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Is One Kidney More Than Enough?
From: Patricia Raymond MD
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Laughter really IS the best medicine! The 2-minute health interstitial your station has needed!

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Hypnotherapy Really Can Help You Quit Smoking!
From: Patricia Raymond MD
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Laughter really IS the best medicine! The 2-minute health interstitial your station has needed!

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Cranberry Juice & Urinary Tract Infections: Is more better? You bet!
From: Patricia Raymond MD
Caption: YourHealthChoice Radio
Laughter really IS the best medicine! The 2-minute health interstitial your station has needed!

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Camels, Dirty Cookies, and No Sex in The City: An Interview With Elna Baker
From: SexReally
Series: SexReally Show
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If there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s how to be herself...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 19, Marcia
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a conversation with Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marcia Daniel. We talk about a day in the life and how anyone can beat ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
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
Proud to be a Nerd
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
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
Hip Replacement by Kerry Gildea Beck
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
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A short comedy about aging rock stars.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCBE, KUNM, KUPR low power FM, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 6
Not Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The tale of a Dunkin Donuts, an armed robbery, and a high school girl I wanted to throw sugar packets at. The author almost loses his jelly.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KUT, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
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
My Side of the Story: The YMCA
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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I am offended by the foul odor which emanates from this stinking sweat-factory!

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Glass and Metal
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A fiction piece about being stuck in traffic in Boston, recorded in a read-along record style for no apparent reason.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Unknown Stars of Open Mic Night
From: Claire Franjola
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Performers at the Gulu-Gulu Café Open Mic Night in Salem, MA

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: 05:03
Looking for Love
From: Angela Regas
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In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 6
Global Guru - Holland's Peculiar Curses
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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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
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru-Mexico's Murals
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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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
Global Guru - Aboriginal Boomerangs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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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
The Mikie Show #11 Dimitri & Girts
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It's not often one gets to speak with best in the world athletes, but we lucked out here on The Mikie Show. Show eleven features an interview with ...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 2
Life as a small town reporter
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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The road to writing a best seller has to start somewhere.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Listoff, Episode 5
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Listoff
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AMENITIES FOUND AT THE WORLD'S ONLY 10-STAR HOTEL

  • Added: Dec 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:35
On the frontlines of the non-profit world
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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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

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