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The Lisa Show - Christmas Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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For Christmas, we'll give you special tips on taking care of yourself in the holiday season, the best Christmas movies, and how to manage the Chris...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KTXK, KSTK, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 4
Appalachian Vibes: The Hooten Hallers, Amanda McCarthy
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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St. Louis Vibes is where we’re headed today with the Missouri , rock n roll, pre WW2 inspired three piece : The Hooten Hallers. And Amanda McCart...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Trans Engineers You Should Know, with Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short, Credit: Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short
Mechanical engineer Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short studies robot brains, having previously worked in industry and academia for commercial toy companies, NASA...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 39:09
StoryCorps: Rosella Pearl Liscum and Marlene Watson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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93-year-old Rosella Pearl Liscum tells her daughter, Marlene Watson, about some of the most important friendships in her life and the lessons she l...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:13
Mullethawk
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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What a decade-long fight taught Laura about relationships, laughter, and the grace we need to keep giving each other.

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 15:32
Dolly Helps a Comedian
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Comedian Stories, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Dolly Parton helped comedian Jan McInnis move away from certain comedy club bookers and into bigger gigs. And the funny thing is, Dolly has no idea.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
Musician's Spotlight -Susan Gibson Mspot Part One - 720
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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A program first: A featured interview from an Applebee’s parking lot in East Texas! Acclaimed Grammy nominated and CMA Award winning songwriter Sus...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Tapes: Phone Operator
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caleigh: All Female, All Good. A Celtic, Folk and Bluegrass Band
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Dee Furfaro, Lenore Siems and April Larson make up the celtic, folk, bluegrass band Caleigh. They've been making sweet, soulful music together for...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 1
It's Complicated with Sassy Sloth
From: Terrascope Radio
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A friendly prank puts Kathryn in a "complicated" Facebook relationship with a sloth, but maybe that's just what her love life needs right now.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
Michelle Parise on Loneliness - Episode 6
From: Brian Cauley
Series: Tiny Conversations
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Michelle talks about life after her divorce and the good and bad about being alone.

  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 11:27
Mermaids do exist...and this one's making a living at it
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Linden Wolbert, who quit her full-time job a few years back to be a professional mermaid. With skills in f...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:18
Loving Charcoal
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: If I ran the world
From: Spokane Public Radio
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If I ran the world

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: High school
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Walking into high school as a freshman is a tough assignment

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:35
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Stargazing
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Taking a look at the night sky

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Abigail's Art (Pt.2)
From: Kristen Balagtas
Caption: Freedom from the Cage, Credit: Abigail Bradley: BradleyStudios123
Fine artist Abigail Bradley describes the “conception” of her assemblage piece, donated to Goodwill Industries.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
This I Believe - Barbara Held
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Psychologist Barbara Held of Maine believes a little kvetching makes for a better outlook on life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Laura Shipler Chico
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Expectant mother Laura Shipler Chico believes in being honest, caring and able to laugh at oneself.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 4
Bottom Dollar Girls- Part 2
From: Tanya Ott
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Author of the Bottom Dollar Girls series talks about becoming a novelist and how southern culture translates in the north

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:59
This I Believe - Jane Hamill
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Fashion designer Jane Hamill believes it's cool to live the life she imagined her Barbie doll had.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WEKU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4
Betty Be Mine
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The tale of a happy marriage and family, touched by loss.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:44
Women Making Music: Candye Kane
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
1990 Bobbie Louise Hawkins - First Story
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bobbie Louise Hawkins is a Beat era writer and one woman performer, reading a beautiful piece

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1