PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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People often depict scientists as coldly rational. Physicist Michael Salamon takes issue with that. He explains how Walt Whitman misunderstood th...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 8
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At the age of 80, internationally know sculptor David Hostetler, has no intention of sitting back and taking it easy. He says, for him, art is not ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
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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
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In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
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Adrian Boyes profiles Nancy Buirski, founder of the Full Frame Documentary Festival

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Learn how the giant puppets that lead New York City's Village Halloween parade are constructed.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:18
Caption: Inside Technology
Melding art and technology to creat emusical robots

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:33
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Sound Portrait of a Prop Sale

  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
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What is scarier than shrunken heads, dancing iguanas and King Tut? Cheryl-Anne Millsap thinks it might be The Rolling Stones 2005 concert tour.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:14
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The "cutting room floor" yields a musical montage.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:30
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The strange life and haunting work of outside artist Achilles Rizzoli.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at honesty in relationships. Is the truth of the moment sufficient?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Feature about the creation of an art installation

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
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You might say producer Stacy Bond -- who grew up in Texas -- wears make-up religiously...especially lipstick.

Bought by The PRX Podcast and Public Radio East


  • Added: Jan 16, 2005
  • Length: 09:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Short List

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 25, 2004
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 1
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A documentary about the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, located near Saugatuck, Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 19:00
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An interview with David Wilson, the creator and curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 13:23
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An interview with clown, accordion player & medal award winning unicyclist Bartek Soroczynski about his experiences while traveling with Cirque E...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 10:09