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Exactly Who We Are: The Portraiture of Jana Marcus
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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What happens when a photographer, a mature woman herself, welcomes older women into her studio to get the full glamour treatment? In this episode o...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
The Holiday Songs That Drive Us Crazy!
From: A. Randall Wenner
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A survey by one of the country's top media research firms sheds light -- if not love -- on the holiday music we love to hate.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 4
Blue screen of death
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: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Robin Williams' visit to KALW
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In August 2014, we lost a man who inspired laughter in the Bay Area and all around the world – Robin Williams. Robin Williams was a local, and actu...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Five-time Emmy Award winner Fran Brill, the first woman hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street (seen here with Zoe) is retiring after 42 years , Credit: Jim Henson Legacy
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 55:05
  • Purchases: 1
Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

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


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
Factsheet Five
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Next Gary Larson? The Oatmeal.
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: TheOatmeal Cartoon Frame, Credit: TheOatmeal.com
Remember the Farside comics? Here's an interview with the Farside 2.0

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
Public Radio Goes Hollywood!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Program Directors at the '08 PRPD conference in Hollywood speak with ThoughtCast about reinventing the medium...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
Alternadad
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hipster Dads, and why we should shun them.

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
Who R U?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who is the "You" in YouTube? You? Them? Me?

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
Plutofied
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bring back Pluto! Britney not insane! Like that....

Bought by Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 1
By By Borat
From: Merle Kessler
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How Ian Shoales got sick of BORAT before he even saw it.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
B-Side: Gossip
From: B-Side Radio
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On this edition of B-Side, we're talking about gossip and other ways we share information as host Tamara Keith leads the crew in a virtual game of ...

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Facebook
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Short piece on what is and isn't "private" on the Internet

Bought by BSR Radio, WSCS-FM, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
Down With Letterman
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Lance Anderson discusses how David Letterman shaped his youth--at the cost of hot sex.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Happy Loving Couples
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A wistful look at famous couples, and how they're faring.

Bought by WEPS


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Leave Daffy alone!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Warner Brothers messes with the classics. Stop them.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
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
Misplaced Product Placement
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Man talks to dead people through his stereo. Sony opts in!

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
Farewell to Paris
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
NY Post Gossip Columns Pledges to Ignore Paris Hilton. Consequences?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:02