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Timothy Thompson Gives Historical Markers an Update
From: John Tynan
Caption: Historical marker describing the drain pipe installed by Vernon Villareal, Credit: John Tynan
Baltimore-based sculptor Timothy Thompson's take on the Historical Markers we see along roads and beside old buildings has an unintended effect in ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
Bay Area bands tackle tour on two wheels
From: KALW
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Two Bay Area bands, Rupa and the April Fishes and Shake Your Peace, prepare to kick off a 10-day, 200-mile bike tour.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
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
IBRT Season 1, Episode 4; 'QICE: The Pilot' & 'QICE: Waiting for Ruddleman'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laug...

Bought by KRUA and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
LA’s Secret Headquarters
From: TurnStyle
Series: The Funnybook Business
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I’d heard of Silver Lake’s Secret Headquarters long before I’d ever set foot in the shop. A friend had described it as a “victorian drawing room fi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Making a wrong turn on the way to Wonderland
From: KALW
Caption: Karen Anne Light and Edna Barron attempt to put on a mimed performance of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”
Some stories pop up time and time again, in books, movies, and cartoons. Like the one about a little girl who discovered a very colorful world... ...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 4
The Cries of San Francisco: Artists celebrate the call of the street peddler
From: KALW
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Last Saturday, June 11, 70 artists gathered in downtown San Francisco to call, cry, sell, barter, and gift items ranging from love poems to insect ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
AWKward...!
From: City High Radio
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City High School junior Makele asks people, what makes something awkward? What IS awkward? And the answers she gets are, well, kind of awkward.

  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
The arrival of spring
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
Are you listening? A new sound installation gets inside your head
From: KALW
Caption: The "Are We There Yet?" sound installation will be at the Contemporary Jewish Museum through July 31
Consider a snail without a shell. Is it still a snail? I think its a slug. Luckily, this isn’t a quiz ... it’s from a new art installation at the ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 2
He Always Gets the Last Word In
From: Dan Gordon
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In 1919 his grandfather founded Maine Memorial Company in South Portland and the business has been in the family ever since. Paul used to be a ban...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 2
A philanthropic walk across the United States
From: KALW
Caption: Jonathan Stalls and his dog arrive at Ocean Beach at the end of his walk across the U.S., Credit: Photo courtesy of Jonathan Stalls
Jonathan Stalls is a pretty typical young American. Nice guy. Loves his family, his friends, his country. You’ll learn more about all that later. F...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:31
From the National Press Club with Tony Horton
From: National Press Club
Caption: Tony Horton, Credit: NPC
Physical trainer Tony Horton, who advises everyone from entertainers to the U.S. military, leads Press Club members and guests through some exercises.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Parrot Fortune Teller
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
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
Has thank you lost its meaning?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: Sook Yin Lee
We all say "thank you" a lot. We thank people for holding doors open for us. We thank the person who hands us our morning coffee. We thank the c...

Bought by WRNC-LP, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
30 Years of New Orleans Music: Tipitinas 30th anniversary
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
5:50 piece about Tipitinas 30th anniversary

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
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
BP
From: David Berner
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Taking blood pressure measurements becomes a family tradition in mortality.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 07:01
  • 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
The Glorious Youth Parade
From: Valerie Lapinski
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the Glorious Youth Parade, a fledgling band in Sitka, AK

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
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