PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing

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Today on Art Beat we're talking with Sharon Mansur, the first ever guest curator for the Frozen River Film Festival 2022. She shared more about thi...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 26:41
Caption: Poster for this year's Schmulowitz exhibit
Sometimes the things we write can cause controversy, and even end up being deadly. Early this year two gunmen opened fire in the office of the Fren...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:34
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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: Dave Raymond watching Fritz the Cat at Mascot Boot Camp, Credit: Alexis Kenyon
Since retiring as the original Philie Phanatic, Dave Raymond makes his living training professional mascot performers and creating new mascot ident...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:31
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A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Robert Stover tells his daughter, Valerie Anderson about growing up in the 1930's.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
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(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.) A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:54
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Attempting to learn Astronomy while locked out of the building

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
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After the attacks on Sept 11, the world and especially the US created a new subject that was taboo ? the idea of linking the Twin Towers attacks wi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KWCW, and WCOM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Salon regular and Emmy winning writer Joseph Dougherty discovers an unnoticed gift in a crowded train station.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Clay Bravo remembers a simple gift of love from her husband.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:37
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News and Features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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The forces of capitalism battle the inconvenience of modern travel.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3