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877-guns-4-kids
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Lets put guns in the hands of the Americans that need them the most.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:18
Lake Superior State's 39th Annual List of Words to be Banished...#canyousayannoying?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Every year WTIP's The Roadhouse talks with the word-watchers over at Lake Superior State University in Marquette, Mich., about their words to be 'b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
Mrs. Johnson and The Thunder Bomb Dogs
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
Caption: Tom Llewellyn and the wrapper for his Thunder Bombs, Credit: David Matsui
As a kid, Tom Llewellyn fought gentrification with his beloved Thunder Bombs.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:52
31. Support Public Radio
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!

  • Added: May 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
The Beat: Mike Finley - "Toggle"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
None Dare Call It a Depression
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ian scratches his head at whatever it is we're going through. Apparently, we're broke. Welcome to my world.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Billions lost! Ask me how!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some flunky at a bank in France lost billions. How?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

Bought by KSFR, KPIK-LP, KUT, PRX Remix, KRUA and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 7
So What About Those Droopy Drawers, Commissioner Stern?
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the dress code the NBA really needs.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
Dog Park: Do Not Try to Control Your Radio
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Still Trying to Find the One in Ten

Bought by WHRV and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
Dog Park: My Girlfriend's Mom
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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This guy is not a member. But his girlfriend's mom is.

Bought by WHRV, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 3
The Thrill of the Unmarked Car
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We're all driving billboards -- for free.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Stuck on a Word
From: Patricia Priest
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this offbeat essay the commentator examines her newfound habit of cursing, a feeble but oddly satisfying response to these Orwellian times.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:31