Daniel Metz
Caption: Samaj examines his painting. It is part of his new series, called Entry/Dropline.
An artist living in Seattle has just had to move for the fifth time in four years. As he gets older it's becoming harder and harder for him to expo...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
Commuter rail engineer talks about coping with track deaths
From: KALW
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In the past six weeks, five people have died on Caltrain tracks, hit by trains that could not stop in time to avoid them. Every year, an average of...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
StoryCorps: Frank Curre
From: StoryCorps
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88-year-old Frank Curre remembers serving on the U.S.S. Tennessee during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Spare Me Yellow Skies by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
From: This Land Press
Series: Poetry to the People
Caption: Oklahoma Drought in 2011, Credit: Al Jazeera English
This past July was the hottest month ever on record for Oklahoma, or any other state for that matter. Farmers and ranchers have been hit the hardes...

Bought by KOSU and KOSU


  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Dairy Farm
From: Logan Hasson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A short portrait of Billy Latta, a North Carolina dairy farmer.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
It's Difficult To Change
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Downtown Millinocket in October 2008., Credit: Craig Jarvie
A profile of Millinocket, Maine, after the mill shut down.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
The Last Fish Story
From: Gretta Cohn
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Dan Scofield's been a fishmonger in Portland, Maine for ten years. But these days, there just aren't enough fish to go around.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2
"You talkin' to me?" - Conversation with a Cabbie
From: Aaron Henkin
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A veteran cab driver reflects on what it takes to do his job.

Bought by KUOW, Here and Now, and CKMO


  • Added: Oct 20, 2006
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 3
Stillmore, Georgia: Almost a Ghost Town
From: Philip Graitcer
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Immigration agents swoop down on Stillmore

  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:19
The Orphan Train
From: Annie Wu
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Orphan Train riders re-live their journeys in search of a home in the West.

Bought by KVNF, KUT-HD, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 25