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Santanomics - A Radio Comedy for the Holidays
From: Radio Catskill
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Santa Claus goes bankrupt and must face angry elves, a government bailout, and a surprising challenger in an emergency election for leadership of t...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:44
  • Purchases: 1
Durga Puja, Thai Style
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Thai temple replica for Durga Puja, Credit: Sandip Roy
It takes only a few hours to fly from Kolkata to Bangkok, and a weekend in Bangkok is quite common. But there’s very little of Thailand in Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Broadway
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Rebecca Faulkenberry, Credit: twitter.com
We’ll hear some theater favorites and new releases, and talk with star Rebecca Faulkenberry from Ground Hog Day the Musical on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KTEP, RadioStPete Florida, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Liberty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Liberty, Credit: Julia Meek
It's independence this Folktale salutes, with a look at freedom, and its pursuit, around the musical globe. A powerful tour de force? Hear for your...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WFIU, WCPN, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Comedy Hour CHRISTMAS Show
From: Andy Blatt
Series: The Comedy Hour
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Spend an hour with us and all your favorites both old and new

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Scooby Doobie Halloween
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Enjoy this favorite kids-friendly holiday with Michael Jackson! Scooby Doo, and the Doobie Brothers...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:35:11
Folktale of New Beginnings
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of New Beginnings, Credit: Julia Meek
The Folktale of New Beginnings: Get ready to 'ring it--sing it--burn it--or break it in: 2013 is on its way, and as Oprah likes to say: "Cheers to ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Most Luxurious Vacations
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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For the last decade, Mary Murrin lived and worked in Europe as a Cruise Director on the most luxurious riverboats afloat - traveling the Rhine, Dan...

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
VoxPod #8 - Two Arabian Days and Nights
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today's show features some of the highlights from the 2007 Seattle Arab Festival.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:21
  • Purchases: 1
2015 Holidays for Quiet Folks with a Surprising Sinatra Centennial Twist
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: Writer/performer Sharon Glassman, Credit: Katie Weisberger
Get the scoop on twelve holidays for quiet folks in 2015 from humorist Sharon Glassman. All delightful. One surprising...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
On Halloween, some women seek alternatives to super sexy costumes
From: Katherine Davis-Young
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Women's Halloween costumes are often hyper-sexualized. But not every woman wants to spend Halloween scantily clad.

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


  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Wiarton Willie, Canadian Groundhog
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
What's the Richest You've Ever Been?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
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
The Beat: Robert Jevne - "Oh Christmas Tree"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Jevne shares "Oh Christmas Tree," a lighthearted poem from the perspective of the Christmas tree itself. Through Jevne's poem, the sheer mor...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
A Goose for Christmas
From: Traveling 219
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A Christmas tale for the holidays

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


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
" It's The 2nd Annual VERY Special Holiday Episode... for People Who Hate VERY Special Holiday Episodes."...told through narration, music and soundbites
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
holiday season Politics/holiday season Journalism....including: Do you really think the presidential pardon ceremony for the Thanksgiving turkeys...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 57:02
Human Intelligence
From: The Truth
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A story by Kurt Anderson about melting icecaps and extraterrestrial spies.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
  • Purchases: 6
Becky and Costumes
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
Our Lives on Holidays
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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On Temporal Naming Rights

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:36
A Scary Home Companion
From: Doug Gordon
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What happens when you create a monster mash-up of "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Radiolab"? Here's the answer.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:28