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223: Turnspit Dogs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1576 and you don't have a young boy to spare to turn your meat while it cooks. So what could you use? A turnspit dog.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
126: Marital Duels
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 13th century, in the part of the world that would become Germany, husbands and wives could settle marital disagreements with an elaborat...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
120: Play Doh
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1930, the Kutol company came up with a putty to clean coal dust off of walls. Impending bankruptcy forced them to shift gears to find new ways o...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Down at the Old Schoolhouse
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in 29 Palms.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
42: International Ice Patrol
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Learn a bit about the women and men of the IIP who monitor icebergs in the northern reaches of our Atlantic ocean.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
Tou Gher Xiong: Teaching Culture Through Laughter
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we catch up with Hmong activist and educator Tou Gher Xiong. Tou teaches cultural awareness through a routine of...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 19:45
The Staten Island Ferry Disaster
From: Ryan Sweikert
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Joe Reginella, a Staten Island based sculptor, sneaks a statue into the park every weekend to commemorate a disaster that has been scrubbed from th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Anybody Want to Try This?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With a bizarre hobby comes bizarre stories.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Top 100 Americans?
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
Live Alligator Wrestling
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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A hilarious look at the man who invented live alligator wrestling as a Florida tourist attraction, and his inventive wife who raised a family outsi...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:09
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
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Cooking In" in Old New York
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner (left) and Debra Klaber (right)., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Longtime New Yorkers recall cooking and food shopping in NYC's bygone era of milk and ice delivery men, ice boxes, horse-drawn fruit and vegetable ...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:18
UnFictional: Cracking the Love Code
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about people looking for love using modern day strategies.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hidden Histories: Of Pot Smoking and Civil Disobedience- 420
From: Jack Johnson
Series: Hidden Histories
Caption: 420 Event
Three days late and a dollar short isn’t that unusual for the stoner lifestyle. Vying for a legalized status in the all American tradition of a sit...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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
The Mikie Show #13, Sharon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Who says 13 is unlucky? We’ve made it this far and are so thankful to have done so! For thirteen, we travel to just north of Tucson, AZ to intervie...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
Mogel Memos
From: Eric Molinsky
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David O. Selznik once ruled Hollywood with memorandum

Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Specific Scandal
From: NAISA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Live Radio Comedy

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 31:42
Early Signals
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sound-rich reflection on origins of wireless and radio broadcasting

Bought by KWMR, KZSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
Visitor Center Fever: Catch It!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visitor Centers Replace Museums. Discuss.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:51