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Episode #30 - "The Phantom of the Mine"
From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show
Caption: John Latini on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Chelsea Batten
Celebrate Halloween with the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: Dave Lorenz of Pure Michigan and singer-songwriter John Latini. Discover...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Around The World
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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Celebrating Andy Gill from Gang of Four, Steve Weber of The Holy Modal Rounders and Nancy Lewis Jones with Monty Python, and 20 Questions from The ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:52
How to Read This Essay
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
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Winner of San Francisco's 2015 LitQuake essay contest. Published in Word Riot (with audio) December 2015.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
Cadabra Records: The Creepiest Vinyl Around
From: Matt Mitchell
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One man's vision led to a vinyl-only record company producing albums of spoken-word horror literature. And the craziest part? It's flourishing.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
161210 Mexican Rocanarol And A Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Tonight's show, Mexican rocanrol from the 1950s and 60s plus a radio musical. You know, in a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:43
  • Purchases: 1
161210 The Only Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting the narrative. In a radio musical, a narrative springs up interrupting the music. Okay, s...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 43:56
  • Purchases: 1
161203 Music You've Never Heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A retelling of the Shane Fenton story and a whiff of Mardi Gras is in the air down here in New Orleans.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:27:20
The Girl Code
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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17 year old Chynna Williams doesn’t like drama and she puts her friends above everyone else. She uses the girl code to avoid problems. But what hap...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
The Time Tunnel (mix)
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
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This alternate theme to "The Time Tunnel" has been used on a couple of THE TIME TRAVELER Mondays Late Night Radio Shows, as its end title.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
The Best Laid Plans
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
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You might not expect this to result from the best laid plans, nonetheless... (Rob plays with F/X and the opening theme to "The Time Tunnel")

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
Having Fun?
From: Jake Smith
Caption: The Thunderbolt Kid
As a rude waiter, how should you know when you’ve gone too far?

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 11:19
The Devil and Classical Music
From: Will Roseliep
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On this episode of CLASSICAL DARK ARTS, we look at Satan’s cabal of classical composers, players and theorists — a sleeper cell run by Liszt, Pagan...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
Have Your Cake and Eat It Three
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Bill and Becca have been together for 10 years. And, between the 2 of them, they’ve since had over 30 other partners. It’s no secret. They’re polya...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Many Benefits of Godzilla Power
From: William Hrdina
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A satirical look at nuclear power through the lens of a tour of the Godzilla Electrical Factory.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:02
Tales from the South 116: Unexpected
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Jeff Lewellen reads on Tales from the South
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Hey, Nike - Pay Up!
From: Dick Meister
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Sports gear maker Nike owes us money for acting billboards and wearing the Nike swoosh that's prominently displayed on Nike gear.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
Lost on Lost
From: Justin McLachlan
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Justin McLachlan talked with some Lost superfans waiting to watch the series finale about all the things he didn't know he didn't know about the show.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Fishbowl Theory
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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There seems to be an obsession with youth that is prevalent in Hip-Hop culture today. Its originators are now in their thirties and fourties, yet t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 15:14
  • Purchases: 1
"Man In The Mirror: Reflecting On How Man Reflected On MJ"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 57:43
Obelisk In The Sky/Obama In The House: D.C.'s Monumental Myths
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
Caption: Why is the WaMo three different colors?, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Think you know why the White House flag is flying, and the Washington Monument is tri-colored? Then you might want to think again.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
George Carlin Tribute -"7 Dirty Words" The Extended Remix
From: Peter Bochan
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George Carling-His Life, Times and The 7 Words...Remix

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 20:29
Professor Mikey's Island Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
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Really warm Christmas wishes in a mix of surf, reggae, and island tunes.

Bought by KDUR, KRPS, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KRPS, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
The Christmas Tree Incident
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how a Chirstmas tradition runs up against modern legal realities.

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
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
Credibility as commodity
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Grilling Gonzales: the miniseries.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:09