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Ode To A Pencil
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
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This is an update of a piece originally posted in 2011.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:54
From a buzzword perspective — Cristal
From: Andy Raskin
Series: Chill Beefs
Caption: Chill Beefs
Cristal complains about the workplace buzzwords she finds particularly annoying.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
Shipped! — Howard
From: Andy Raskin
Series: Chill Beefs
Caption: Chill Beefs
Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:26
In Defence of Boredom
From: Tom Wright
Caption: Boring!, Credit: Quinn Dombrowski
Like cigarettes or leaded petrol, it seems boredom is gradually being phased out. The mobile phones we carry everywhere allow for an infinite varie...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 21:27
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Video Game 1:00
From: Paul Messing
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The amusing rhythmic sounds of a non-existent video-game. An amusing :60 interstitial.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: :59
The Human Voice
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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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
Design professor Barry Kudrowitz talks toys, creativity, and why play matters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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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
Exit 25-Eccentric Druid Billionaires
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59
Andrew Hiller's Virtual World
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
From i-Pods to i-Phones... You-Tube to chatrooms... writer Andrew Hiller says it seems we do everything we can to avoid actual human contact these ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Looking for Love
From: Angela Regas
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In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 6
"Simon Says" Electronic Voting Machine
From: Vince Hancock
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What's inside of those electronic voting machines? Bleep bloop blop!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
Wireless USB
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Wireless USB device creates cordless connectivity between peripherals

  • Added: Jul 30, 2006
  • Length: 03:57