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Owning The Comedy Cellar
From: Chemda KATG
Series: What's My Name
Caption: Owner of the Comedy Cellar in NYC, Noam Dworman
Noam Dworman, owner of popular club The Comedy Cellar, chats about booking comics, dealing with hecklers, managing pop-ins by renowned comedians, a...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:11:24
Moody's rates drugs
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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In the news: Moody's and Standard & Poor's to be responsible for rating new drugs.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
E-lection Bay
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Bid on and buy a place for yourself in the government.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: :55
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
When you get the Oprah opportunity, what happens?
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Behind the register at Moveable Feast Geneva , Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Over the years, the Oprah Winfrey show and its famous host have influenced politics, literacy - and hundreds of small businesses – who have been se...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
Debtors' Prison, Why Creditors Don't Care if You Repay Your Debt, and Bankruptcy
From: Steve Rhode
Series: Get Out of Debt Guy Show
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On today's show I talk with Dr. Louis Hyman, an expert in the history of debt. Not only was it great talking with him but we chatted just as long o...

Bought by KZYX and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Barbecue Sales Up Despite Recession
From: WPSU
Caption: Dave Gio, Credit: Emily Reddy
Dave Gio added barbecue sales to his roadside gas station/convenience store a few years ago. Now ribs and pork are where he makes most of his prof...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Word on the Coolest Small Town
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The thing about living in a small town is doing errands takes a loooong time because you know everyone...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on the Coolest Small Town
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Got pride in your hometown? "We're a marshmallow town, but that don't mean we're soft..."

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
An American Storey - Selling Skyscrapers
From: BBC Americana
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How do you buy a skyscraper? What are they worth and are they good value? For Americana, Matt Frei speaks to a man in Manhattan who deals in high r...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
MIND OVER MONEY?
From: The Tibet Connection
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What happens when the 'Rich Dad' company head, Robert Kiyosaki, who’s made millions teaching people how to become rich, teams up with his sister, ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:38
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Byron Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Matthew Byron just might be a millionaire one day.

Bought by PRX Remix and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Kids' Money-Making Schemes
From: Mary Rose Madden
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story takes you through the makeshift businesses kids invent when money matters are less complicated, less stressful, and MORE adventurous.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 3
Selling the US, One Inch at a Time
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a mere $3.95, you can own a piece of America.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
DC High Tech Prostitution
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The "oldest profession" goes high tech in the nation's capital.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 1
Selling A Papers
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
ATMI reporter Katie Zager looks into turning her "A"s into $.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Free Lunch (es#141)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Is there such a thing as a "free lunch" between true friends?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2