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Jazz-O-Rama #7: "The Hutton Sisters"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hutton Sisters, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Marion & Betty Hutton.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 4
Weird News With Perry
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Weird News With Perry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Weird News Perry is a weekly segment about weird news

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: :16
Vet's Christmas Trees
From: Conor Bentley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a funny little story about my parent's Christmas Tree lot, told from my father's perspective.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
Hip Hanukkah Songs!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Enjoy this episode of Hanukkah songs you might not have heard that are definitely worth a listen!

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRPS, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Herbert Prince Simmons Rock'n'Roll Hairdresser
From: Xavier Altamirano
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Rock'n'Roll Hairdresser discusses his career and gives us a run through of his craft.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
Spooky Grooves
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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An entertaining radio show featuring songs related to Halloween!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:04:23
Slightly Funnier Than Placebo
From: Radio Rounds
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In one of the most entertaining episodes of Radio Rounds to date, hosts Lakshman Swamy and Yojan Patel speak with the one of a kind “ZDoggMD,” the ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
Whiskers and Small Spaces
From: Noelle O'Donnell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When Noelle was a kid, she was scared of facial hair. She’s never been able to figure out why or how she outgrew it, but it’s been a family joke si...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
Pre-K Jewelers
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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If you want to show your baby that you truly love them show it with diamonds

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: :52
COMEDY isn't Pretty to Hear!...this proves it!
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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So many of our guests want to tell TV to "get off their lawn." So we came up with this, just for the TV Industry

  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
The Live Feed Presents: The Comedy of Chris Hegedus
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This edition of The Live Feed features comedy from Chris Hegedus who headlined "The Big Bub's Comedy Show" in April 2011 - and has also performed a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 1
Whose Brain Is It??
From: The Drama Hour
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Whether you're alive or undead, "Whose Game Is It??" is the audience pleasing game show for the whole family! This fast-paced comedic piece is fun...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
Record Bin Roulette - Obsolete Technology
From: John Kessler
Caption: Dead Cassette, Credit: Moff/Flickr
A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities, this week obsolete technologies like the Theremin and the cassette tape are enjoying a res...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - The Long Hot Summer
From: John Kessler
Caption: Life's a Beach, Credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis
A weekly musical excavation of rarities, classics & oddities, this week it's songs about Summertime with Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Baz Luhrman ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 10
Tales from the South 005
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Lee Cowan goes for a walk in the woods with her furry children, Jillian Burgess returns to her small, childhood school with her own young boys, and...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/12/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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NEARLY WEIGHTLESS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuzzy Bunny is BACK!
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
Caption: www.fuzzybunnyradio.com, Credit: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Boogie-Woogie Pianist
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with world famous piano player, Ed Reinhart, who also masquerades as Earl Dixon and Rico Suave when he's in Ecuador.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Live Wire Episode 103 Encore (originally aired 1/30/10)
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Anis Mojgani
Some of our favorite Memorable Moments, including The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Christopher Moore, The Lonely Forest, Taylor Mali

  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 59:11
Fuzzy Bunny get all in your face for New Year's
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
Caption: www.fuzzybunnyradio.com, Credit: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Maine Event
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Several times a month, art dealer Rob Elowitch becomes Robbie Ellis, "America's Sexiest Sexagenarian Superstud," a legend in Maine's independent wr...

Bought by WMPG and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
Pirates Living in Unit 8T
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: Flickr Creative Commons, Credit: Alaskan Dude
As most of you know, a band of pirates has been occupying Unit 8T sicne last December, although the exact nature of their tenancy remains unclear.

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:15
Why 'The Devil Came Down To Georgia' Is a Stupid Song
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
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In which the author contemplates the many things about the classic Charlie Daniel's song that make no sense whatsoever.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
The Dead Celebrity Space Corps
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
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It sucks we lose so many talented people so young, perhaps they're not gone after all...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 09:18
I Think You Should Shut Up
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A grumpy & annoyed person person speaks into a microphone for one minute and fifty seconds.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2