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Peter Cherches reads from Lift Your Right Arm (5/2)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, part of our weekday readings for MAY.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
BREAKING RECORDS: More Songs Than Legally Advisable!
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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This week I'm attempting to do something I've never done before on Turntable For One. Entertain? I heard that. Play nice! No, this week I'm going t...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:54
TSR14-12 Live from Reedsburg
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio live in concert from the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Featuring Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchest...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 5
TSR14-10 Corey Carlson
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry talks about outhouses and welcomes singer songwriter Corey Carlson.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, WRNC-LP, WDSE, Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 6
WAKE-UP CALLS
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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You're getting drowsy...your eyes are getting heavy...you long for "sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care." Hypnotism? Apnea? Narcolepsy? ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
Deborah Sharp's Florida Mysteries on Thirty Four 50
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
God Outside The Grocery
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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"What is your conception of God?" Everybody seems to have a unique answer to this question, as folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld found outside a groc...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Lake Superior State's 39th Annual List of Words to be Banished...#canyousayannoying?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Every year WTIP's The Roadhouse talks with the word-watchers over at Lake Superior State University in Marquette, Mich., about their words to be 'b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday New Year's Edition 2013
From: Capitol Steps
Caption: Capitol Steps, Credit: Capitol Steps
Help roast 2013 to a crisp with the Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony!

Bought by KUOW, WHRV, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
Cafe Buzz-End of the World
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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Paul and Susan meet at a small town coffee shop the day before the end of the world. Dr. Shtup happens to be the Barista that day.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 10:33
Cafe Buzz-Carnegie Hall
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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Susan and Paul meet at another Cafe Buzz, this time in Manhattan, near Carnegie Hall. Susan finds herself in a circular dilemma.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 10:38
A Juicy Trip from Bitter to Savory
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
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A milestone birthday inspires an extreme juice quest.

Bought by WNIJ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Chaotic Parliament
From: wendy hendrickson
Caption: A carriage passes by the front of the Austrian Parliament traveling along the Ringstrasse., Credit: Photo by: Wendy Hendrickson
Politics doesn't run smoothly when the language to be used is left as an option.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:25
SO MANY STARS
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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Even if you’re listening in the daytime, the stars will be out this week on Turntable For One. I’ve got about a dozen star songs and Carol Wel...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
You Have No Idea
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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What a Bad Introduction Sounds Like

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
Taxidermy Gone Wrong
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Terry Lyman thought she'd try taxidermy, but she quickly realized she was in over her head.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Their Old Machines
From: Zach Hirsch
Caption: Brooke's tattoo.
Meet Brooke, Pickle, and their clunky collections.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Honey I burned the deck again
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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A discussion on The Pimm's Cup and the Electric Brewing System.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 38:15
Smokin Lizards with Lawnmower Beer
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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A review of Ellicottville Brewing Company Mow Master Ultra Pale Ale Plus tales of naked people, ugly people, and flaming pets

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 20:59
UnFictional: Moms Gone Wild
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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In the 1970's, Minneapolis was Funky Town. One night, Joanna's mom met a disco guy with a body-sized freezer who took her on the worst date she eve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, WFMU, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Buried Alive? Katy the Kollector
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
2013 Anniversaries Show #2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The first two shows of the year on Rock School are all about Anniversaries. We'll be hitting up some songs and events from 60-50-40-30.... years ag...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Duck’s Worth of Existential Dread
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Uncle Jack and Donald

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Mike Finley - "Toggle"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:37

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