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Musician NIcknames
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Can you give yourself a nickname? Michael Jackson wrote a letter to Mtv this week in 1991 that asked them to call him The King of Pop. Some did m...

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jeopardy Flute Rock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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At the end of 2022, Jeopardy had a category titled Classic Flute Rock. The problem is that the category did not include the one band viewers felt ...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Mala Mujer in the Mules
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson around 30 years ago. I had 10 years of ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:30
Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz is a rising junior at the UofA studying Biomedical Engineering.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
StoryCorps: Karama Neal and Judge Olly Neal
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karama Neal (left) with Judge Olly Neal (right).
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
I Feel Good About How I Play
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Lesliann interviews her friend and orchestra mate Selena about playing cello, with help from Maikayla.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2018
  • Length: 04:13
ZPOYH: Malaysian Potato Salad, 6/1/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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Malaysian Potato Salad

  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Are annoying words your bete noire? Then check out this list of banished words
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have been busy compiling nominations and votes for their annual "List of Words Banished from the Q...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 17:18
Doggin' Around Part 1
From: KCSM
Series: The Annals of Jazz
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Host, Richard Hadlock starts a series of canine appreciation through "Dog Music". Dog titles and dog inspired music is featured.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:12
Little Lulu
From: Jesse Rhodes
Caption: Shirley Liang interviews classmate Alan Situ.
A 5th grade girl interviews a classmate about his interest in Little Lulu.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
Jeff Nunokawa on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Jeff Nunokawa is a professor of Victorian Literature at Princeton University. Nunokawa is known for his unique literary essays on his Facebook page...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 27:58
Capt Jelly Bean & his Wacky Astro Pals
From: Todd DeJarnatt
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We are a kids show with stories, silly songs,games,sometimes adventure and always a bunch of fun. so come by and have some fun with us! You're the ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2014
  • Length: 31:42
Do Dogs Really Love Us?
From: David Feldman
Series: Five Guests, Thirty Minutes
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What does a neuroscientist discover about love when he scans the canine brain?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:41
The Garden on the Rooftop
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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Tender shoots grow on the roofs of the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's toughest neighborhoods. By tender shoots we mean fifth graders, who are l...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 13:55
VoiceBox: The Real Glee
From: VoiceBox
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College a cappella experts Charlie Forkish, Bill Hare, Deke Sharon, Mickey Rapkin and Will Tarpeh exchange thoughts on the current state of the boo...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Illegal Mail
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, and YouthCast


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 5
Peer Pressure PSA
From: Jacob Riggs
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This is a 30 second PSA that confronts the dangers of peer pressure and brings them to light

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: :29
Washington Color and Light
From: Emily Berman
Caption: "Light Depth" Sam Gilliam, 1969, Credit: Corcoran Gallery of Art
What's the deal with abstract art, anyway?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
St Cloud Symphony Orchestra Visits Star Wars
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The Force was strong in Ritsche Auditorium when the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra performed a selection from Star Wars and previewed their season to...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/20/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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TULIPS PLANTED...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/13/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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RUMMAGING THROUGH THE FOLDS OF GRAY...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - William Wissemann
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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When solving life's puzzles, William Wissemann believes in breaking things down into smaller pieces.

Bought by WEZU and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
Imagination Station
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Up on a Swing

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
arcade - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "arcade"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
Back to School in a Garbage Can
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A collage of love notes, tardy slips, and other detritus collected from high school garbage cans.

Bought by WTIP, KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 9