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Family Holiday Traditions,...for better or for worse.
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Storytellers explore the crazy holiday traditions our families desperately cling to at this time of year.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:46:34
  • Purchases: 1
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
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #5
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” which sheds light on the fears of eight and nine-year-olds – some obvious, some less so. Can you figure out what torna...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 2
Swedes Love Affair With Donald Duck
From: Susan Gray
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The Swedes like to think of themselves as changing with the times, except when it comes to holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve, for over 50 years,...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP, Prairie Public, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
The arrival of spring
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
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
Cracking Open the Kabocha Squash
From: KUOW
Caption: Jess Thomson cracks open a kabocha squash., Credit: Megan Sukys
The kabocha squash looks like a small green pumpkin. And with its warty texture, the kabocha isn't terribly inviting to the uninitiated. But food w...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.) A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:54
I Thank, Therefore I am, I Think
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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It's almost heresy - on a day like this one - to question the idea of gratitude. But most of us - if we're honest - have an imperfect relationship ...

Bought by KVMR, WMPG, WMPG, WXXI Rochester, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:47
  • Purchases: 6
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
Believing in Santa Claus
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio talked to young people of different ages about their belief in Santa Claus.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 2
Men Bearing Gifts/Hallelujah
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two perfect-for-the-season documentaries. The first rips the wrapping off a hushed-up reality of Christmas. It's called Men Bearing Gifts (And The ...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 51:23
  • Purchases: 1
International Talk Like a Pirate Day Vox Pop
From: Jennifer Ball
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I visited the wharfs in Portland, Maine to talk about ITLAPD.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
Yisrael Campbell, non-narrated feature
From: Deanna Neil
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A profile of Yisrael Campbell's comedy

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
Oy, the Miracles of Passover Coke!
From: Interfaith Voices
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Why is this Coke different from all other Cokes? Answer: It's Kosher for Passover!

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, XRAY.fm, WBHM, WFUV, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 5
How I Lost Religion
From: Susan Kottler
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A childhood encounter with a supposedly punitive God

  • Added: Mar 16, 2008
  • Length: 02:44
Shopping For The Twelve Days of Christmas
From: Mandy Walker
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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
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
Mustaches for kids: A holiday charity like no other
From: Jesse Hardman
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an audio postcard from a holiday charity like no other

  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:18
The Sound of Young America Holiday Special 2007
From: Jesse Thorn
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Music and comedy for the holidays.

Bought by KMXT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Christmas Tree Incident
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how a Chirstmas tradition runs up against modern legal realities.

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
I'm Thankful, I'm Thankful!
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Unconventional Wisdom
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Commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing.

Bought by WRTU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
A Halloween Happening
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
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A Holiday Themed Radio Play by Daws Butler

Bought by KGOU, WRGY, KUT-HD, WRVO Public Media, and KUT-HD


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 5