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HOLY MOLY: Two short comedies by Alan Zweibel and David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Susie Essman of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Jim Dale and Susie Essman star in HOLY MOLY, two short comedies by Alan Zweibel and David Ives. In PLAYING GOD, a divine comedy from SNL's Alan Zw...

Bought by KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Connecticut Public (WNPR), Prairie Public, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
125 Noam: The Unorthodox Jew
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The tale of Noam Osband, a rebellious boy raised in an Orthodox Jewish community who questions everything through poetry and song lyrics. The Morti...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2018
  • Length: 20:55
Misunderstandings and Jokes: An Immigrant Struggles with Humor
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: Dirk Ockhardt from Germany discusses jokes, Credit: Erika Lorentzsen
Maintaining a sense of humor in another language can be difficult. Some misunderstandings can be humorous. Still, understanding the nuances of joke...

Bought by KKRN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 2
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
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
Non-Muslims fast during Ramadan.
From: Will Wright
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Non-Muslims get a taste of Islam by fasting during Ramadan.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 04:09
Messiah Complex
From: Jodi Eichelberger
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Writer Jodi Eichelberger traces his Messiah Complex back to early childhood

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 20:45
A Jew Grows in Rockland
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amita Jarmon discusses what it's like to be Rockland's first rabbi since 1937.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
When is a church not a church? Ask the Pope!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Vatican explains what a church is. Predictable outrage. Why?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Islam 2.0
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new comic book promotes an infidel-friendly Islam.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:42
Spineless Masters of Transformation
From: chuck freeman
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The manifestations of the universe are multitudinous, multifaceted, and marvelous! Chuck finds spiritual nurture in the cuttlefish, enlivened by t...

  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:25
Cuckoo For Christ!
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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Religion has become too commercial in the US.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
Beware: The Beast has Moved
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What a relief for us and trouble for them: Turns out that the number of the dread Anti-Christ is not 666, our house address in San Francisco, but ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:48
Media Savvy Pope? Erg
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Can a Pope be Media Savvy? Discuss.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
Mark of the Beast, Downsized
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We have a new Mark of the Beast. Consequences?

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:06
The Zen of Cappuccino
From: Dale Short
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A guide to contemplative coffee-making

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZSC, KTUH and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 6
Snowballs at Midnight Mass
From: Andrew Witmer
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Essayist Jonathan Malesic learns something new about Christmas after attending one of the only midnight Catholic masses ever to end in a snowball f...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUT, KUT-HD, KMXT, WNKU and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 11
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
God is Talking to Me
From: Hans Anderson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When God talks to me, sometimes it means I have to do things I don't want to do

Bought by WORLDcompass.org, PRX Remix, KUT, The Neighborhood, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 11