PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky
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There’s a little popcorn shop in the Nokomis neighborhood of south Minneapolis where you can get popcorn, banter, and half off double the normal pr...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 07:10
Kate complains about her sister and other people who are not prepared to do the one thing they have to do when they get to the head of a line.
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 03:29
Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:56
An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: :58
A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 05:14
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...
Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 04:28
- Purchases: 4
I don't suppose it would surprise anyone to find out the Cultural Curmudgeon is an insomniac. When a person takes on the troubles of the world, the...
- Added: Apr 06, 2014
- Length: 02:29
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 03:54
The Big Ending That Never Was...Yet
Bought by KUT
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 1
From: STephen ASma
Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai
- Added: Jun 24, 2012
- Length: 04:30
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 05:47
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 4
Taking a first job at an inner city non-profit can be horrifying. But there's a lot of perks too ...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 04:37
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 14, 2009
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 1
Another adventure in the life of our hairnet lady, who is this week trapped at Publix between surly lobsters and manly beers.
- Added: Feb 08, 2009
- Length: 03:03
Visitors to Jane Austen's museum are scattering cremains. Administrators there disapprove. So does Ian.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:05
A short rant about the nature of advertising
Bought by KMUN
- Added: Jun 29, 2008
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
You're locked in your bathroom. Who will save you?
- Added: Jun 19, 2008
- Length: 13:10
- Purchases: 5
Christmas Shoppers Alert: Beware of those popular personal audio players that are turning people into near-zombies living in their own electronica...
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 02:46
The World's Tackiest Catalog is getting too mainstream.
Bought by YouthCast
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
David Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here Gre...
- Added: Jun 18, 2006
- Length: 02:15