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Cookus Interruptus II: Cookus Interruptus: Mediterranean Quinoa (Darrell Bikes to Kindergarten)
From: KUOW
Series: Cookus Interruptus
Caption: Jane and Steve, Credit: Brad Huskinson
Cynthia prepares a side dish of quinoa salad despite a broken sink.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 07:31
TIGER'S CHEATING ON YOU, TOO
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lots of excitement over Tiger Woods' infidelities, but what about him trying to get gullible sports fans to buy goods that he endorses in exchange ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:36
How green is your grass?
From: peter stock
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An update -- with a twist -- on ecologically-friendly lawn care. (18m35s)

Bought by KVMR and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 2
Forget-Me-Not (No Matter How Hard You Try)
From: Rebecca Sheir
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It's tough... aggressive... and only a few inches tall.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Home Brewing
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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brewing beer in the driveway

Bought by WABE, KUT, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 5
Exit Polls: If Asked, Don't Tell
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary urging voters to combat the excesses of exit polls \by exercising their fundamental right to the secret ballot.

Bought by BallotVox


  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Podcasting Fundraiser
From: Charlie Schroeder
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short Fundraiser about Podcasting

Bought by KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WHRV, WBFO, WFIU and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Deep Voices = Sex Appeal?
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Scientists study if if true that women like men with deeper voices

Bought by WHYY and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
We've Lost America's Team
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on how we're losing what has been in effect the hometown baseball team of millions of Americans.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2007
  • Length: 02:34
Letters from abroad
From: Muriel Murch
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Piece for pledge drive

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 14:25
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a... Fugo Balloon?
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Up, up and away with Japan's littlest-known WWII weapon

  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Baah to Human Billboarding!
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that two National Football League coaches have made a small but possibly significant move that could undermine human billboardi...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
Driving New England
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Driving through New England, seeing predudice out there and in myself

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:41
Lemmings from Heaven
From: Rebecca Sheir
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UnDisney-fying a tiny critter of huge -- and heavenly -- importance.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 2
Flying squirrels + treadmills = Science!
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alaskan squirrels can fly, but can they run?

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 02:08
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Commentary: So Quit Stalling, Baseball
From: Dick Meister
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Major League Baseball is again promising to speed up games, which now drag on for an average of nearly three hours -- but the odds are again again...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:38
Spices of Life: Needling Nina
From: Sue Schardt
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In this premiere episode of Spices of Life, Nina Simonds takes us for a visit to her Chinese acupuncturist, Dr. Zhu..

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
B-Side: Gossip
From: B-Side Radio
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On this edition of B-Side, we're talking about gossip and other ways we share information as host Tamara Keith leads the crew in a virtual game of ...

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Dollars We Don't Need
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that the U.S. Mint is once again trying to peddle $1 coins that we don't want.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
Facebook
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Short piece on what is and isn't "private" on the Internet

Bought by BSR Radio, WSCS-FM, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
In Baseball Anyway, Crime Sometimes Does Pay
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that if pitcher Kenny Rogers did indeed use pine tar to gain an illegal edge on batters in the World Series, he was only doing ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
Cricket, Anyone?
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who needs baseball when we've got cricket, our first national pastime?

  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
Holiday Gift Guide
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio's 1st Annual Holiday Gift Guide

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 05:48
A Cook's Notebook: Old Oil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What do you do with the oil after you deep-fry a turkey? Bury it. On your neighbor's property.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1