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Rabble Rousers
From: Sarah Boothroyd
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Touching on ethics, justice, democracy, and global citizenship, Rabble Rousers explores the notion of protest as a spontaneous installation of impr...

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dream Jobs 2011 Promos
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
15 and 30 second promos for "Dream Jobs 2011: Outside the Cubicle"

Bought by WNIN, WCPN, WBEZ, KGOU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 6
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 1
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Jessica Partnow
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Living in Limbo
From: Jessica Partnow
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Farming in Vermont -- with slideshow!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor. She's farmed her 90 acre plot of land in Andover Vermont for 43 years, and though she's now come down with chronic ob...

Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 2
Labor Day Special: "Popular Song on the Picket Lines"
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow: Jazz and American Popular Song
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song, featuring "social significance" music from the 1930s and 40s. Perfect for programming a...

Bought by KHNS, WRPI, WETS, and KRCB-FM


  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
A Hidden Community
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at how an indigenous Mexican migrants adapt to city life.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City - Part 3
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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You've come to rebuild New Orleans. Where do you go if you get hurt or sick? We hear from two people who are providing health care.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: Exclusion & Resistance - Program Four
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Accounts of immigration laws designed specifically to restrict Asian Americans. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS O...

Bought by KQED, KUT-HD, KFAI, KXOT Public Radio, KVMR and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Skywalkers of Akwesane
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the dangerous skill of high steel became a rite of passage for a Mohawk tribe.

Bought by WRPI, KFAI, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPFA, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 11
Georgia Market Bulletin
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chronicle of rural life in Georgia unfolds between the lines of a farmers' newspaper.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Mother Warren
From: jessica lockhart
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A look into the labor history of one of the world's oldest paper mills.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, Prairie Public, KTNA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WILL and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 6
Baking Through the Night
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, some bakers in Lower Manhattan burn the midnight oil...

Bought by Prairie Public, Here and Now, WCAI / WNAN, and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 4
Early Morning Delivery
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a trucker drives through the night to make an early-...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:50
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
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2