PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!!
Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...
- Added: Oct 17, 2018
- Length: 30:00
Felicia Schneiderhan is an award-winning author who lives in Duluth. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg read her memoir, "Newlyweds Afloat: Married Bliss and Mec...
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 19:16
Kumi Naidoo admits that when he learnt to ride a bike in the alleys of Oxford, UK - he thought the median lines on the roads were the bike lanes.
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 03:04
Have you ever heard the expression, ‘Road Dogs’? It’s what they call long-haul truckers. It’s also what they call touring musicians...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 09:11
- Purchases: 1
The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...
Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 17:37
- Purchases: 4
When consoling friends about their relationship endings, I often say: "Sweetheart, breakups are never an event. Breakups are a process."
And as i...
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 08:26
In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.
Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2013
- Length: 11:02
- Purchases: 5
Ever been to an Encuentro? You’ve just moved to rural Mexico with your husband and new baby. What would you do to fit in?
- Added: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 04:07
After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 05:47
Travel to the past, the beach, and the land of jealousy with Dr. Joanna Seibert, Betty McPherson, Dottie Lou Norwood. Southern-style storytelling i...
- Added: Apr 29, 2011
- Length: 28:00
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 28:23
- Purchases: 4
University of Alabama students studying abroad in Havana share their experiences in Cuba. Part 3 deals with playing street basketball "Havana style."
- Added: May 13, 2010
- Length: 03:01
From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear the story of one Sudanese family who recently took a trip to Darfur to attend an old friend's wedding.
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 05:42
- Added: Jun 01, 2008
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Thomas Mackay remembers the church bells in his childhood home of Kingshill, St. Croix (US Virgin Islands).
- Added: Dec 11, 2006
- Length: 02:03
Storyteller Leni Ramberg visits that hot-bed of wild gambling: Hinkley, Minnesota.
- Added: Aug 19, 2006
- Length: 03:47
Storyteller and Cabin Attendant Paul Jacek recalls a flight that goes just fine--up to a point.
- Added: Aug 19, 2006
- Length: 04:10
How my parents managed to create a navigational obstacle in Dublin Bay
Bought by PRX Remix and High Plains Public Radio
- Added: Oct 05, 2004
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 2
Disillusioned with their teaching jobs in California, Ray takes a job at a one room school house in Alaska and their adventure begins.
Bought by WUAL
- Added: Aug 01, 2004
- Length: 14:04
- Purchases: 1
A social reformer runs away from work, only to get stuck in the jungle treetops of Costa Rica.
- Added: Feb 04, 2004
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 5
