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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
Not Quite Nutcracker (and way better than christmas carols)
From: Emily Corwin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Set to the entire score of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet, Vanessa White's The Slutcracker is a wholesome kind of raunchy...

Bought by WFHB, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 3
I Remember Radio #7: Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
Caption: Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
Professor Mikey's annual holiday mixtape is a CHILL theme this year, with music from all genres providing a soundtrack for peace and fun.

Bought by KDUR, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KDUR, KHEN-LP, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 13
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
End of World in 2012?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Mayans said that the world will end in 2012. Maybe.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
O Tannenbaum
From: Fitz Cahall
Caption: Snowflake, Credit: Walker Cahall
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:07
WWOZ Street Talk-6t9 Halloween Parade
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a city where many houses are blighted and crime is high trick-or-treating is not always possible

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
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
Project: Devil Bird: An Electromatic Thanksgiving
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Matt's misguided (albeit passionate) genetic experimentation on a domestic turkey have resulted in a 476 pound, razor-toothed, telepathic "devil bi...

Bought by KUT, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Santa Trap: An Electromatic Christmas
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Grey fears for Matt's sanity as, for the fifth year in a row, Matt is spending Christmas Eve building a trap to capture Santa Claus in order to con...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
X-Sound: An Electromatic Halloween
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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It's Halloween and Matt, with the reluctant Grey in tow, is heading down to the Electromatic Building's abandoned sub-basement to gather scientific...

Bought by KTNA and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
Professor Mikey's Island Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
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Really warm Christmas wishes in a mix of surf, reggae, and island tunes.

Bought by KDUR, KRPS, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KRPS, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Passover candy - an audio tour of a Lower East Side candy store
From: Julie Subrin
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Jerry Cohen, owner of Economy Candy on New York City's Lower East Side, takes Blake Eskin on a tour of the shop's Passover selection (with a few c...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KWMR, KRCB 104.9, WMNF, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 6
Cool Yule
From: WFUV
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One hour holiday special.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, KTSW 89.9, WDSE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 28
#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
01 The Green Reaper
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Every November 2nd, Mexicans celebrate those who have died with Day of the Dead festivities...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33
  • Purchases: 1
Gates of NASCAR
From: David Raskin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interviews with fans tailgating before the NASCAR Coke 600

  • Added: Jul 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:45
Good Old Mum
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An off-kilter, stream-of-consciousness listing of that are not your usual Halloween goodies.

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1
Tricks or Treat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grown-up version of Halloween includes winning at Pimlico Racetrack

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
Hip-Hop Passover
From: Laura Kwerel
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An interview with the creator of "A Hip-Hop Haggadah"

Bought by Vocalo.org and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
Fruitcake Tossing
From: KRCC-FM
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Coverage of the Eleventh Annual Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss

  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:10
Merry Christmas Mush
From: Chris Goldstein
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Reading of Merry Christmas Mush by Dr. Suess

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRUA, and KQAT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2005
  • Length: :17
  • Purchases: 3