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Elvis has left the building
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
A Pepper for Dinner
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, Credit: Earth Flavors
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
Day Job 7: The Lonesome Luthier
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Ben Todd of Lonesome Shack restores broken guitars, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Ben Todd restores guitars for The Trading Musician in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood. And he's become deeply embedded in the local music scene. B...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 6: The Mind Reader
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Ivan Galvez of Picoso, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Ivan Gálvez plays timbales with the Seattle band Picoso. He also scans my brainwaves with an electroencephalogram machine at the hospital where he ...

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 3
Gene Wilder on The Truth
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"ON STAGE OR IN THE MOVIES I COULD DO WHATEVER I WANTED TO. I WAS FREE." - Gene Wilder, 2007. The man synonymous with Willy Wonka doesn’t do many i...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KHNS, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVNF, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
Day Job 5: Fear And The Flying Trapeze
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: A trapeze student, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 3
On speaking vs writing
From: Veronica Simmonds
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What is the nature of speech? Why did we start writing stuff down? And which of these lasts longer?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 2
What is your definition of Love?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: Folk Journalist/Teacher
For Valentine's Day folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld asked 5th graders about love.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, PRX Remix, KAOS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
John Updike on Family Affairs
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike. The iconic author on how he discovered himself by...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur in 1994. From an unheard interview recorded by Benjamin Svetkey, then a writer for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
Soul Enrichment
From: Jessica Speer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Liz Mason is the manager of Quimby's bookstore in Chicago and self-publishes a zine called Caboose. In this brief interview, she discusses her expe...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
The Umami of Customer Service
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know. Why is it so onerous to be fat?" - Jim Morrison Interview by Howard Smith | TheSmithTape...

Bought by KVNF, KALW, KVMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 4
Old Ashdown: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
The Fifty Shades Caper
From: Sean Rasmussen
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
2012: A Year In Your Ear - "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes"
From: Mad Genius
Series: 2012: A Year In Your Ear
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Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes." C...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 04:18
Native Sounds: Cherokee National Youth Choir
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Tobias Grant (Omaha), Production Assistant, talks with the Cherokee National Youth choir music director Mary Kay Hendersen (Cherokee) and Cherokee ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 14:12
  • Purchases: 1
First Kiss
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
Native Sounds: Kevin Locke
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Kevin Lcoke
Eric Martin, Interactive Media Specialist, interviews Native American Hoop Dancer and Flutist Kevin Locke.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:42
  • Purchases: 1
Booksmellers Unite
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Jennifer Stevens
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Jennifer Stevens
Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American composer and artist Jennifer Stevens (Oneida and Lakota.)

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Leanne Goose
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Leanne Goose
Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American musician Leanne Goose (Dene and Inuvialuit)

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Cody Blackbird
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Tobias Grant (Omaha) interviews Native American Flutist Cody Blackbird

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 3
Native Sounds: Jerod Tate
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha) speaks with Jerod Tate (Chickasaw) about winning an Emmy, composing his first classical piece and the Chi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Ras K'Dee
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Ras K'Dee
Production Assistant Tobias Grant (Omaha/Dakota/Dineh/Cherokee) talked with Ras K'Dee about his music, Snag Magazine and his other projects working...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 2

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