PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: One of E. J. Belloqc's Storyville portraits.
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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This is a funny little story about my parent's Christmas Tree lot, told from my father's perspective.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
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The Mistakes of Monkey Jesus

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:32
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The Big Ending That Never Was...Yet

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: girl eating the Togolese staple food "pâte", Credit: Carla Seidl
Dessert? Some people have never even heard of it. This piece examines the cultural relativity of this sweet, after-meal food practice by contrastin...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
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When Noelle was a kid, she was scared of facial hair. She’s never been able to figure out why or how she outgrew it, but it’s been a family joke si...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Irrational Exuberance, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Arsenio Hall Effect

  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 07:10
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
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Since their rise with the release of the 1978 game Space Invaders, video arcades have evolved alongside home gaming systems.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 3
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A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
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Opening Remarks at the Metaphor Debate

  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:04
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The Culture War Fetal Position

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:47

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
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A Thanksgiving Prayer Regarding the Fall of Ronald Reagan

  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
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The military has reached PR honor overload. Simply put, they’re receiving too many slices of the honor pie and in the process the public is gettin...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:50
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On Sunscreen and Serial Killings

  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 07:41
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Dunes at Bowie, Credit: Joseph Moore
Fourteen-year-old Joseph takes you on a dirt-bike race through the Arizona desert dunes.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
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When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paul Revere by Copley
On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 2
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A comedic piece giving advice on how to follow up after your first interview.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Garbage is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about fuel sources. However, commentator Mark Blackmon says that where he...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:52