PRX - Pieces for Tone: Amusing

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Caption: Terri Van Keuren Shoup (L), Richard Shoup (M), Pamela Farrell Shoup (R)
Terri Van Keuren, Richard Shoup and Pamela Farrell remember how their father, Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, started the holiday tradition of track...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Marfa Public Radio, WOUB, New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Kite maker Abdul Rauf (center) with Dilip Kapadia (right) flying a kite on a Mumbai rooftop, Credit: Adi Narayan
A profile of two old men who've bonded over the last three decades by their love for kites. One lovingly makes them, while the other flies them in ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back." -Beverly, 72,...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
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Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 5
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Ralph Cusack is one of the founding members of The Harbor Masters and has been organizing gay kinksters in Portland, Maine for over 30 years.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
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Author Ari Goldman reads from his charming book, "The Late Starters Orchestra." Just one of our daily readings for July. The Author's Corner on Pub...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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70-year-old Patrick Haggerty tells his daughter, Robin, about the day he first had a conversation with his father about being gay.

Bought by KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCQS, WEZU, KMUD and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Dean Smith, who spent 40 years as a stunt double for Hollywood Westerns, talks with his wife, Debby, and son, Finis.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Wes Smoot (far right), Don Pardini (second from right) and friends socialize at the Redwood Drive-in in Boonville, CA, Credit: Liz Pfeffer
A few hours north of San Francisco is the town of Boonville, nestled in the quaint Anderson Valley of Mendocino County. Like Silicon Valley, this p...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 13:24
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From the 1940s until the 1960s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was home to a thriving Chinese American nightclub scene. The scene died out in the 60s, a...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
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Hal and Marc help you to navigate the world as a single over 50.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 51:15
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Julie Hart grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She went to Carlton College, and has been pursuing her education ever since...to the ends of the earth....

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
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What a Bad Introduction Sounds Like

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
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What if you knew your teacher was lying to you? In 1956, ten year old Carolyn Himmer watched the classic "Duck and Cover" film in school, knowing i...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
Caption: Harold and his pal, Butch, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
Harold Crocker and his friend, Butch can't live without each other. One of them is a ventriloquist.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
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A new program created for UnFictional by radio storyteller Joe Frank.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio Catskill, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:14
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Inez Mostue creates delightful Norwegian Trolls and Nisser which are the stuff of Scandinavian folk tales. According to folk legends the Trolls cre...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:09
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.
Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Debra Klaber (right) and Paul J. Hintersteiner (left). , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 1