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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
The Ambience of Ambien
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Can all our current woes be laid at the feet of Ambien? Ian wonders.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
Shakespeare's Garage Sale
From: Jule Gardner
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Sound Portrait of a Prop Sale

  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
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
Roz's Soapbox - Valentine's Day Shopping
From: Roslyn Allen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Businesses find new and ridiculous ways to cash in at Valentine's Day.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:14
High School Reunion
From: Roslyn Allen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Columnist Roz Allen suffers high school reunion angst - to go or not to go?

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
Roz's Soapbox - Seasonal Vertigo
From: Roslyn Allen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Time changes wreak hilarious havoc on our daily lives.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:49
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Bike Riding
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michael Eddy is excited for summer, because it means biking.

Bought by KSFR, KZSC, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Danny and Annie Perasa
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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OTB clerk Danny Perasa brought his wife Annie to the booth to reminisce about proposing to her on their first date more than 25 years ago.

Bought by WEZU, Troy Public Radio, PRX Remix, WITF, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 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
The St. Patrick's Day Parade, Dublin, 1965
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Irish in 1965 felt differently about St. Patrick's Day

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSQM 91.5 FM, Spokane Public Radio, KUT, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Miss Dumpy
From: jessica lockhart
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Recycling taken to the extreme, a beauty pagent at the town dump.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
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
Missed Connections
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Single commuters use mass transit for mass flirting

Bought by WKNO and GAUF


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Miss Subways Reunion
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Meet the ladies who won the bygone "Miss Subways" contest that ran from 1941 to 1976

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
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
See Me Feel Me Touch Me Shave Me
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Barbers are on the wane. Hell in handcart, etc.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:27
Cat Show
From: Aaron Henkin
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An audio tour through the Cat Fanciers' Association's Exotic Cat Show

Bought by PRX Remix, WMMT, KUT, KZSC, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 7