PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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My friend Renee D. Carter doesn't believe in free will ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:06
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My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a robotic flying birdcage ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:18
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I got a letter the other day. It was addressed 'To my future self:' ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
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My friend Flora Caprifolia is a junior vice president of marketing ploys ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:39
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It was still dark when I woke up this morning ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:57
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My friend Manny Dexter invented a new hand gesture ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
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My friend Vern Acular and I were out tramping through the snow on Wild Side ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:41
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My friend Roy Stout likes to be prepared for anything that could possibly happen ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:16
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The snow was still coming down when I piled into Elmer's Cafe ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:50
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Life in the Age of Leisure

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KALW, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 4
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I walked into Elmer's Cafe just in time to hear Elmer say “that doesn't make any sense!” ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
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Elmer started it. But that's no surprise – Elmer usually starts it ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:43
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Jessica was 12 years old when she realized she had magical powers. She could make birds fly simply by waving her arms ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:09
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Vern Acular and I were hiking out on Wild Side the other day. We were looking for escaped balloon animals ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"I hope I remembered to put away the elephant ..."

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:31
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Bernie Sanders, The Duggars, FIFA, and The Kochs get us almost as upset as deleted scenes from Star Wars. Listen to our pain.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 57:57
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Too Much is Not Enough is the first in an ongoing series of short stories in 500 words or fewer ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:57
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A sound-rich short story of transcendence set in a central Nevada miner bar.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
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A surreal and sound rich short story about the quest for fulfillment.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 10:53
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October is full of ghosts, but in our show we will not be talking about little kids who wear white sheets.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2