PRX - Pieces for Tone: Lighthearted

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The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419...

Bought by KZYX, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUER, and CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 5
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In honor of Halloween, mortifying tales about the kind of fears kids actually have.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 26:34
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On this episode of "The Live Feed" we visit the St. Mane Theatre in Lanesboro MN for the community variety show, "Over The Back Fence". September's...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:16:23
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The Sutter Brothers (Bart and Ross Sutter) blend Bart's poems and stories with Ross's music from the Scandinavian, Celtic, and American folk tradit...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 13:35
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Two stories of being trapped by yourself in the Alaskan wilderness.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Hayley Quinn, with Olly Mann
Dating. In this age of Tinder, Grindr, no-strings sex and fourth-wave feminism, it's all got rather complicated. How do you find someone you want ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 18:26
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This is Distillations’s 200th episode, and we’re celebrating! We pored through hundreds of shows and pieced together some of the funniest, grossest...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 37:10
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Embarrassment is a common emotion shared by all. In this audio piece, a team of highly qualified behavioral scientists unearth embarrassing storie...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
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Today, hosts Meron Fikru and Kamna Shastri share stories about stereotypes that youth have faced. Is it OK to have stereotypes? Professor Ana Mari ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dylan Germic, Credit: Oddua Productions
With host, Akeisha Johnson, we'll talk with the lead singer of the band, "Planet Booty," Dylan Germick, to find out about how he is Making It Work!

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 30:52
Caption: Tony & the Crew of Acme Silver Plating.
Tony was young, living in the small Western Colorado Town of Montrose...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
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WTIP's Bob Carter chatted with Marc Abrahams, editor of "Annals of Improbable Research, " about the 2014 Ig Nobel prizes recently awarded at Harvar...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 21:18
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In this week's show, a parakeet, a Spanish-language learner, and a professor help make the human voice weird again.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 3
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Cheri Lindsay talks with her father, Phillip, about vitiligo, a rare skin condition they share...

Bought by WEZU, WMUU-LP, and KMUD


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 3
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actor Lt. Ricky Ryba, the HEAR Now Festival, and Robert Heinlein’s crowning achi...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 57:01
Caption: The 1491's
The 1491s are a comedic group that travels the nation telling Native stories and bringing various social issues to light. They describe themselves ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 19:19
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What conclusions about parenthood will teenagers come to after participating in their AP Psychology class’ flour baby project? Listen as they share...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: James Richardson
Poet James Richardson has called himself an "accidental aphorist," but his well-crafted works are no accident. He reads from his 2010 book, BY THE ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"I’m playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady’s voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KJZZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
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Colleen Collins and her husband, Shaun Kaufman, talk about becoming private investigators

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Detail of Diane's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
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On December 24, 2012 "Desert Island Discs" ended its inaugural season by reprising its first guest JOE DULEY and marking the first time our program...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:54:34
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"I looked in the mirror the other day and I said: My God, what happened to that handsome young man? Who is this grizzled b-a-s-t-a-r-d staring at m...

Bought by WABE, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
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WTIP's Bob Carter was joined recently by former Pioneer Press outdoors writer (and current communications director for the MN DNR) Chris Niskanen t...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 23:25
  • Purchases: 2
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WTIP's Ann Possis chatted recently with Barry Kudrowitz, assistant professor of product design at the U of MN, just in time for the holiday toy sea...

Bought by KVSC, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 17:41
  • Purchases: 3