PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky
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- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 01:24
- Purchases: 1
There is a breed of modern day treasure hunters who need the Internet, a knack for orienting and solving puzzles, and a sense of adventure. They w...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 1
One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.
Bought by KMXT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WOUB and more
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 24
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 13:28
In celebration of May Day, The Artsy Fartsy Show covered art in immigrant communities, activism and the artistic influences within the Occupy Wall ...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 52:11
Good morning! Mercenaries are lurking all around you, threatening to swarm your shores! Get up! Get up! Go, go, GO!
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 06:45
Taste the fruit of a tree that has a placenta buried beneath it... it's tart and crisp. Learn about how the placenta, which connects mother and chi...
- Added: Aug 27, 2011
- Length: 08:04
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
Tired of the usual pundits? This program provides a unique
"take" on The State of the Union events--the seating, the speech by the President and th...
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 49:38
For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2010
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 4
From "The Invisible Threat" (7/9/10): War News Radio reports on Iraqis living near prominent public figures.
- Added: Jul 09, 2010
- Length: 07:47
A trip to Baffoni's Poultry Farm in Johnston, Rhode Island reveals rich ambient sound and insight into the process of raising turkeys for Thanksgiv...
Bought by WKSU
- Added: Nov 15, 2009
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 1
Everyone loves being the only ones in the Masai Mara, one of the worlds most spectacular wildlife experiences. But the absence of tourists is not g...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 05:29
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...
- Added: Oct 28, 2009
- Length: 01:37
The music by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla is often charged with romantic and melodramatic urges. When it comes to playing Piazzolla, violi...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
On May 19, 100 handbell ringers will descend on Old South Church in Boston. Independent producer Jackson Braider offers the skinny on what listener...
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 2
A Vox Pop musical piece from polling places around the Bay Area
- Added: Nov 04, 2008
- Length: 03:21
By all accounts, composer Francis Poulenc was just a normal, average guy. No crazier than the next person. But his music could not be more schizop...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :20
When conductor Myung-Whun Chung teaches conducting students how to approach and interpret French music, his lesson consists of three words: "live i...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :27
Folks at this Chicago honky-tonk, Carol's Pub, give their opinion on the Illinois smoking ban in effect 1-1-08.
- Added: Jan 02, 2008
- Length: 03:27
The surprising wonder of routine in the making of a peanut butter sandwich
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 08, 2007
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 1
There's an old saying in the music business: never turn down work. Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions, and sometim...
Bought by WITF and New England Public Media
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 2
Narriative quest to find the history of the largest banana pudding in the world.
- Added: Feb 19, 2007
- Length: 08:13
- Added: Feb 19, 2007
- Length: 08:36
- Purchases: 1
A Yankee learns how to bowl frozen turkeys at Nascar
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 22, 2007
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 2
