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Episode 47: The decision tree
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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You ever get that tentative, standing-at-the-crossroads feeling where you're not sure what to do next? ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:45
Episode 44: Are spring peepers dangerous?
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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My friend Vern Acular and I were out on firefly patrol last night. It's early in the season, but you can't ever afford to let your guard down ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:17
Episode 40: Jimmy Fingerbutton and his patented Remind Control(™) technology
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented an unforgetting machine. I can't remember what it's called ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:23
Episode 34: Why is the sky blue?
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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Not too long ago, in a town not too far away, there lived a very sensible young boy named Brian ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:20
Episode 29: The tale of young Alice and the biscuits
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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Once upon a faraway long ago, there lived a young girl named Alice, who was very fond of stale biscuits ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:31
Episode 26: The elephant in the room
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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"I hope I remembered to put away the elephant ..."

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:31
Ping
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Swan Song
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Bring on the Bling! - A reality TV series and the business that's booming because of it.
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Sondra Celli discusses a dress design with Carol, Credit: Sondra Celli
Turn on the television at any hour, and you're bound to find a reality television show on. Many of these shows feature businesses - there are shows...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:39
Having Fun?
From: Jake Smith
Caption: The Thunderbolt Kid
As a rude waiter, how should you know when you’ve gone too far?

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 11:19
Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer
From: Kara Janeczko
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
Author Garrison Keillor, citizen of Lake Wobegon
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Fifty Shades Caper
From: Sean Rasmussen
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
Frac Dust
From: David O'Sullivan
Series: KOEH 108.3FM, Dipperville, Minnesota
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Frac Dust is worrying the residents of Dipperville

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
Inventing and Gouging The Sick
From: David O'Sullivan
Series: KOEH 108.3FM, Dipperville, Minnesota
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Big Pharma and Medical Insurance and their influence on the sick (and not so sick).

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
You've Got to be Kidding
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Joe Wenke
A former corporate speechwriter, Joe Wenke is the owner of a leading event marketing company. With his new book, he’s going to have a few more inte...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 15:15
First Kiss
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
Booksmellers Unite
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Up Next Episode 7 - David Ingber
From: John Russo
Series: Up Next
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Actor / writer / composer David Ingber has created musicals about Zombies, and Fantasy Football, an ESPN web series, and several screenplays. He ch...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/17/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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IN DECEMBER SEE HER NEST...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1