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Talking about death over a slice of cake
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A Death Cafe discussion group meets at the Rogue Buddha Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis, Credit: Twin Cities Death Cafe Facebook
Death is a scary to talk about. But some people in Minneapolis meet up every month to talk about just that. It’s called Death Cafe, and KFAI's Matt...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
Frozen River Film Fest '22 Guest Curator Sharon Mansur
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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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
Comedy in Quarantine
From: Brett Forrest
Caption: Comedian Tyler Fischer turns his bedroom into an online venue., Credit: http://TylerFischer.com
How standup comedians and venues in New York City are coping and adapting to comedy in quarantine without their audiences.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
The Staten Island Ferry Disaster
From: Ryan Sweikert
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Joe Reginella, a Staten Island based sculptor, sneaks a statue into the park every weekend to commemorate a disaster that has been scrubbed from th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Lester Blackiston: The Pirate of Shockoe Bottom, Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Lester Blackiston
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 26:15
Poets for Hire
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: New Orleans Street Economy
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In this episode of "Street Economy," radio producers Kelley Crawford and Sarah Holtz go to the streets in search of poetry -- literal poetry, not a...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:21
The Moviegoer
From: Andrew Leland
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Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer
From: Kara Janeczko
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
Midland Community Theater Puts Volunteers in the Spotlight
From: Lana Straub
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4 min piece on Midland Community Theater and the volunteers that make it happen

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
Making Monsters: Inside Distortions Unlimited
From: Grace Hood
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If you’ve already visited a haunted house or plan to do so on Halloween, chances are you’ll see something designed to scare you that’s been created...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
The Man With the Long White Beard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
Ambush Theater
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Ambush Exercise, Credit: Courtesy of Andrew Hiller
Citizens should be on the look-out. Shrubbery wearing striped stockings have been seen... well, STALKING citizens. For ten years now, from Rhode I...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Wicked Maine Limericks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The limerick is a form of poetry that is short, rhyming and often of a sexual nature.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Hands Up!
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
Comedy: Pay Per View Art
From: Dan Epstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cable TV marketing meets fine art

  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
Blue Highways Day Trip #3 - Where Have All the Artists Gone?
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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In recent years, many artists have been heading for the hills, or the desert or the prairie. Thousands of artists of all ages have been leaving bi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
There's Always Big Fun and Laughs at the Comic Con
From: Zak Rosen
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A comic-book version of the comic-book artist, Marty Hirchak takes the reader/listener on a tour of the "Comic Con" circuit.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
I've Got A Question For You (Dollar Story)
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Making cold calls in search of warmth

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Tristan und Isolde Act 2
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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Act 2 of Wagner's opera in three minutes

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Tristan und Isolde Act 1
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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Act 1 of Wagner's opera in three minutes!

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 3
Durham Love Yourself
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the Durham Love Yourself bumper sticker

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:20
Shakespeare's Garage Sale
From: Jule Gardner
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Sound Portrait of a Prop Sale

  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:01