PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Non-RomCom
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Molly Bernard
NON-ROMCOM features two short plays by young female playwrights. Both Patricia Cotter's RULES OF COMEDY and Chiara Atik's 52ND TO BOWERY TO COBBLE ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rat People of New York
From: Karen Robins
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Animals are easy to love - most of them. But it takes a special breed of human to fall for one particular type animal.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 08:18
Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer
From: Kara Janeczko
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
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
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Top Ramen
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
Revivalist Radio...on Stage
From: Daniel Gross
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It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Great Stephan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Steven Cornish loves magic. He goes by “The Great Stephan,” and he performs as a magician in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Bike Polo in Roosevelt Park
From: Shannon Geis
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Every Sunday in Roosevelt Park, a bunch of former bike messengers get together to play bike polo.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:08
Sly Crooner One Hour Christmas Special
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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A Damon Runyon Christmas story set to music.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, WDCV and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Thrash Unreal: An Interview With Punk Rockers Against Me!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Interview with punk rock band Against Me! about major labels, pirate radio, festivals, and much more!

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
Joe Jennings' Farm
From: Warren Black
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"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
Viva La Cobra! An Interview With Cobra Starship
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Interview with Ryland Blackinton of synth-rock band Cobra Starship about their upcoming album, Ryland's stints on TAI TV, the Honda Civic Tour, and...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
The joys of bad motels.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
Pulse Pool
From: Dan Trudeau
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of artists and engineers collaborate on a new kind of art exhibit

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
In The Bath
From: Sue Mell
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Vox Pop Collage of people's preferences for baths vs. showers

  • Added: Dec 23, 2006
  • Length: 04:35
Hog Chocolate
From: Kezia Simister
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A recipe for porcine treats

Bought by KRCC-FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Naked Truth
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visit the Richmond Saunas in Richmond Maine. Your clothing is optional.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
A Cook's Notebook: Turkey Stuffing Paul's Way
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My father says I should make stuffing his way or no way.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Sadie's Dinner Party
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
all the guests had something in common

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Cake Decorum
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Aileen decorates cakes like no other.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Um
From: paul overton
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The "cutting room floor" yields a musical montage.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:30
A Cook's Notebook: Bones
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
as a reconciliation to the beast - roast the bones

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
My Drug of Choice
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If steroids are outlawed, is coffee far behind?

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1