PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing

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When it comes to a certain kind of bourbon, it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have—you can’t get it unless you’re exceptionally l...

Bought by KVLU and WABE


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Comedian Carlos Mencia is notorious for stealing other comics’ jokes. But he’s never been sued—in fact, there are almost no lawsuits in comedy. On ...

Bought by KVSC and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 18:43
  • Purchases: 2
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Beep, beep, beep. Welcome Valued Customer. A college student profiles late-night grocery shopping in a college town, and what she finds is unexpected.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:05
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
Caption: Ali Jaffri, Credit: Alex Stonehill
Jessica Partnow takes us through a night in the life of Ali Jaffri, a professional telemarketer in Lahore, Pakistan.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KCRW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
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Stories, anecdotes, and fantastical rants about the woes of working life

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 34:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Some flunky at a bank in France lost billions. How?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:26

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Fave Five: the dark side of communication

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
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Shopping for the Twelve Days of Christmas may sound like fun but where do you find lords-a-leaping and how much do maids-a-milking cost?

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
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Soda meets skin care: why?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
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Chose a random industry (zipper), found bloggers to talk about it

  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
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Ian Shoales finds disturbing evidence of the failures of capitalism.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
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Unintended consequences of automated checkouts considered.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
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A new program from Scientology gets Ian to thinking.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
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What happens when you google Google. Don't do it!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Belief in hell has direct correlation with prosperity. Good? Bad?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1