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People of the Costume
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Halloween technically is not part of the Jewish calendar. But many People of the Book become People of the Costume on Oct. 31st. Plus -- Jewish fol...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Movies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here is our first of two Christmas shows this year. Songs from Christmas movies. It's all opinion so please offer yours. Here are a few we like....

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Valentine's Day Diary
From: Hans Anderson
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It's another dateless Valentine's Day. I decided to make a diary of it.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, PRX Remix, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Counting Your Blessings is Supposed to Make us Feel Truly Grateful
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston - Short interstitial content.
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I tried counting my blessings. Strangely, it works!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Elf on the Shelf
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston - Short interstitial content.
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My wife and I had to figure out how to get rid of him. He had stopped being fun.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 11, 2019
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lynne and Greg Houston
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Greg Houston (left) and Lynne Houston (right)
Many StoryCorps conversations touch on love, work, and death. But when Lynne Houston and her husband, Greg, sat down for their interview, they cove...

Bought by WEZU and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
113: I Was A Teenage Horror Writer
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Celebrate Halloween with not-so-scary stories written by kids who thought they were the next RL Stine or Stephen King. The Mortified Podcast is a p...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 30:24
83: My New Year's Resolution is...You
From: The Mortified Podcast
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You're never too young to turn the page... and make totally a unrealistic New Year's resolution.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2016
  • Length: 19:29
82: Merry Gift-Mas
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Celebrate the holiday season with misadventures of adolescent gift giving.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 21:58
The Christmas Comedy (Half) Hour
From: Andy Blatt
Series: The Comedy Hour
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Here, for your listening pleasure is a slightly shorter, slightly edgier and unconventional Christmas show featuring more unusual offerings. Small...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Comedy Hour CHRISTMAS Show
From: Andy Blatt
Series: The Comedy Hour
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Spend an hour with us and all your favorites both old and new

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Christmas Is About Lying
From: kent Rader
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This funny essay is Kent's perspective that Christmas is about lying.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:50
Guess who's coming to dinner Part 2
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SIPS Episode – Our survival guide of family gatherings, with more alcohol. Our experts have faced the same quandary of how to survive a family gath...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Art in the Sky
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Summer (Creative Pulse 2015)
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A vignette of children’s perspectives on fireworks.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:04
Why Cooking Sucks
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
Presidents Day
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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This Presidents Day, dip into your slush fund and head on down to Nixon's Ford dealership--our prices are unimpeachable!

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
The Christmas That Almost Never Was
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A classic OTR from the voice of Yogi Bear!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A classic old time radio play by Daws Butler.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMXT, KRPS, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 4
Off-Ramp Presents: Another Fake Holiday War - Canadian v American Thanksgiving
From: john rabe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Off-Ramp contributor Collin Friesen takes a humorour look at the differences between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:38
Valentines--Inanimate Love
From: Kellie Hamilton
Caption: Men and women--a difference in heart, Credit: Zoe Hamilton
Reflections on Valentines Day, and the difference between the sexes. Interview with a girl, and a boy, and a story of a married couple.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
"My Brunch with A"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg read "My Brunch with A", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Wallace Shawn's birthday, the anniversary of "My Dinner with Andre", ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
Sketchy Thursday: Zartoolie The Ecological Wizard (And Friends)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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All Lieutenant Bainbridge wants is a quiet night at home. Sadly, his friends have other plans. Will Bainbridge ever get to enjoy a dish of figs i...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
A Christmas Carol: REDUX
From: Charles Ketchabaw
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"A Christmas Carol: Redux” retells the Charles Dickens classic in the present day, giving it a satirical comedic spin. Amidst a crumbling economy, ...

Bought by WRKF, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
This Wonderful Life
From: Scott Huler
Caption: Always an unusual interview process
A gentle parody of the public radio show "This American Life," using the James Stewart Christmas chestnut "It's a Wonderful Life" as a weapon.

Bought by KMXT, KZYX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 12
When Santa's Elves Attack!
From: Jason Sear
Series: Christmas as a Career: Being Santa
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Sometimes Santa needs a little help from the elves.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
An Irreverent Christmas - Richard Cheese, Twisted Sister and more
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Absolutely irreverent holiday music and other songs from Richard Cheese, Twisted Sister, Bubble, Casey Desmond and Grisbi all put together like a p...

Bought by WDSE, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Dec 23, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3