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David Mayfield Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: David Mayfield Parade, Good Man Down, Credit: Official Album Cover
David Mayfield grew up in his family's bluegrass gospel band, touring the Midwest in their bus and feeling the weight of earning a livelihood from ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Leaving Los Angeles
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: Leaving Los Angeles, Credit: Alison Byrne
Personal Essay on working odd jobs to get by in Los Angeles, trying to find creative and fulfilling work, getting older, and, finally, leaving Holl...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 2
For the Love of Bees
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti goes to "bee school" to learn what's new in the 4,000 year old hobby of beekeeping.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 21:46
  • Purchases: 2
Country Fried Rock Interviews JD Wilkes of The Dirt Daubers
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo from the Dirt Daubers
JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers went electric on Wild Moon, and if you only knew their old time acoustic debut, Wake Up Sinners, and have not seen the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KKRN, and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Martin Ferguson on Tales from the South
It's our Annual 1-Hour Holiday Special, in two parts. Christmas memories by Mary Lester, Wetzel LaGrone, Sara Baker, Martin Ferguson, Ann Talman, a...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Tales from the South 079: The Teen Years
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Casa Rico
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
Paddling
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how paddling is still alive and well in the South. Ouch! Behave!

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • 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
Life with Clyde
From: MAG group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
See what happens when a young girl develops a serious relationship with a correctional body cast.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2008
  • Length: 13:27
Insomnia
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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During the day, Michael White works at the concession booth, handing out popcorn and candy at the movie theatre. But when night comes, he cannot sl...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KCRW, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
Ringo Starr "Liverpool 8" One-Hour Radio Special
From: Nicole Haldeman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This radio special celebrates the release of Ringo Starr's new studio album "Liverpool 8" as Ringo shares his thoughts on the album, plays songs fr...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2008
  • Length: 55:10
Undatable in the Country
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Undatable
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How do you find love in the sticks?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Undatable in the City
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Undatable
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Searching for Love in Face of Cancer

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Wonderful Life
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tale of a happy childhood, thinking like a cowboy and making inventions.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
Heather the Seamstress
From: KUOW
Series: Spring 2006 Fundraising Spots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"It just takes time. It's the art of radio and telling stories."

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, & Music 1:11
From: Aaron Sanders
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poems by Naomi Ayala, Amanda Cagle, Jacob Overdurff, Taylor Mali, Chris Anderson, Pit Pinegar, Annarose Fitzgerald, Aaron Mushengyezi, and Jennifer...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Fraud Pie
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
and she thought it was homemade...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Lost at Sea: One VW Microbus
From: Jackson Braider
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How my parents managed to create a navigational obstacle in Dublin Bay

Bought by PRX Remix and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2004
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
Invisible Ink: Burn
From: Roman Mars
Series: Invisible Ink: Series #1
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Stories from the zine "Burn Collector" and "Why Things Burn": breaking up, dating Marilyn Monroe, and the awesome power of Journey.

Bought by KTNA, KVNF, Audible, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6