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"One side is windy, the other is not."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The thoughts of two women traveling on the same ferry...but very much alone.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 11:40
  • Purchases: 1
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Night Baseball "is Strictly the Bunk"
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
Smart Parking
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Car parking gets a high-tech make-over

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:02
Astrology Songs: Harvey Sid Fisher Speaks
From: Ken Cormier
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Harvey Sid Fisher talks about how the Astrology Songs made him a cult hero.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:55
The Scrotum and the Culture Wars
From: Merle Kessler
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The word "scrotum" is used in a children's book. Controversy ensues.

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 2
And Jesus Is Buried Right Over There....
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A cynic's look at James Cameron's Jesus documentary.

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Healthy Donuts? Shudder.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Krispy Kreme introduces a whole wheat donut. That is just wrong.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Volcano Man
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 07:14
Kasper Hauser: Mundo de Perros
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Kasper Hauser
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A visit to the set of Mundo de Perros

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
Calling All Owls
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Using cellphones to call up the wild world of owls

  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:44
Clifford & Kidd - Models
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
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Comedy Sketch from Clifford & Kidd

Bought by WUSM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
How To Fly Planes
From: Ken Cormier
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Chucky Buttner gets a remarkable tour of the cockpit...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 10:08
B-Side: Take a Chance
From: B-Side Radio
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On this edition of B-side we're taking a chance as host Andrea Seabrook visits the Reno airport and introduces us to some risk-takers.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
Pink
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 4
Television Technology
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Looking at the latest high tech TV trends.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:47
Truth Justice and the American Way
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
You can cheat a polygraph exam, but you can't cheat the examiner.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
Joe Bussard, Record Hunter
From: Justin Levy
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Joe Bussard on his collection of 25,000 78's and his own Fonotone Records label

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 2
B-Side: Indoor Space, Outside
From: B-Side Radio
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Take it outside! Isn't that what your mom always told you? And weren't you happy to comply? B-Side's Tamara Keith brings us stories about what happ...

Bought by KGOU, KXOT Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
#3 Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre/Beyond the Glory (w/NewsHole)
From: Duck Spots
Series: Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the money show, featuring several adventures of Denny, In House Psychologist (for Norton Corp), also money saving tips, All Criminal News, ...

Bought by WEFT and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:10:40
  • Purchases: 2
#3 Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre/Beyond the Glory
From: Duck Spots
Series: Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the money show, featuring several adventures of Denny, In House Psychologist (for Norton Corp), also money saving tips, All Criminal News, ...

Bought by KUOW, KZYX, KUT, WEFT, and WCPN


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
#2 Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre/The Sweet Stink of Sucess (w/NewsHole)
From: Duck Spots
Series: Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Shakespeare parodies, Ian Shoales, Superhero Talk Show, the Transvestite Farmer Association, Minute Mystery, a Conservative Weight Loss Program, an...

Bought by WEFT and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
#1 Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Comedy/Kings of Comedy (w/NewsHole)
From: Duck Spots
Series: Behind the Comedy: Thirty Years of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is the self-help episode, with many religious types, shrinks, and experts offering useless advice. Also, Naked People's Court, and a gaggle of...

Bought by KZYX, WEFT, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Otherwise Ordinary People
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith suits up for a game of roller hockey and brings us stories of ordinary people with extraordinary lives.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 25:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53

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