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Family (Full Episode)
From: BSR Radio
Series: The Radio Show
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In time for Thanksgiving, an exploration of Family. Contributions by: Gowri Chandra, Laurel Foglia, Brice Peterson, Katie Jennings, Rachel Blatt, a...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 31:35
Monster College
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sound rich romp behind the scenes at a haunted house. Full of screams, shriks and laughs, Monster College is a workshop with a two page syllabus...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMUD, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 19
One Last Word: Signs
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Signs. They’re everywhere, but do we ever stop to examine them? Probably not, unless there’s something about them that one finds funny. Or weird. O...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
Elvis is alive on the August anniversary of his death!
From: Jill Marcus
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August, 16, 2010 is the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. "He's Alive!" follows the formative years of a young lady growing up in the...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
Granite City Days
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Summer in Minnesota means a few things: playing in the park, playing in the water and playing around at all the festivals scattered about Central M...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:19
Blessed
From: Daniel Makagon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary about blessing of the animals.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
Wining and Dining Tips with St. Cloud Sommelier
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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St. Cloud businessman Nick Barth, the owner and operator of Cru Wine Specialists, shares his passion and sommelier skills in this lively conversati...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 31:33
Yes, Virginia, There Still is A Santa Claus
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3124443099/, Credit: Kevin Dooley
Is there a Santa Claus? A look at how today’s embattled editorial writers would answer that question.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Boise State Public Radio, KUER, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 10
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
A Holiday Dinner in Just 10 Minutes!
From: KUOW
Caption: 10 Minute Holiday Dinner, Credit: Photo by Jess Thomson
A traditional holiday dinner can mean days of preparation and hours in the kitchen. Or, it could mean 10 minutes of prep, 20 minutes in the oven an...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 08:37
A Taste for Blood (Sausage, that is)
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Basque men cleaning leeks for blood sausage, Credit: Guy Hand
Tis the season for holiday feasting. But some celebratory foods can be a little hard to swallow. Like blood sausage. Made from the blood of fres...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:01
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
Hep to the Holidays
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of "cool-Yule" classic jazz, featuring holiday jazz from Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans, Horace Silver and more, including poet S...

Bought by WUTC, WJAB, KCME, High Plains Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 31
Shopping
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
3 generations discuss changing attitudes about shopping

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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
A Mexican Baroque Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
From: The Rose Ensemble
Caption: The Rose Ensemble
This holiday program features over two centuries of festive Christmas dances and songs from the great cathedrals of Puebla and Mexico City.

Bought by WCQS, WNIJ, WILL, KRPS, WSHU and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 78
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
Has thank you lost its meaning?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: Sook Yin Lee
We all say "thank you" a lot. We thank people for holding doors open for us. We thank the person who hands us our morning coffee. We thank the c...

Bought by WRNC-LP, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 9
I Thank, Therefore I am, I Think
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Tale Spinning Terrors!
From: Jerry Kenney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Frighten up your holidays with 'edge of your seat' storytelling and holiday music in this 'Tale Spinning' hour of Terror from WYSO Public Radio and...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Born on Public Radio - Active Voice Radio Father's Day Special
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: On location at the Philly Auto Show, Credit: Chris Goldstein
My annual Father's day interview with my daughter...who just turned six! Also an excerpt of the AVR interview about Dutch Master Painter Johannes V...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
How Coca Cola Became Kosher
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Rabbi Tobias Geffen
The story of how one rabbi got Coca Cola to become kosher

Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRCB 104.9, BSR Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 7
End of World in 2012?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Mayans said that the world will end in 2012. Maybe.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
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

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