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RockItFuel Radio by Joshua Johnson
Uplifting stories, inspiring interviews and insightful ideas for your heart, your mind and your life.
- 1% funded
- $1,571 pledged
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KQED's Joshua Johnson has a new project: 7 min. of news that will empower you in the morning, not make you feel frustrated about scandal and political backbiting. Take a listen to the samples!
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Planet Money T-shirt by Planet Money
We are a team of multimedia reporters covering the global economy. We are going to make a t-shirt and tell the story of its creation.
Successful!- 1,181% funded
- $590,807 pledged
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May 14, 2013
Public radio T-shirts... the ever-abundant pledge drive gift. In true Planet Money style, they've got a new T-shirt that will tell you its backstory and journey to your closet.
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Freedom Fighters documentary film by Jamie Meltzer
There's a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by a group of exonerated men who have all spent decades in prison.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $31,520 pledged
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May 10, 2013
Following decades in prison for crimes they didn't commit, these men are helping others out of the same fate.
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BlabDroid by BlabDroid
BlabDroid; The personal filmmaking robot you can talk to, with, and through.
- 7% funded
- $5,807 pledged
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A cardboard, hackable robot? Yes! Could you say no to this face?
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Unbound: Fiction on the Radio by Louisville Public Media
A new radio show focused on short fiction produced by Louisville Public Media
Successful!- 108% funded
- $4,340 pledged
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Apr 10, 2013
Sound and story! Louisville Public Media is creating a new outlet for fiction writing with the "Unbound" radio show.
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THE TEACHER by Jeremy Engle & Tarisai Gombe
Re-Writing The High School Movie...
Successful!- 111% funded
- $55,629 pledged
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Apr 29, 2013
Directed by a filmmaker/educator, "The Teacher" won't have "easy answers or false uplift that we often see in Hollywood films about high school." Already in rehearsal and shooting this summer, the film is cast with real students from New York public high schools.
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HEAR Now: Audio Fiction & Arts Festival 2013 by HEAR Now: Audio Fiction & Arts Festival
Help the National Audio Theatre Festivals, a non-profit organization, produce the HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $25,212 pledged
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Apr 01, 2013
HEAR Now wants to bring award-winning narrators, writers, technicians, and visionaries to Kansas City, MO for their exciting new audio fest!
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TransWaves Podcast by Trans Youth Equality Foundation
The TransWaves Podcast delivers stories of trans* teens, artists, filmmakers, lawyers and more to transgender youth and the world.
Successful!- 125% funded
- $4,402 pledged
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May 06, 2013
Audio with a mission! TransWaves uses their podcast to share trans stories and help trans teens cope with the challenges they face.
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Mixcard: Postcard Mixtapes by Alfred Megally / Christopher Chin
Mixcard is a Mixtape + Art Print + Postcard. You pick the music and select from our art gallery. We print and mail it for you.
Successful!- 177% funded
- $5,323 pledged
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Mar 27, 2013
This is neat! An online mixtape + art print + postcard. And you can even have it link to your own sounds.
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Brattle Theatre: Digital Projection & HVAC Renovation by Brattle Film Foundation
We're upgrading! We need to add digital projection and a new HVAC system—to keep it cool and to bring you the best films around!
Successful!- 106% funded
- $149,580 pledged
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Feb 28, 2013
Movie theaters around the US will have to purchase digital projectors in order to play movies, as film companies are going to stop producing 35mm. Help independent theaters like our neighbor the Brattle Theatre upgrade so they can continue to be a part of the community.
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The Local Global Mashup Show by Latitude News
Get the inside edge on the stories that connect Americans to the world -- in your ear every week.
Successful!- 108% funded
- $47,978 pledged
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Feb 15, 2013
Connecting across borders. That's what Latitude News is about, and they want to bring their engaging style to a half-hour weekly show. You can currently hear their work as a PRX podcast/radio show here: http://tinyurl.com/alhuh3h
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KDPI-FM Drop-In Radio's Equip the Studio by Micheal Scullion
Commercial-free Radio for Ketchum, Hailey, Sun Valley and all the Wood River Valley
Successful!- 110% funded
- $27,530 pledged
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Feb 16, 2013
We love community radio! KDPI is a new station in Idaho looking to get up and running so local voices and music can be heard on the air and online.
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State of the Re:Union: Season 3C by Al Letson
Award-winning public radio show that travels the country telling stories about people doing extraordinary work to overcome obstacles.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $20,810 pledged
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Nov 15, 2012
Public radio show State of the Re:Union with Al Letson visits a U.S. city in each episode and shares what is unique about that location. Help SOTRU's producers bring us three additional cities in season three!
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The Smith Tapes Box Set by ezra
A limited edition box set of audio interviews with rock stars and cultural icons, recorded between 1969-1972 and not heard since.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $42,141 pledged
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Nov 25, 2012
The pop culture epitome of found sound: A crate of reel interviews from 1969-1972 with John and Yoko, Andy Warhol, Jane Fonda, Janis Joplin, Buckminster Fuller, Mick Jagger... the list goes on. With Kickstarter support, they will be turned into a limited edition box set.
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"Strangers" Season 2 by Lea Thau
A storytelling podcast where people tell true life stories - frequently funny, occasionally heartbreaking, always interesting.
Successful!- 106% funded
- $21,253 pledged
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Oct 31, 2012
We are surrounded by strangers all the time... but what about the ones who impact our lives? Meet those people in "Strangers" -- a podcast from Lea Thau (who worked at The Moth for 10 years) as part of pubradio station KCRW's Independent Producer Project.
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DecodeDC by Andrea Seabrook
Washington is broken. You are not. Help DecodeDC report stories that really matter.
Successful!- 134% funded
- $100,724 pledged
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Oct 19, 2012
No doubt loyal public radio listeners have heard Andrea Seabrook's reports over the years. This is her new project, to report on DC in a way that isn't being done and to bring the truth out from under politics and complacent media.
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MBB and CO.'s Encore Performances! by Monica Bill Barnes
Monica Bill Barnes & Company joins forces with special host Ira Glass for follow-up dance performances after This American Life Live!
Successful!- 103% funded
- $10,353 pledged
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Nov 07, 2012
Last May, This American Life's live show featured a performance by Monica Bill Barnes & Company. This project helps fund two full nights of performances hosted by Ira Glass on Oct. 20th and 21st.
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Storied: Capture and Share Family Stories by Elijah Woolery
Storied is an app that helps people capture and share their family stories with easily created and compelling mini-movies.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $36,160 pledged
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Oct 18, 2012
Capture, keep, and share memories through images and sound: This iPad app lets you archive your photos and record the family stories that go along with them.
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Big Picture Science: Doomsday Live by The SETI Institute
Big Picture Science will be hitting the stage to perform a live, doomsday-themed show, as part of the Bay Area Science Festival.
Successful!- 119% funded
- $4,793 pledged
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Oct 13, 2012
The end is near! Or is it? Big Picture Science will produce a live show to separate fact from fiction when it comes to doomsday prediction. Take a listen to their radio show here: http://www.prx.org/series/32200
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Arab Artists in a Revolution by Christopher Lydon
Radio conversations with the liveliest minds inside an ongoing revolution
Successful!- 145% funded
- $21,745 pledged
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Oct 09, 2012
Artists, poets, musicians -- these are the people Radio Open Source's Christopher Lydon wants to interview in a trip to Egypt. The goal: to bring back stories we've not yet heard in the ongoing revolution.
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StoryCorps' Animation Special by StoryCorps
StoryCorps' first animation special will feature stories told by everyday people, brought to life by Rauch Brothers Animation.
Successful!- 106% funded
- $26,581 pledged
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Sep 15, 2012
We love StoryCorps' animated shorts. Take a look here: http://bit.ly/dpFON4 This project will help them launch their first long-form animated special for PBS.
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KHOI: Iowa's Homegrown Community Radio by Ursula Ruedenberg
KHOI is community radio being built for Central Iowa. $12,000 completes the broadcast studio for programming created by local talent.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $12,086 pledged
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Sep 15, 2012
KHOI wants to be a place for civil discourse, community discussion, and local music in Ames, Iowa. This campaign will help them finish their studio and get on the air.
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Sprout: a pencil with a seed by democratech
Sprout is a pencil that wants to be a plant when it grows up. When it's too short to use, plant Sprout to grow herbs, flowers and more!
Successful!- 150% funded
- $37,715 pledged
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Sep 19, 2012
Hey, it ain't public radio, but it's sustainable and sweet, and we think schools should use these. Our Cambridge, Mass. neighbors have a pencil that you can plant when it's too short. Yes, plant!
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Meet Your Mind: The Science of Consciousness by To the Best of Our Knowledge
A comic book exploring consciousness
Successful!- 115% funded
- $17,277 pledged
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Sep 01, 2012
What is consciousness? Wisconsin Public Radio's To The Best of Our Knowledge is working on a six-hour radio series "Meet Your Mind" to air in Nov. and Dec. with guests like Oliver Sacks. Their Kickstarter project is to fund a companion comic book. Fun!
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Little Raleigh Radio // We'll do it live! by Little Raleigh Radio
We are building a community radio station and we need equipment so we can start broadcasting.
Successful!- 122% funded
- $12,225 pledged
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Aug 31, 2012
Little Raleigh Radio in North Carolina is on Kickstarter to set up their studio to launch an internet broadcast stream and low-power FM signal in 2013.
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99% Invisible: Season 3 by PRX, Inc
An award winning radio show about design, architecture and the 99% Invisible activity that shapes our world.
Successful!- 405% funded
- $170,477 pledged
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Aug 10, 2012
99% Invisible is a podcast and radio show about design. Help them fund season three and beyond! And stations, get the show here: http://www.prx.org/series/31835. Bring 99%'s huge following to your air.
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T-REX by Drea Cooper/Zackary Canepari/Sue Johnson
A documentary about 17 year-old Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, the youngest woman - and one of the first - to ever box in the Olympics.
Successful!- 122% funded
- $64,507 pledged
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Aug 04, 2012
Beautiful footage, amazing subject. Meet Team USA's Claressa Shields, from Flint, Michigan. You'll see why she's also the focus of a radio documentary available to stations on PRX: http://www.prx.org/pieces/80348 Don't miss it!
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The Professional's Guide to Podcast Production by Jim Metzendorf
This guide provides everything you need to know about producing great podcasts. Author Jim Metzendorf has edited well over 1,000 shows.
Successful!- 272% funded
- $5,447 pledged
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Aug 11, 2012
Lots of great public radio shows start out as podcasts. Check out this guide to help you get started!
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Blank on Blank: 30 Days, 30 Lost Interviews by Blank on Blank
Old tapes. New unheard multimedia stories. Help us bring print journalists' lost interviews to life via podcast, radio, and YouTube.
Successful!- 113% funded
- $11,337 pledged
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Jul 16, 2012
Got tape? Blank on Blank turns unheard interviews from journalists' recordings into podcasts and a radio show now on PRX. They're creating an archive of American interviews that could have been lost forever. http://www.prx.org/blankonblank
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The Listener: An Album of Your Voicemails Set To Music by One Hello World
Described as "PostSecret for the ears." by Paste Magazine, acclaimed blog One Hello World is releasing an LP of its best tracks.
Successful!- 108% funded
- $5,405 pledged
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Dec 31, 2011
One Hello World takes voicemails and adds music to make a soundrack. The project's mission is to "foster compassion by encouraging people to simply take a moment and listen to each other." Right on!
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Radio Ambulante by Radio Ambulante
We are a new Spanish language podcast telling uniquely Latin American stories.
Successful!- 115% funded
- $46,032 pledged
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Mar 25, 2012
Radio Ambulante was recently funded to create a monthly This American Life-esque podcast/radio show of compelling human stories from around Latin America and the United States.
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FREEFORM OR DEATH, a documentary about WFMU by Tim K Smith
Help us share the story of New Jersey’s WFMU, the world’s longest-running freeform radio station, in its fight to stay alive.
Successful!- 163% funded
- $81,639 pledged
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Jul 11, 2012
New Jersey's freeform station WFMU is the focus of this documentary. A really nicely laid out -- not to mention cool and important -- project with two videos.
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State of the Re:Union Video Documentaries by Al Letson
State of the Re:Union is a public media program that celebrates stories of real people through an exploration of a city. Help fund our documentaries!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $5,005 pledged
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Aug 21, 2010
SOTRU host Al Letson was one of our Public Radio Talent Quest winners in 2007. We're excited about how far the show has come and their new season! http://www.prx.org/sotru
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A New Season of Destination DIY by jsabatier
Destination DIY is a radio show & podcast showcasing all kinds of creativity. Please help us make a new season of shows for your ears!
Successful!- 102% funded
- $9,725 pledged
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Jun 11, 2011
Destination DIY successfully funded a new season through Kickstarter. http://tinyurl.com/7goxoeh
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Keep Live Music on WMSE by WMSE 91.7 FM
WMSE, a community-funded radio station in Milwaukee, WI needs to replace its in-house digital studio to keep live music on the air.
Successful!- 111% funded
- $33,393 pledged
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Dec 22, 2011
WMSE used Kickstarter to fund new equipment for their studio (they were still using Mac OS 9!). Check out their FAQ to see how they answered the inevitable "I already contribute to your pledge drive, what gives?"
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The American Revolution by Bill Lichtenstein
Support "The American Revolution," the new documentary film about how a radio station, politics and rock and roll changed everything.
Successful!- 110% funded
- $114,419 pledged
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Dec 19, 2011
We were big WBCN fans back in the day (at least PRX CEO Jake was), and Bill is a public radio producer, and some of this audio should make it's way to PRX - so lots of reasons to keep an eye on this project. Congrats on the successful campaign!
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Put This On: Season Two by Jesse Thorn
Put This On is a web series about dressing like a grownup. Season two will take us to the world's great style cities... if you fund it.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $70,328 pledged
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Sep 16, 2011
Jesse is the host and producer of the radio show/podcast Bullseye. This project helped him fund a web series on men's style that traveled to London, Milan, and NYC. http://vimeo.com/putthison
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The Veterans Book Project by Monica Haller
We make soft-bound, print-on-demand books out of personal archives of images, words and memories from the current wars.
Successful!- 109% funded
- $7,630 pledged
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Feb 01, 2011
This incredible project was featured on State of the Re:Union's Veterans Day Special. http://www.prx.org/pieces/54232
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Mosquita y Mari - A new voice in independent filmmaking by Aurora Guerrero
Mosquita y Mari is a feature length film that captures the intricacies of youth, love and survival.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $82,468 pledged
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May 26, 2011
"Mosquita y Mari" was the biggest comeback project on Kickstarter at the time, raising over $35,000 within two days of the deadline. Hear why the writer/director used Kickstarter and about how well it worked in this piece on PRX from TurnStyle: http://www.prx.org/pieces/74753
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Thunk Tank: Corpus Absurdum Art Show by Jay Bachhuber
Corpus Absurdum is a photography show by Bronwyn Carlton and Jay Bachhuber, co-hosts of the Thunk Tank program on WFMU-FM/wfmu.org.
Successful!- 120% funded
- $600 pledged
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Nov 24, 2011
The hosts of WFMU's Thunk Tank took their radio show to a different level with an art exhibition. Check out their profile on PRX: http://www.prx.org/station/wfmu
