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Bedside Manner
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Can a labor and delivery nurse make or break your hospital experience? What would you do – or say – to a nurse with no filter?

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Madi Diaz - Maybe I Just Liked Making Noise
From: Cord Phillips
Series: Nashville Time Machine
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Artist Madi Diaz talks about the first time she got on stage.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
Episode 34: Calise Hawkins – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Calise Hawkins (right)
Bobby podcasts with stand-up comedian Calise Hawkins from a stoop just down the block from West 4th Street in Greenwich Villages. Recently featured...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 41:28
Mexican Mom's Retreat
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Ever been to an Encuentro? You’ve just moved to rural Mexico with your husband and new baby. What would you do to fit in?

  • Added: Sep 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
Harry Nilsson Special Schmecial
From: Joyride Media
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Friends and family talk about the life and music of Harry Nilsson

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
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Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure: A story about two cousins and a luthier.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Michael Cuscuna
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I guess it was about 3rd or 4th grade that I got hooked on R & B and early rock & roll. I just became a fanatical record collector even at that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 2
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Well Yes We Have No Bananas Today!" -- Food Shopping in Old New York
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:14
Tattoo Artist
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
Chapter 6 - A Summer to Remember
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
One summer, through the help of a tenement neighbor, Richard's mother sends him to live with the McCreery family on a farm outside of Stroudsburg, ...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about M...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 16
A Toy Story
From: Robbie Feinberg
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Susan Wasson was trapped in 9 to 5 jobs for decades. But after retiring, she transformed herself through a new career: making dolls out of trash.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 7
Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Milestone Series
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Janis Joplin's friends and family talk about her final album,"Pearl."

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Ozzy Osbourne: Looking Back
From: Joyride Media
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Ozzy Osbourne reflects on his first solo albums and working with pioneering guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WCWP, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Luli Gray -- author interview
From: Eileen Heyes
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Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."

  • Added: Jun 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
'Til Death Do Us Part
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
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Producer Sasha Aslanian's divorced parents listen to audio of their 1963 wedding vows, remember what went wrong, but still can't get over each other.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Theme Songs
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
JazzStories: Jason Moran
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jason Moran , Credit: Frank Stewart
Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 6
My Christmas Tale
From: Kai McMurtry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story of growing up and into the true spirit of Christmas.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 17:04
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
From: Joyride Media
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One hour special traces the creation and rise of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24
A Christmas Gift For You
From: Joyride Media
Series: Holiday Programming Extravaganzas
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The original rock and roll Christmas album returns.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KUHB, RadioStPete Florida, KUAT, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 84
I Thank, Therefore I am, I Think
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's almost heresy - on a day like this one - to question the idea of gratitude. But most of us - if we're honest - have an imperfect relationship ...

Bought by KVMR, WMPG, WMPG, WXXI Rochester, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:47
  • Purchases: 6
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get: Ron Banks/The Dramatics (Part One)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Ron Banks (top left) and the Dramatics, Credit: http://www.myspace.com/therealdramatics
Interview with RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CLINTON, TH...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 55:14
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Tells the stories of how American youth think about their daily impact on our planet.

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 10
Beer Run'd
From: Robin Amer
Series: You Spell That R-E Double D
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Stephen explains the difference between being a drunk and being an alcoholic, and the difference your uncles can make.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1