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February 16th, 2012
Dingmantics: The Legend of Captain Eyebrows
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Once upon a time, Sam and Gerrit were flipping through a booklet of incoming college freshmen when they happened upon an unlikely superhero named C...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 18:51
Dingmantics: The Unbearable Amstel Lightness of Being
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:54
Sketchy Thursday: Zartoolie The Ecological Wizard (And Friends)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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All Lieutenant Bainbridge wants is a quiet night at home. Sadly, his friends have other plans. Will Bainbridge ever get to enjoy a dish of figs i...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Diane Watkins Voice of Virginia Union
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:55
Riddles from the Border Regions, 02/18/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY GILLS DON'T FILTER WATER...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
February 15th, 2012
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 164 Encore - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Eclectic Indie Band Typhoon, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Current Oregon Poet Laureate PAULANN PETERSEN. Her latest book is The Voluptuary. KATE BEATON, cartoonist for The New Yorker, brings her highly a...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 164 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Eclectic Indie Band Typhoon, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Current Oregon Poet Laureate PAULANN PETERSEN. Her latest book is The Voluptuary. KATE BEATON, cartoonist for The New Yorker, brings her highly a...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #47- US Postal Service Stamps (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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They are NOT tiny paintings.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #46- Vulcanite Dentures, or When Patent Violators Strike Back (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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These false teeth were to die for. To kill for, even.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #45- Immersive Ideal (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #43- The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Sometimes it's an object's imperfections that makes you fall in love with it. And sometimes that object is an escalator.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22
99% Invisible #42- Recognizably Anonymous (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A group accidentally created what ad execs dream of: a unique brand identity that rapidly achieved world-wide appeal and renknown. Except this gr...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #41- The Human-Human Interface (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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We're used to interacting with objects. But we're not used to objects that teach us how to interact with each other.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
The Porch Swing: Episode 50
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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Late-night graffiti hijinks end in a police ambush; A frustrated mother toilet-trains her daughter in a department store; With age comes wisdom as ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:20
The Porch Swing: Episode 49
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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Urban dwellers move to the country and encounter a language barrier; A mother who thinks she knows what she's doing tells a birth story that proves...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:46
The Porch Swing: Episode 48
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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Lovers of fried dough go to great lengths to find sweet treats; A misguided adolescent mistakes puberty for cancer; An American diplomat advises a ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:27
The Porch Swing: Episode 47
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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An animal shelter volunteer gets close with an elderly feline; A photojournalist talking to real people affected by economic recession is inspired ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:33
The Porch Swing: Episode 46
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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A failed vegetarian kills a deer but can't put a rodent out of its misery; A veteran storyteller goes tough love on his wife's deadbeat brother.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:39