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The International Male
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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The World's Tackiest Catalog is getting too mainstream.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Clifford & Kidd - It's Just Lunch
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
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Sketch comedy from Clifford & Kidd

Bought by WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Turkey Bowling with Nascar Nation
From: Heather Dune Macadam
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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
Dear David
From: BSR Radio
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"Was this what it looked like? Had I been picked up? On iTunes, no less?"

Bought by PRX to iTunes, The PRX Podcast, PRX Lovesick Stream, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 4
Seeing Voices: Baldness, Bond Villains & the Noah Adams Moment
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why we might not look the way we sound -- and vice-versa.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Rain in Spain
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Richard Tanner compresses an entire Spanish vacation into just over four minutes!

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Miss Marsha Rides The Elephant
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Dan Farren tells of unexpected lessons learned under the big top.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
An Encounter at Harold's Cross
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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The privations of war lead to a surprising night on the town for a Dublin doctor.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 08:25
The Trouble with Harry (Nilsson)
From: Jackson Braider
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Harry Nilsson: The Beatles called him their favorite group, and though he died 12 years ago, there's resurging interest in the artist and his work.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 06, 2006
  • Length: 11:08
  • Purchases: 1
An Evening of 75 Laughs with Jonathan Katz
From: Jonathan Katz
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An hour of live comedy with Jonathan Katz and Friends, recorded at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Bought by KUCB, WGBH Radio Boston, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 05, 2006
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Terrorist Biz
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the "insurgents" are branding themselves.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
The New New Las Vegas
From: Merle Kessler
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Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54
World Beard and Moustach Championships
From: Adam Allington
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Beard Clubs from around the world converge on Berlin to see who's got what it takes to be champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Loving You is Easy
From: Laura Kwerel
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An audio goodbye card to my friend Steve

  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:08
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Sneaker Fiend
From: Dan Epstein
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Compulsion and passion drive one man's singular pursuit of Nike basketball shoes.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 4
Thrift Town
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio’s Lauryn Silverman spends her shopping days wandering the aisles of Thrift Town, where she can express herself in a unique way.

Bought by KSFR, WXLV-FM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 3
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
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Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dog Park Moses Yearns for Terry Gross
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Fundraising at the Dog Park

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMXT, and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 10, 2004
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 3
Lost at Sea: One VW Microbus
From: Jackson Braider
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How my parents managed to create a navigational obstacle in Dublin Bay

Bought by PRX Remix and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2004
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
My Drug of Choice
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If steroids are outlawed, is coffee far behind?

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 23 of "Marconi's Adventures in Magic!"
From: M. Travis DiNicola
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The World's Only Magic Show for the Radio, Broadcast Live from the Marconi Wireless Theatre

Bought by WXLV-FM and WZBC


  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 14:26
  • Purchases: 2