PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing

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Author Nicole C. Kear reads from her memoir of learning of a life-changing disease as a teen. Amusing, touching, and part of our daily readings -- ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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A grouchy look at life.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
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Tent Show Radio welcomes from Nashville, Tennessee, Grammy Award bluegrass Nominees Della Mae.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio takes the show on the road to beautiful Fish Creek, Wisconsin featuring special guest artist Katie Dahl along with host Michael Per...

Bought by WDSE, WRNC-LP, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Remember the old question, Would you rather be invisible or able to fly? My answer always was: who cares? All I've wanted since I was a kid was to ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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This week I'm attempting to do something I've never done before on Turntable For One. Entertain? I heard that. Play nice! No, this week I'm going t...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:54
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They are scheming, plotting, planning... to launch their next trick on some unsuspecting dupe. On the next Snap Judgment from PRX and NPR... "Origi...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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I'll show you mine if you show me yours - best day ever, that is. And lucky for you Ella, Frank, Stacey Kent, Eugenie Jones, Tony Bennett, Bill Eva...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
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Poet Walter Bargen, the author of over a dozen books, served as Missouri's first Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. In this interview, he talks about...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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You're getting drowsy...your eyes are getting heavy...you long for "sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care." Hypnotism? Apnea? Narcolepsy? ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
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Just in case there's any confusion: This is a music show filled with songs about food. And the title is in no way my crass attempt to cash in on th...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Boy meets girl...boy loses girl...boy schemes to win girl blah, blah, blah... Tried of songs that sound like the plot to just about every Meg Ryan ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Someone knocking at my door? Trick or Treat? How about Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Tom Rust, Sinatra, and more in your...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:11

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The bagels in question.
Uncovering what makes a New York Bagel so special and how a worldwide chain like Dunkin' Donuts competes in the city.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:17
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
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Even if you’re listening in the daytime, the stars will be out this week on Turntable For One. I’ve got about a dozen star songs and Carol Wel...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Gail describes her adventures shopping for clothes. It starts out fun, and then...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
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An hour of lullabies? Really? Putting my audience to sleep -- intentionally? What was I thinking? Come on. Don't you want to stay awake for To...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Wish you had studied more and listened to the radio less? This week you can do both. It’s part of my “Make Grammar Great Again” series and I’v...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with about a dozen Irish jazz singers, including some popular singers who live and work in Ireland today. And to m...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Turntable For One knows that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, though I have no idea what you’re going do with all those flies...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
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When’s the last time you heard a radio host apologize? Yeah, I know. In your dreams. Well, sometimes dreams come true. You know who else wants to a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:56