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"A View From the Lake" by Beryl Singleton Bissell
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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This collection of short stories captures the beauty, triumph and challenge of making the leap of moving from the city to a small town on the North...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
A Citizen's Guide to Acupuncture
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Acupuncture is an ancient intervention for helping raise "chi"- pronounced "GEE" in English. For those for whom acupuncture treatments have enhanc...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 02:54
Tales from the South 042: Tin Roof Project with Jerry McKinnis
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Fishing expert Jerry McKinnis on a special edition of Tales from the South. The owner of B.A.S.S. and host of ESPN's "The Fishin' Hole" tells of a ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 40
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Signs and omens--words, items, and incidents that give us pause, give us a funny feeling that something is just not right. Buck Marsh has a bad fee...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 039: Tin Roof Project with Jay Jennings
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Freelance writer Jay Jennings, on a special edition of "Tales from the South", takes us along as he sits in the bleachers of an old Little Rock, Ar...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Great America in Writing - Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin
From: Open Source
Caption: Jimmy Breslin in his Manhattan home.
This week we're delving into the world of American letters with Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin. Veteran journalist Jimmy Breslin might be the l...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #30, Charla
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty, holy mackerel! Thirty is a lot if you’re counting episodes (not so much when counting bacteria but we’re not counting bacteria toda...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Young Artist Exhibition Mentorship Program
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack heads downstairs to the Paramount Theater studios to talk with Heidi Stedman f...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:46
The humble Farmer December 5, 2010
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Music from 1930-1960 interspersed with humorous social commentary

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
The Live Feed Present The Winona State University Jazz Faculty
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this edition of The Live Feed we sit in with the Winona State University Faculty Jazz Ensemble. The group met up at Ed's No Name Bar on Septembe...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 32:10
Voyager -- Groks Science Show 08-18-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Stephen Pyne discussed the history of Voyager.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 24:56
  • Purchases: 2
Too Much of a Good Thing
From: Elsa Lankford
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A radio drama written, edited, and produced by Elsa Lankford (elsa4sound@gmail.com). "Too Much of a Good Thing" is what happens when you mix myster...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 47:29
The humble Farmer, May 10, 2010
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Humorous social commentary and music from the 1930s, 1940s

  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
Houses & Stuff
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A piece about my house and my stuff. I think the title pretty much describes it. I peer suspiciously through the curtains and auto-dial the police.

Bought by KSFR, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
TI-99/4A
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author discusses his old home computer and general dorkitude.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WILL, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
Black word nerds
From: Will Wright
Caption: Chris Rock, Credit: Seattle Times
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
The humble Farmer January 25, 2009
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Old fashioned music and humorous social commentary

  • Added: Jan 27, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Steven Culp
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Talented actor looks back on his roles in Desperate Housewives and Star Trek Enterprise. We also chat about his movie role in Thirteen Days and Fro...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 31:46
Hardly Davidson
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Foreign bike enthusiats in the heart of Hog country

Bought by WILL and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
KERA Commentary: Scared to Death
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary on conquering your fears

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:11
"Leo speeds up when he sees a yard sale."(B)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Sometimes we look for secrets, sometimes the secrets find us.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 17:22
Shop til you drop. Or else.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look back at the most money-grubbing Christmas yet.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
It's Not About You
From: Julie Subrin
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Jesse Green learns some important lessons at his son's bar mitzvah.

  • Added: May 18, 2007
  • Length: 12:42
Making It Out of High School
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Making It . . .
Caption: PRX default Piece image
High school senior Lena Eckert-Erdheim explores making it out of high school and making a decision about what to do next.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Hyzdu Diaries
From: KJZZ
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio Diaries of baseball player Adam Hyzdu

Bought by KPIK-LP, WXDU, Louisville Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, KWIT and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10