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126: Marital Duels
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 13th century, in the part of the world that would become Germany, husbands and wives could settle marital disagreements with an elaborat...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy Writing Class Fiasco
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Comedian Jan McInnis took a comedy writing class when she first got into comedy, and merely getting to the class gave her some comedy gold!

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Poet Laura Kasischke
From: New Letters on the Air
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Laura Kasischke explores topics from motherhood to beauty queens in her 2017 boo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
National Writers Series: Lisa Scottoline
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Thriller writer Lisa Scottoline talks with Michigan Radio producer Cynthia Canty.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Margaret Atwood
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
Caption: Margaret Atwood with Doug Stanton
A conversation with bestselling author Margaret Atwood.

Bought by Michigan Radio, KWMR, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
Drawing Ideas with Roz Chast
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In this audio piece, among other things, we learn how she joined The New Yorker’s staff and how her illustrations are infused with a particular kin...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:26
It's Complicated with Sassy Sloth
From: Terrascope Radio
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A friendly prank puts Kathryn in a "complicated" Facebook relationship with a sloth, but maybe that's just what her love life needs right now.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
American Book Award-winning Poet Nikki Giovanni
From: New Letters on the Air
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The infamous poet Nikki Giovanni reads from her recent books, CHASING UTOPIA, BICYCLES, and ACOLYTES and discusses the influence of history, commun...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Only In Malibu...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: AUGUST, 2015
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Does life seem too oh-so-serious? Then let's dive into the semi-ridiculous, often-caustic universe of celeb Chelsea Handler as she reads here from ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
May The Voice Be With You
From: renee wilde
Series: Community Voices
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Hearing music from an inanimate object - auditory hallucination or talking fan?

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:52
Deborah Sharp's Florida Mysteries on Thirty Four 50
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Cafe Buzz-End of the World
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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Paul and Susan meet at a small town coffee shop the day before the end of the world. Dr. Shtup happens to be the Barista that day.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 10:33
Cafe Buzz-Carnegie Hall
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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Susan and Paul meet at another Cafe Buzz, this time in Manhattan, near Carnegie Hall. Susan finds herself in a circular dilemma.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 10:38
UnFictional: Moms Gone Wild
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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In the 1970's, Minneapolis was Funky Town. One night, Joanna's mom met a disco guy with a body-sized freezer who took her on the worst date she eve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, WFMU, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Buried Alive? Katy the Kollector
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
The Mikie Show #4 Royal
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with writer and filmmaker Royal Miller about writing for daytime soaps—Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children to name a few—an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
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
Have You Met My Cousin, Feng Shui?
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Humor piece about new age and metaphysical consumer goods

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:21
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
Clifford & Kidd - Models
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Comedy Sketch from Clifford & Kidd

Bought by WUSM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Tattoo Me n' You
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattooists disgruntled. Why?

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9