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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: Simple Rediscovery #519
From: Teosson Wells
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In 1989, when Allan Gurganus published his debut novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, he did something amazing: Through a work of fict...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
I smell onions!
From: KALW
Caption: Onion Ad, Credit: Sandip Roy
Election season in New Dehli with a flavorful twist!

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Rediscovering Creative Lettering: Simple Rediscovery #512:
From: Teosson Wells
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For those of us who attended grammar school long before the arrival of the in-classroom computer, one of the greatest rites of passage (right up th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:08
  • Purchases: 1
Rediscover Creative Cursing: Simple Rediscovery #504
From: Teosson Wells
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In the last few decades, the general belief that habitual, high-octane swearing should remain the domain of criminals, vagrants, and frustrated hou...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know. Why is it so onerous to be fat?" - Jim Morrison Interview by Howard Smith | TheSmithTape...

Bought by KVNF, KALW, KVMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 4
A Runner's Highs and Lows
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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What if everybody ran everywhere, and walking seemed as slow as crawling?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Buried Alive? Katy the Kollector
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
Politics 101 BC: Voter fraud in the ancient world
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Protect Your Soda Rights
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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It is our patriotic duty to protect the God-given right to drink a soda of any size of our choosing.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:15
Hiding
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of strange people tell where they hide a familiar object.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 7
Malian Griot
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Papa Susso
This week the Global Guru goes to Mali to learn the art of a griot, where storyteller, historian, political advisor, detective and genealogist are ...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Sound of Colors
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What do colors sound like? Sound and light are both waves or vibrations, but light is vibrating much faster. The frequencies of the visible colors ...

Bought by KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru - Holland's Peculiar Curses
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
Global Guru-Tasmanian Devils
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru risks life and limb to learn how to track Tasmanian devils in the wild.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
Recycle Rhythms-Coke Can
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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A rhythmic riff on recycling

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
From: Clearwater Moment
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A curious phrase that has its origins from a sail boat

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
WUTB-Original Version
From: David Green
Series: We Used To Believe...
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When you were younger, did you ever believe something which turned out not to be true? How about recently? Producer Ben shares some false beliefs o...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Two Bach Encounters
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Classical Music in 60 Seconds(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
For any format: Use this 59 second drop-in for Bach's birthday (March 21) or any day as a drop-in, promo or billboard. Cellist Matt Haimovitz and t...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2009
  • Length: :59
A Musician's Life: G. Love
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Meet Garrett Dutton III, AKA G. Love. He was 19 and busking on the streets of Philadelphia when he hit on his signature style--what he's termed "T...

Bought by WGDR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Tegan and Sara
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters. Now in their twenties they've been performing their own brand of indie rock since they were teens.

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Overdosing on The Primary
From: Joel Brussell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What Can Happen if you Watch Too Much Media Coverage

  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:13
Fleas and Ticks and Little Doggey Ways Theater Presents "What Would You Like to See in a Lifetime Movie'
From: Joel Brussell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pretend on the street piece interviewing what people like to see in a lifetime movie

  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:26