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How a cat travels from Texas to North Carolina to the Great Beyond. And then maybe back to North Carolina.
- Added: Nov 26, 2014
- Length: 13:06
Some guys are passionate about their pickup trucks. So I drove around and spoke with a few. Here's what they said.
- Added: Sep 29, 2014
- Length: 09:48
The word "gesture" isn't typically associated with sound; but verbal gestures have become a major part of the English language.
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 05:47
World Cup fever has infected the entire world... including Kolkata, India!
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 04:30
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 23, 2014
- Length: 01:27
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
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 01:41
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 30, 2014
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 1
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.
- Added: Apr 30, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 04:27
Jim Heath, a.k.a. the Reverend Horton Heat, and I chat about his latest LP, REV. This rocking mix of words and music produced for KVMR radio …
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 14:33
“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he might give journalism a good name,’’ says the author Carl Hiaasen. “He has a rare eye for marvelous detail, ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 27:21
- Purchases: 1
The average Joe's short answers of what heartbreak is, what it does and what it has to do with one man's video game.
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 01:26
Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 4
In 1985, Steve Lavigne quit his job to help a friend draw an indie comic book. He never imagined that those comics, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...
- Added: Dec 23, 2013
- Length: 06:38
By day, Alberto Denis is a quiet, unassuming man who dances professionally and works with computers. By night, he transforms into his alter-ego, Go...
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 04:28
Real talk: I’m not the biggest fan of San Francisco public transportation. So when I first heard of the alternative transportation network of priva...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:59
Dawn Burke talks to her husband, Don, about the rat sanctuary they’ve run out of their home for the past five years.
Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public
- Added: Oct 04, 2013
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 2
Tim Chartier has found a way to fuse his two great loves: math and mime. (It's a fusion that's almost as unlikely as wanting to do a radio story a...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Here and Now, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP and more
- Added: Aug 29, 2013
- Length: 10:54
- Purchases: 7
The MEEP! Show reviews gear from Source Audio.
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 28:35
Boaz Frankel toured the U.S. on 101 modes of transportation — everything except a car.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 1
Moving all your belongings by bike might sound crazy, but if enough people get involved, it can be both fun and efficient.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
It's called the Looplore Experiment and it's partially funded through Kickstarter donations. This weekend-long "camp" revolves around arts and craf...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 06:59
- Purchases: 2
A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 1
