PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Not a Good Combo: Beer and Monkeys in the Phillipines
From: Brad Horn
Series: The 90-second vox pop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A good example of why you should stay away from chained-up monkeys in the Third World.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:50
Hitchhiking with a bag full of cocaine in Texas
From: Brad Horn
Series: The 90-second vox pop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A trip to Texas for a weekend wedding gets weird.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 02:09
Sly Crooner One Hour Christmas Special
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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A Damon Runyon Christmas story set to music.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, WDCV and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Obama and Israel
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Does Barack Obama really have a "Jewish Problem"?

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Still endearing after 20 years, the quirky Penguin Cafe Orchestra's CDs are re-released to a new audience

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Whether you like it or not, it affects you too.
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is fast approaching. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," discovered that many of our cur...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Google Cooking, Griefer and other Neologisms - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Google Cooking is a new phrase - a neologism - born on the Internet. Listen to this short ThoughtCast program for a definition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy: Pay Per View Art
From: Dan Epstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cable TV marketing meets fine art

  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
The macabre imagery and dream world of Alu
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Singer-songwriter delves into dark and quirky places

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turn the Tradio Up
From: Rebecca Sheir
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An on-air garage sale where one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Thrash Unreal: An Interview With Punk Rockers Against Me!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Interview with punk rock band Against Me! about major labels, pirate radio, festivals, and much more!

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
"Leo speeds up when he sees a yard sale."(B)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Sometimes we look for secrets, sometimes the secrets find us.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 17:22
Life with Clyde
From: MAG group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
See what happens when a young girl develops a serious relationship with a correctional body cast.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2008
  • Length: 13:27
Unleavened Alaska: Passover in the Last Frontier
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
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When it comes to Passover, why is this state different from all other states?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 6
A Young American Writer Joins the March to Tibet: PART TWO
From: The Tibet Connection
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Part Two of Lex Pelger's adventures on the road with Tibetan monks

  • Added: Mar 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:35
The Weird Sisturs
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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The sisters from MacBeth are alive in the 21st Century and working freelance.

Bought by KUT and KUMM Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
A Young American Writer Joins the March to Tibet
From: The Tibet Connection
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An interview about courage, international friendship, and how to break INTO an Indian jail

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:20
In from the Cold
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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Two ice fishermen come 'In from the Cold' on Valentine's Day to a surprise.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 10:02
"Read all instructions first."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Arrange all materials within reach. Make yourself comfortable. Begin.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
"This is how the story was told to me." (V3.0)
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Travel. Adventure. Romance. Inexplicable narratives from the man in the window seat.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
"Pick up."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The light is flashing on your answering machine. Pick up.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 1
Leaplings and Lunar-cy: The Science of Leap Year
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?

Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Cult of Colin (Firth)
From: kitty felde
Caption: PRX default Piece image
confessions of a Colin Firth groupie

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Messiah Complex
From: Jodi Eichelberger
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Writer Jodi Eichelberger traces his Messiah Complex back to early childhood

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 20:45

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