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The Needle Drop: 09-04-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Interpol; plus, one of the most upbeat albums I've heard all year.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 6
Storefront Library
From: Mark Saldaña
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In Boston's densest neighborhood, the Chinatown Storefront Library converted a vacant commercial space into a thriving community center. And then i...

Bought by XRAY.fm and YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
Freaks Like Us
From: Briana O'Higgins
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The 21st century sees a revival in the freak shows of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and WILL


  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
  • Purchases: 3
Great Big Woman
From: Briana O'Higgins
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Fat Dance?!

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
My Lady Norelco
From: Briana O'Higgins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two women take a stand against their razors.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:18
A Young Birder's Field Guide
From: Gretta Cohn
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Luke Seitz is a 14-year-old birder with a lot on his mind- life lists, nemesis birds, and how to balance his secret passion with the confusing worl...

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Tree Body: Radio Ephemera submission
From: Alix Blair
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my submission to Third Coast Festival's public audio challenge

  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:46
Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow
From: Stephanie Coleman
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An audio portrait of a homegrown fiddling master

  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 12:56
Peace.
From: Jenna Hammerich
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When you're raised by hippies, anything goes.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK-audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: Earshot!
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Review of audiobook I Feel Bad About My Neck

  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
An appetizer hunt
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Andrew Aquino has discovered a great way to pass time with friends, an appetizer hunt.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Conversation Brian Wansink about his bestseller "Mindless Eating."
From: Out of Bounds
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Amusing, entertaining and informative conversation with Cornell Food and Brand Lab Director BRIAN WANSINK, with a focus on his bestselling book, "M...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Peanut Butter Sandwich for Sylvia
From: Bria Dolnick
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The surprising wonder of routine in the making of a peanut butter sandwich

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Corinne Colbert
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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In an age of bigger, faster, better, listener Corinne Colbert believes in settling for what you have.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KISU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Landscapes in my mind
From: Kezia Simister
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Diary of a circuitous cross-country road trip

  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 06:02
The Meaning of Morels
From: Randall Osborne
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an essay on the elusive mushroom, my mother and me

  • Added: Jul 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
"I could tell you stories, but I don't think you want to hear them."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Imagine yourself in a bar, the sort of old fashioned place with dark wood and red leather booths and the ghosts of a million cigarettes. You order...

Bought by KUNM and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 18:17
  • Purchases: 2
They Lied
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Born in Poland, Joanna Pittner thought she was only visiting America for a vacation.

Bought by WERU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Danny and Annie Perasa
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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OTB clerk Danny Perasa brought his wife Annie to the booth to reminisce about proposing to her on their first date more than 25 years ago.

Bought by WEZU, Troy Public Radio, PRX Remix, WITF, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 10
A Cook's Notebook: Liver Treats
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What to cook for an old friend

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
And Van Der Waals Said
From: Steven Tagle
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A poem that relates chemistry to relationships.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:22
The History of My Names
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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An exploration of the power of names and identity

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1