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The Legend Of Midstation Singlechair (Vol.8) - Deepcember Edition
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Midstation on Mad River Glen's Single Chair 12/05/2023, Credit: Brian Aust
A WoodWarbler's JazzGrass origin story. It all began on a mountainside in Vermont, wherein the last Single Chair lift in the Lower 48 whisks skier...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:45
Chavez Ravine
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Baseball and eminent domain collide in LA

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KMUN, KWMR, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 19
The Big Pond #15: American Sports in Germany
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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“German baseball” may sound like an oxymoron, but the Bonn Capitals have successfully maintained a leading position in the German baseball league f...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 18:52
Eat The Invaders: Lionfish
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This is Eat The Invaders - our occasional segment where we take a bite out of invasive species populations. On the menu today, one of the scariest,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 1
These Shoes Were Made For Mocking
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Producer Taylor Quimby has been defending Vibram FiveFingers™ shoes to naysayers for years. When people see him wearing them while he’s on the trai...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 24:42
Danny Root, fishing lure and decoy maker, owner of Larry The Bear in Grand Rapids, MN.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Producer Milt Lee laughs with Danny Root, fishing lure and decoy maker, and owner of Larry The Bear in Grand Rapids, MN.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
India's kite makers and kite fighters
From: Adi Narayan
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
Off-Ramp Presents: the world's loudest and smarted sportstalk host
From: KPCC
Caption: Petros Papadakis, about to go on air, Credit: John Rabe
An Off-Ramp interview with Petros Papadakis, wicked smart, incredibly loud, and not-so-sportsy nationally syndicated sports talk radio host.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
Pumpkin Chuckin'
From: JP Davidson
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Super Bowl Appetizers - "A Thorough Assessment of the 'Human Sports Eat Meeting."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:04
30 years of jogging backwards
From: Octavian Coman
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Cedric Givens is known in Washington DC for doing something that definitely looks strange: jogging backwards. He sings and yells while running, try...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Running with Broomsticks
From: Matt Purdy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the burgeoning sport of quidditch, the fictional game adapted to real-life from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Swashbucklers go public in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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A secret society of swordsmen revealed their talents and charitable aspirations to their home community of Bemidji at the Swashbucklers' Guild Equi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 1
Take Me Out to the Japanese Ballgame
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru uncovers the rules behind Japanese baseball. Accidentally smack the matter with the ball? You better practice your bowing...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Sweet Science
From: Tom Niemisto
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A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
American Idol Comes to the Ballpark
From: Philip Graitcer
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This year is the 100th anniversary of Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Side Saddle Weekend
From: diane toomey
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Think side saddle riding went out with corsets and bustles? Think again.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 11, 2008
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People and Clues
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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Kind of like the cool songs found on the back side of a vinyl 45, we've dug up stories about people who may seem ordinary at first. But, are any o...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
B-Side: Family and Dads
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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On this edition of B-Side we're offering a little unsolicited advice, and some fatherly humor as we explore our relationships with people we're tie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 19
B-Side: Indoor Space and One of Us
From: B-Side Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this edition of B-Side we're trying to figure out what it is to belong, in high school, in college and in the Cheroke Nation. And from feeling...

Bought by Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Sounds of Arena League Football in LA
From: Ben Markus
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Arena League Football in LA

  • Added: Jul 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:10
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
Chamber Music at Gleason's Gym?
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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From Weekend America: In the red corner, a cello. In the blue corner, an alpine horn. A new chamber music series has been launched at a famous New ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1