PRX - Pieces for Tone: Lighthearted

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During Ramadan in Egypt, people will hang a lantern, but what does it mean? Learn about the history of the Ramadan lantern, the fanous.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Church holds unexpected surprises. George S. Smith challenges his Sunday school teacher, Marvin Schwartz witnesses a resurrection, and Wetzel LaGro...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Why is this Coke different from all other Cokes? Answer: It's Kosher for Passover!

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, XRAY.fm, WBHM, WFUV, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 5
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A visit to Addis Ababa's celebration of TImkat - Epiphany - January 20 2008

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
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It's not Christmas. It's not Hannukah. It's Schnartzenholler! When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created thei...

Bought by KISU, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 18
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The Irish in 1965 felt differently about St. Patrick's Day

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSQM 91.5 FM, Spokane Public Radio, KUT, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Essayist Jonathan Malesic learns something new about Christmas after attending one of the only midnight Catholic masses ever to end in a snowball f...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUT, KUT-HD, KMXT, WNKU and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 11