PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing

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Caption: Comedian Erin Mohr, Credit: Photo provided by Erin Mohr
With the recent controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, and his jokes about trans women and their genitalia, freelance...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
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Discussions with authors Megan Miranda ("Such a Quiet Place") and Emily Henry ("People We Meet on Vacation").

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Seventy five yar old Lynn tells the story of her Game Boy addiction

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Red bird in Ghana, Credit: Megan Schuyler Kennedy
A young American travels to Ghana, West Africa with friends, and talks about how a search for a bird lead to someone’s search for a wife.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
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Comedian and humor writer Sarah Aswell discusses her works and stand up. She also reads a selection and shares a live comedy bit.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Living From Happiness - deep, thoughtful, provocative public radio

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:26
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After hearing a mentor make an inappropriate joke, medical student Jenny Tiskus grapples with humor's place in the world of medicine.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 37:22
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HOUR ONE: "Harassment In The Lab" - Sexual harassment happens everywhere, including science. We'll hear stories and possible solutions. HOUR TWO:...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:57
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To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: wine drinking millennial
Our Millennial Wine Panel members discuss female millennial-centered wine marketing efforts. We also get into the Mailbag & Wine News. A jovial &...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
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A woman walks into a bar, asks 23 random strangers what advice they would give their 18 year old self, and every single person said the same thing.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
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Segment 1: Dr. Richard Besser /Tell me the truth Doctor Segment 2: Kris Valencia /Alankan Vacation Segment 3: Sally Abrahms /Shared Housing Segment...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Charity Bachelor & Bachelorette Auction, Cooking Zesty Lemony Shrimp

Bought by KXCR


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stuart Goldsmith, Olly Mann & Tom Price
Comedians Stuart Goldsmith and Tom Price join Olly Mann to discuss their impending fatherhood. Do we need to know about the mucus plug?

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 21:04
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For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, Sylvan Esso came about as a fluke as much as necessity. Both of their previous bands, Mountain Man and Megafaun,...

Bought by KSUT, KUCB, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 3
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segment 1: Dr. Lani Simpson/bone health segment 2: Deborah Kahn/moms segment 3: Bill Hoogterp/public speaking segment 4: Jessica Handler/grief a...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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The infamous poet Nikki Giovanni reads from her recent books, CHASING UTOPIA, BICYCLES, and ACOLYTES and discusses the influence of history, commun...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Matthew Piazza is a hilarious scumbag from Boston, Mass. Drugs used to fuel him, pot still does, as Matt admits, "If it weren't for pot, I'd still ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:25:09
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
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Everyone has a birthday, but the day's meaning changes over time. In this episode, we look at life from 21st and 94th birthdays.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:53
Caption: Ben Coletti (left); Colonel Nipples (right), Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby, Wacky and Coletti podcast from “Tesla’s Revenge” (which is the name of Coletti’s boat) docked in Treasure Island, Florida, with Tiffany, a f...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:34:52
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
Caption: Paul Feig, San Francisco, CA 6/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Paul Feig talks sincerity, vanity, and his Hitchcock moment.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:03
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I ask students around a college campus if men and women can be just friends.

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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Jim Fletcher remembers meeting his wife, MaryAnn, in first grade.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2