PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Will Rogers loved to travel, but he also loved to poke fun at his fellow tourists

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
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Marty Edwards wanted to go on a fun trip with his girlfriend. But Mother Nature had other plans.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 32:00
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I was hanging around down by the waterfront the other day ... keeping an eye on the harbor seals. Sometimes they leak, you know ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
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Marco always dreamed about traveling to faraway places. All his life, he had never been anywhere – unless you counted his grandmother's house, whi...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:42
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Duluthian Jocelyn Pihlaja reading her short story, "Nice Day for a White Wedding."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A third-degree sunburn, a friendly travel agent, and a walk on the not-so wild side.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
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Brian recounts the first summer in Alaska working the slime lines of a cannery and the time the Captain was drunk, the crew quit, and the ship's an...

Bought by KUT and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
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This week the Global Guru learns about the mural movement in Ajijic, Mexico, two generations after Diego Rivera's vision.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 2
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This week the Global Guru wades through tourist kitsch to find authentic aboriginal boomerangs.

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 3
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Tourism in Scotland leads Ian to ponder the value of slogans anywhere.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
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Taking a chicken obsession to new heights...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:56
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"Was this what it looked like? Had I been picked up? On iTunes, no less?"

Bought by PRX to iTunes, The PRX Podcast, PRX Lovesick Stream, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Jason Sheehan believes barbecue unites us, comforts us and is the only thing he can?t get enough of.

Bought by WEZU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11