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High School for "The Comedian"
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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From the "Millionaire Matchmaker" and "The Shah's of Sunset"...here's Comic David Golshan on the subject of High School and alot more...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
Vital Topics: Improvised Love Songs (w/ Marshall York)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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In honor of everyone’s least-favorite “holiday,” Marshall York and his guitar join us to improvise “love” songs based on suggestions submitted by y...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 57:31
JR Comes to Town - Joanna Coffey
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Another true story told live in London. Joanna LOVES Dallas, so when Larry Hagman (JR) visits a nearby TV studio, Jo does everything in her power t...

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Weird News With Perry Outro
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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The Beach Boys-esque musical outro (written and performed by Zap) to Youth Spin's weekly segment, Weird News With Perry.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: :16
Family Holiday Traditions,...for better or for worse.
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Storytellers explore the crazy holiday traditions our families desperately cling to at this time of year.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:46:34
  • Purchases: 1
Daws Butler's Halloween Happening
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Daws Butler's Halloween Happening, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 45:24
Drawing from Nightlife
From: Thomas Dodson
Series: Champs Not Chumps
Caption: Bunnies posing at Dr. Sketchy's, Credit: Justin Moore
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is not your typical drawing session. It’s held in a bar, for starters, and features models ranging from circus perfor...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
Waffles or Pancakes?
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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Evan McHenry, a student at Susan B Anthony middle School in Minneapolis seriously compares pancakes and waffles. He prefers waffles because they ar...

  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Food for Thought
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A radio drama/semi-romance built on sound gathered during a field trip to southwestern India. Two American travelers, brought by chance to a tiny I...

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 22:19
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 136
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Mimicking Birds, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include writer and therumpus.net founder Stephen Elliott, Harriet Fasenfest and musical guests Mimicking Birds.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
The Live Feed Presents: Beet Root Stew
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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An interview and performance with Winona based bluegrass band Beet Root Stew. Beet Root Stew is an eclectic group of musicians which can vary from ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 36:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Love Boat
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
Caption: Gigi at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 2
Malort
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Malort and me. , Credit: Robin Amer
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 2
Review: Chicano Batman
From: Thomas Fawcett
Series: CornerCast
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Boom! Bap! Biff! The CornerCast cruises from Los Angeles to La Ciudad Gotham with the lo-fi, lowrider soul of Chicano Batman.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:39
Beauty
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Are Looks Everything? Songs about feminine appeal

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/9/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HE GOT A BILL...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Low Power Max
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somewhere near Portland, Maine a man -- known here as Max -- is likely be found breaking the law almost 24 hours a day... from his attic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
From herding goats to piloting aircraft - A Maasai boys dreams
From: Paula Kahumbu
Caption: Recording Daniel, Credit: Peter Greste
Living on Mt Suswa, the crater of the largest volcano in the Great Rift Valley, 15 year old Daniel, a goat herder, only sees aircraft flying overhe...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:34
Miriam hitchhiking through Norway
From: Zachary Kent
Series: Dial A Stranger
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Miriam is asked to tell the most amazing thing she has ever seen and she describes hitchhiking through Norway.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
"What about Nicknames?"
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
Caption: WiLSoN & Ball, Credit: Paul Messing
Animal communicator David Louis speaks extemporaneously about pets and their nicknames.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 3
Greyson Chadwick
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Talented young actress tells us about filming the zombie comedy, Dance Of The Dead

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 30:26
  • Purchases: 1
Sly Crooner - Dancing Dan's Christmas - Part 2 of 2
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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A Damon Runyon Christmas tale set to music- part 2 of 2.

Bought by WNMU-FM, KRPS, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
How does a history major end up with a boiler operator's license? Easy.
From: Martin Connelly
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Steve Tatko explains how he ended up with a bioler operator's license.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots
From: Zoe High
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Zoe High interviews three sixth graders about their perceptions of dating, the pressure to start dating early, and how dating will change in the fu...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WGXC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Wii and Wheelchairs
From: Berkeley J-School
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Jessica Meyers reports on a group of nursing home residents who play the same video games as their grandchildren. Only better.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 3