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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
Interview with Fred Edwords
From: Brian Bahouth
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I recently saw a billboard off a major highway in northern California that read: “Don’t Believe in God? You are not alone.” The sign was sponso...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 19:20
Living Every Day Like It’s Your Last
From: Nathan Callahan
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A Funeral for Platitudes

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:09
My Pyromaniac Friend
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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The Not So Very Original Sinner

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
Saint Death
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For the past ten years, drug cartels in Mexico have been worshiping a sort of grim repress, a robed skeleton lady known as Santa Muerte, or Saint D...

Bought by KENW, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Final Edition Radio Hour - Episode #12
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: The Final Edition Radio Hour: Full Episodes
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Episode #12 includes: Mitt Romney’s privacy/tax return policy & his economic advisors, Iran’s nuclear compromise, the NRA, David Koch, A New Bible,...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:53
The Mikie Show #46, Wake
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s episode forty-six! Fresh on the heels of episode forty-five. Maybe not so fresh, it’s been a while, but what matters is, you’re here! Yes, thi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
A Prayer for Eternity
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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In Pursuit of My Living Forever

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
12: She Doesn't Even Realise She's Dead
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Drama series set in a call centre. Stunned to hear gunshots during a routine call, Geoff calls the police. But why can't they remember where they l...

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:13
A slice of life with the Church of Pie
From: KALW
Caption: Erin Shannon, “Queen of Pie.”, Credit: Rob Hoey
One San Francisco-based group is taking the worship of food to a whole new level. This past Saturday, about 100 people descended on 111 Minna Galle...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Sinner's Crossroads Episode 6
From: WFMU
Series: Sinner's Crossroads
Caption: Sinner's Crossroads
Americana and rare gospel music for the South. Kevin Nutt is the host and Deacon of the show. See playlist below.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Radio Catskill, 'The Sea', Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Faith (Full Episode)
From: BSR Radio
Series: The Radio Show
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What do you believe? Talking about Faith. Contributions by: Matthew Lawrence, Rachel Blatt, and Brice Peterson.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:39
Crashing the Party
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: A recent bat mitzvah bash at Sony Studios included a make-your-own-movie area, a video arcade and a studio tour; guests entered the soiree by walking down an Oscars-style red carpet.
The economic downturn is bringing outlandish bar and bat mitzvah parties back down to earth.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Interfaith Voices


  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Loss + Found
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
Caption: The Masonic Temple, pre refab
The LVIS girls return to you this week (after a brief thesis-induced hiatus) with the Loss and Found episode.

  • Added: May 10, 2009
  • Length: 35:20
Kosher Meets Capitalism: The Business of Shabbat
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Making the Sabbath more friendly... one innovation at a time.

Bought by Remix Radio, KUOW, WFUV, Interfaith Voices, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 5
Show 9: Quinntessence
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Quinntessence: Dylan's Spiritual Quest

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
Finding Faith Through Tattoos
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattoo artists Damon Conklin reveals how body ink connects him to sobriety and faith. KRAK

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 08:31
Incantations
From: Judith Sloan
Caption: Photo from Crossing the BLVD images, Credit: Warren Lehrer
A musical sound rich mix of people praying in multiple languages. All recorded in Queens, New York.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
Hearing Things
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Sonic Rainbow
An experienced narrator explains how to hear ghosts

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
Think Wiki Not Website
From: chuck freeman
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Sam Harris has written a book, "The End of Faith." Richard Dawkins & Christopher Hitchens have echoed his sentiments. Chuck contends they have fa...

  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:35
And Jesus Is Buried Right Over There....
From: Merle Kessler
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A cynic's look at James Cameron's Jesus documentary.

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Church Yoga
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Non-fiction humor essay yoga class held inside a church reminds woman of her Catholic childhood.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Rabbi Abulafia's Boxed Set
From: Jon Kalish
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The story of a Lower East Side miracle

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 2
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Otherwise Ordinary People
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith suits up for a game of roller hockey and brings us stories of ordinary people with extraordinary lives.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 25:41
  • Purchases: 1
Blood on the Pulpit
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The information derived from a prescient ability is not always welcome.

Bought by Hearing Voices and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 2