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Tom Bills creates custom guitars in his basement shop near St. Louis. Hear the sounds of the guitar-making process as well as stories of his most f...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 25:37
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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Knocked Out, Credit: Daniel Brown
This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
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Following his influential career in music and composition, Bernie Krause decided to leave music behind and devote his efforts to studying the sound...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Sound gets funneled down your ear canal and... then what happens? You've heard about drums, tiny bones, and maybe a spiral shaped sensor, but not l...

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 1
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The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Susan Alexjander, Credit: Li Poon, Colours of Water Festival, UK
A non-narrated profile of sound artist Susan Alexjander, who uses vibrational frequencies from the natural world – from DNA to planetary spins – to...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 08:40
Caption: Close-up of Cleveland Whiskey label., Credit: Brian Bull, ideastream
A look at the trend of developing rapidly-aged whiskeys.

Bought by KLCC and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
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Take a walk with us through the Sensory Path at the Indianapolis Art Center

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
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You might not know what foley is, but you know what it sounds like.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by KWMR-FM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Rubber Duckies aren't just an old fashioned bathtub toy.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
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You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Into Autumn, Credit: L. Sponsler
A sound picture of nature's restful season of change and anticipation, along with its accompanying human happenings, all framed by music as varied ...

Bought by WNIJ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 2
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If bicycles could write a song, what would it sound like?

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A the story and sounds of an instrument made from meteorites.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An assuring hour of music and information about the promising resurgence of spring, including rare facts about the featured music and the reasons f...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WNIJ, WRNC-LP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 7
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Animals communicate with each other like instruments in an orchestra. This natural soundscape is now quieting which can have an effect on humans as...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
From: Bishop Sand
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What is sound? We'll define it physically and through our experience. Interesting descriptions abound as we learn why a piano sound is different th...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 1