• 2010
  • 3:00
  • USA

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All You Need is a Wall - 4

By Philip Smith

An exercise in time condensation, or more simply time travel, in which the cave wall serves as interface between past and present, human and animal, Philip Smith, librarian, reads excerpts from two books about Upper Paleolithic cave art. (more)

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  • 2005
  • 1:01
  • USA

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One-Minute Vacations

By Aaron Ximm

The world makes its own music, but we rarely listen with fresh ears says Aaron Ximm, sound artist, field recordist and founder of quietamerican.org. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 58:30
  • USA

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Re:sound # 83 The Going Up Show

By Various producers

This hour: climbing, flying and facing your fears. (more)

Going_up
  • 2008
  • 3:15
  • USA

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Baggage

By Sue Mell

On the flight back from her honeymoon, Mary Beth loses her luggage and thinks it's a sign that her marriage might be a mistake. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 0:00
  • USA

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Telling Stories Far From Home

By Stephanie Guyer-Stevens

How can a producer prepare to make radio stories about distant lands and the people who live there, and why tell those stories anyway? (more)

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  • 2010
  • 30:32
  • USA

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Two Wheels to Nowhere

By Aengus Anderson

One man, one motorcycle, 13,843 miles, 89 days, 37 states, 166 interviews. (more)

Highway1ca
  • 2002
  • 12:42
  • USA

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Fez, Morocco: A Journey in Sound

By Jim Metzner

When you stroll through the maze of streets in Fez, Morocco, it's as if you are walking back in time. (more)

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  • 29:41
  • UK

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The Tourist

By Martin Williams

The Tourist is lost. He can't sleep or tune out the music that comes from everywhere. Secretly, he's looking forward to the journey home. (more)

Tourist
  • 2005
  • 59:30
  • USA

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Re:sound #26: The Tour Show

By Various producers

This hour: the halls of a high school and the alleys of one of the oldest cities in the world. (more)

Flightseries_2
  • 2010
  • 2:59
  • USA

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(Bicycle) Chain of Missing Links

By Matt Purdy

An 80-day bicycle trip from New York City to Seattle, camping and recording along the way, condensed into three minutes. (more)

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  • 2004
  • 7:48
  • Canada

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Railway Lines

By Sylvi MacCormack

Sound artist Sylvi MacCormac tells this story about coming home by train along the Canadian Railway Lines. (more)

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  • 2010
  • 2:59
  • Romania

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Chain of Missing Links - 13

By Ioana Baldea

This is a story about human love, fear, loneliness and self perception in the neverending journey of life in the modern world. (more)

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  • 2005
  • 58:30
  • USA

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Re:sound #33: The Bollywood Show

By Various producers

This hour: a tall, white New Zealander heads to Mumbai to try and land a role in one of the hundreds of Bollywood films the industry churns out each year. (more)

Flightseries_4
  • 2001
  • 21:44
  • USA

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Road Scholar

By Andrei Codrescu

You might recognize Andrei Codrescu's voice from his insightful commentaries on NPR, but Codrescu has also brought his unique perspective on American culture to the silver screen, via the movie Road Scholar. (more)

Roadscholar
  • 2001
  • 22:14
  • USA

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Voices From the Dust Bowl

By Barrett Golding

In the 1930's, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl drove farmers and their families from the central states to California. (more)

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  • 2003
  • 43:04
  • Germany

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The Forbidden Voyage

By Stephen Erickson

As a young boy, Earle Reynolds had a dream to build and sail a boat around the world. (more)

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  • 2008
  • 2:57
  • USA

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The Highway 57 Breakdown in Three-Part Harmony

By Dan Zellner

Busting out, breaking down, success, failure, positive thinking, and finding the right trailer hitch. (more)

Shortdocs08
  • 2002
  • 25:28
  • USA

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How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

By Brenda Hutchinson

For one month during the summer of 1996, producer Brenda Hutchinson drove her piano from New York City to San Francisco in the back of a U-Haul truck. (more)

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  • 2007
  • 2:59
  • USA

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You Make My Heart Go

By John Biewen

A meandering train of thought arrives at a Dollar Storey connnection just in time. (more)

Shortdocs_07
  • 2006
  • 21:14
  • Canada

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Childhood Trains

By Sandy Thacker & Steve Wadhams

What is it about train travel that inspires music and memory? And why do people tend to confess their innermost thoughts once they get on board? (more)

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