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Film Fatale: Dark times for independent movie theaters
From: KALW
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Take a walk down any major street in San Francisco and you’ll see them: dead movie theaters. Corpses. It’s hard not to shudder when you walk past o...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:21
Sinner's Crossroads Episode 22
From: WFMU
Series: Sinner's Crossroads
Caption: Sinner's Crossroad
Gospel music from the American South. Kevin Nutt is the host and Deacon of the show. Playlist below. Read the full description.

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Emo Kids and Why They Act that Way
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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Emo, short for emotional is a type of dress and lifestyle currently available to High School kids. The piece tells about emo kids.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Episode 4 - The Showdown at Stony Brook
From: Frederick Greenhalgh
Series: The Troll of Stony Brook - Radio Drama
Caption: The Troll of Stony Brook, Credit: Artwork: Simon Adams
The troll has eaten one police officer too many. With nowhere left to run, we have a showdown between magical creature and humans.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
Sinner's Crossroads: Episode 14
From: WFMU
Series: Sinner's Crossroads
Caption: Sinner's Crossroad
Americana and rare gospel music for the South. Kevin Nutt is the host and Deacon of the show.

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


  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Barkeeper [A SilverLake Tale]
From: TurnStyle
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What makes a neighborhood known for cool...cool? The people? The places? A little of both. This is a SilverLake Tale about Joe Keeper and his shop-...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
Mighty Fleiss Radio - Pilot
From: Glenn Richards
Caption: Mighty Fleiss Radio Show Avatar, Credit: Stephen J Proctor Jr
Skippy Records (Snap, Crackle, & Pop). This is the test Pilot epidose of Mighty Fleiss Radio, an hour long radio show of indie & alternative music ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 57:28
Sinner's Crossroads Episode 13
From: WFMU
Series: Sinner's Crossroads
Caption: Sinner's Crossroads
Americana and rare gospel music for the South. Kevin Nutt is the host and Decon of this show. See playlist below.

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


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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
Warlock
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi holds up his non-functioning phone., Credit: Associated Press
From Signal Interrupted, on April 30, 2010. War News Radio reports on a new device that's interrupting communications in Iraq.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
Encounters Pika
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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What is a pika?

Bought by KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, KMXT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
George and the Alien
From: andy boyd
Series: Stories that Take Place in Space and End in Death
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A very short story about Aliens.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
He'll Always Get the Last Word In
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Paul DiMatteo is the last in a long line of gravestone carvers.

Bought by WDBM, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 3
Considering Some Things - Jim Fairness and "The 14-Second Work Year"
From: Merlin Mann
Series: QPR - Quotidian Public Radio
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Considering Some Things talks with a popular self-help author.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
Anger Management
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Matt insists that cruel and obnoxious "in your face" comedy is the key to 21st Century comedy success and sets out to prove it by attempting to pro...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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
Matt's Island
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Matt plays hooky from his technical duties to go fishing in one of the Electromatic Building's flooded sub-basements, gets caught in a storm, and r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Jack Kerouacs's Belief & Technique for Modern Prose - a reading

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Garbage Finds New Life in Queens Office
From: Kenan Davis
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The story what happens to the belongings of someone who dies

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
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
Yoga Segment
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Bring light into your heart, stay light on your feet and have fun with yoga. Seriously.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 18:19
Hearing Things
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Sonic Rainbow
An experienced narrator explains how to hear ghosts

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
Science Fiction Friction
From: Jonathan Ellis
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Tongue-in-cheek conflict of nerds vs geeks

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 5
For a Deaf Uncle
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to my uncle and reflections on losing my own hearing

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:46

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