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Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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
Love, Lust & Longing in the Ancient World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Vicki Leon
Author Vicki Leon takes us for a ride through the ages of aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs, contraception, nymphomania, bisexuality, cross-dressi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Movies That Make Your Holidays
From: Spokane Public Radio
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SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for their top holiday rentals, traditional and not-so-traditional.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WVPE, WRFA-LP, KVSC, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Granite City Radio Theatre, Episode 1 Part 1
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC presents the Granite City Radio Theatre in partnership with the Pioneer Place Theatre Company in St. Cloud. The Granite City Radio Theatre is ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:40
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 103: Tin Roof Project #25 Featuring Steve and Vicki Farrell
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Steve and Vicki Farrell
Tin Roof Project #25 featuring comic duo Steve and Vicki Farrell. The Tin Roof Project is once a month and features well-known Southerners bringing...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leslie M.M. Blume, Credit: photo by Billy Farrell
Try to imagine drinking your way through this book! That’s what author Leslie M. M. Blume has done in order to provide recipes for 144 cocktails.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 1
Laughter Yoga
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Alan Goodwin, Credit: Cape Cod Laughter Yoga
Clare and Alan Goodwin founded Cape Cod Laughter Yoga in 2008. Every week since, they've led a group of a dozen or more people of all ages through ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
Laughter Yoga Clubs
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
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In this episode of Happy producer JP Davidson drops into a Laughter Yoga Club. The first one started in the mid-90s in Mumbai. Now there over 8000 ...

Bought by Radio Catskill and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 2
The Creature from the 7th Grade
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Bob Balaban
Charlie Drinkwater is in trouble. Not he’s done anything wrong. He’s just morphing into a mutant dinosaur.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 19:01
Wumbers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This is 1DERFUL!: Wumbers. The new children's book by Amy Kruse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. The idea is to take words that contain numbers, an...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 22:19
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Blind Parenting
From: Sterling Smalley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Siblings Sterling and Maura Smalley talk to no one in particular about raising kids as blind parents.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
Compact Discoveries 195: Strange Musical Animals
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Tragedian of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis & his ubiquitous silk hat
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
DIY Disasters
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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All about do-it-yourself projects gone wrong.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUOW, WYSO, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Territorial Bands of the 1920s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham & her Band
The early history of  jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
The Overlooked Composer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sheet Music Cover
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
Life In The Slow Lane: Funny Stories From The World Of Driver Education
From: Thomas Sullivan
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Humorous,on-the-job stories told by a Driver Education instructor.

Bought by KMUZ


  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Tribute to Hoagy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Cobblestones: Going Gonzo for Jim Henson
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Dave Goelz on set, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Dave Goelz
A one hour special featuring performers, writers, and puppeteers who worked with Jim Henson from the beginning. The program includes interviews, o...

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KWMR, WNIN, KZYX, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:07
  • Purchases: 6
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1

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