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Gambling Casinos: A Sound Investment
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
I'd rather own a gambling casino than a bank

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
My Side of the Story: The YMCA
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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I am offended by the foul odor which emanates from this stinking sweat-factory!

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Theater of War
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Jason Robards, Jr. in THE DISENCHANTED on Broadway
In which David Pressman goes to war, suffers the consequences, and comes home to direct a hit play.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Group 3 Comm 373 Documentary
From: Melissa Kahmeyer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview discussing radio broadcasting opportunities at Saint Cloud State University, with KVSC sports director Matt Bishop.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:07
As Good As It Gets
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some thoughts while watching Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
Augmented Reality At The Thanksgiving Table
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Yelp's iPhone App in Action, Credit: Yelp.com
Eric Singley, Yelp’s Product Manager who has been working on Yelp’s iPhone app, walks us through the augmented reality (AR) experience they’re brin...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 10:37
Following Phish before the internet (3:30)
From: Lydia Wilson
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As the Phish reunion tour wraps up, a Phish-head fan reflects on following the band before the internet. (3:30 version)

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:33
Following Phish before the internet
From: Lydia Wilson
Caption: Phish playing Hampton Coliseum in VA, Credit: http://yamar2001.wordpress.com
As Phish reunion tour wraps up, a Phish-head fan reflects on following the band before the internet.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
Houses & Stuff
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A piece about my house and my stuff. I think the title pretty much describes it. I peer suspiciously through the curtains and auto-dial the police.

Bought by KSFR, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
Encounters Rain
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Don't worry if your clothes aren't waterproof, your ears definitely are!

Bought by KDUR, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Oct 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Notebook
From: Walker Mettling
Series: the sparkle*
Caption: pitbull skull, Credit: wiki commons
Episode 1 of The Sparkle. I found this awesome notebook full of stories on the bus.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Father's Day Special - Me & Dad
From: WAMU
Series: Special Programming
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WAMU's Bluegrass Country presents a Father's Day Special - Me & Dad

  • Added: Oct 12, 2009
  • Length: 23:00
Give Us Your Poor - Kyla
From: World Vision Report
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13-year old Kyla Middleton aspires to do great things. She sings on the album Give Us Your Poor. It’s a CD of celebrities and homeless musicians....

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:27
Loss + Found
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
Caption: The Masonic Temple, pre refab
The LVIS girls return to you this week (after a brief thesis-induced hiatus) with the Loss and Found episode.

  • Added: May 10, 2009
  • Length: 35:20
This I Believe - Matt Harding
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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By dancing around the world, Internet video star Matt Harding believes he’s helping to unite people.

Bought by WEZU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 6
Cannibal Theme Park
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Fredy and his wall of postcards
Met any cannibals lately? Producer Carla Seidl has, and tells the tale in this engaging sound-rich documentary/personal narrative related to her an...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
On Seeing a Porcupine
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Animal Communicator David Louis relates a story about his unexpected interaction with a porcupine.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 'The Sea', PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 4
Doggy Boot Camp
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
Caption: Dog in Pond, Credit: Paul Messing
Animal communicator David Louis tells the story of a dog who only needed the right reason to pass his field trials.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Floyd the Miniature Horse
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Animal Communicator David Louis tells a true story about his experience with a miniature horse named Floyd.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
"What about Nicknames?"
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
Caption: WiLSoN & Ball, Credit: Paul Messing
Animal communicator David Louis speaks extemporaneously about pets and their nicknames.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 3
Zack the Retriever
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Zack loves the feeling of hurling through space :)

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Adult Entertainment
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
American adults demand quality entertaiment on television

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: :41
How Crap Becomes Real (Or, How I Got Started On Ebay)
From: Susan Barrett Price
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We learned from the Velveteen Rabbit how toys become real. But all things become real and emerge daily from the secret source at the back of my clo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
End of World in 2012?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Mayans said that the world will end in 2012. Maybe.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
Movie Critics: Endangered Species?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mainstream media movie critics are being laid off. Consequences?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:01

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