PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Just as his music career was heating up, Decio Rubano discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and was deported to Canada as a young man. He came to St...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:15
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Joe Bianco speaks with his son Peter Bianco about working together and carrying on the family business of tool sharpening in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
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Tracia and Patrick Kraemer met and fell in love at a resort just outside of New Orleans. The big difference in this love story? They met naked...at...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Kay Johnston Massar tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
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One of America's most bizarre food battles

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel in their home in Southbury, Conn., Credit: Alletta Cooper
In 1964, Yetta Bronstein, a woman who never existed, ran for President of the United States. Her creators tell the story behind the fake candidate.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Rita Fischer (90) and Jay Fischer (65) recall the moment that Jay came out as gay.

Bought by WEZU, Public Radio for All, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman and producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, New Orleans...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
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Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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A show about songs and stories about songs. There is brave singing. There is blood and guitar solos. It’s an hour of music you’re sure to love and ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 30:40
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
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A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
Caption: Paleontologist Paul Sereno
Why do dinosaurs ignite our imaginations and why do we have so many misconceptions about them? In this episode, Gabriel Spitzer tackles those quest...

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 2
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Gene Turpin created one of the first haunted houses in Indianapolis and also provided her family and community with an amazing and memorable tradit...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUT


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us for a conversation with Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marcia Daniel. We talk about a day in the life and how anyone can beat ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
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It's not often one gets to speak with best in the world athletes, but we lucked out here on The Mikie Show. Show eleven features an interview with ...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 2
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A very interesting discussion with Skylar Kahn, certified master grapho-analyst and forensic document examiner. In other words, a handwriting analy...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Holy cow they ordered another show. Our first adventure: let's learn about gardening in the desert! Very different. Our friends Meanie the Clown an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Do Ghost, UFO's and Bigfoot exist...and do you believe it?

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
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San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
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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