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Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/19/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WE ARE GIVEN ONE AT BIRTH...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/12/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A PATCH IS KNIT...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/5/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IT PLANTS ITS FEET...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Mushroom Fever
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The tireless search for edible mushrooms.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
The 2009 Boston Handbell Festival
From: Jackson Braider
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On May 19, 100 handbell ringers will descend on Old South Church in Boston. Independent producer Jackson Braider offers the skinny on what listener...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT-HD


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
OTL: The Obama Mobile
From: OTL HQ
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President-elect Barack Obama's old Dodge Neon

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:47
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
Fernwood: Acoustic Americana world chamber music
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Fernwood mixes Americana sounds with Appalachian strings, along with bouzoukis from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
International Talk Like a Pirate Day Vox Pop
From: Jennifer Ball
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I visited the wharfs in Portland, Maine to talk about ITLAPD.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
Simon Jeffes and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Still endearing after 20 years, the quirky Penguin Cafe Orchestra's CDs are re-released to a new audience

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Origins of Rock -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
The macabre imagery and dream world of Alu
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Singer-songwriter delves into dark and quirky places

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Venice Beach Freak Show
From: Briana O'Higgins
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A look into the contemporary Freak Show

Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
Novice Haunters: Our Type of Shopping
From: Glenn McKnight
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A story of two friends who are amateur home haunters from Michigan

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
Turn the Tradio Up
From: Rebecca Sheir
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An on-air garage sale where one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Ballroom Redux
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 21:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Cult of Colin (Firth)
From: kitty felde
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confessions of a Colin Firth groupie

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
There's Always Big Fun and Laughs at the Comic Con
From: Zak Rosen
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A comic-book version of the comic-book artist, Marty Hirchak takes the reader/listener on a tour of the "Comic Con" circuit.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
Are There Any More Rare, Plastic Ponies?
From: Julie Shapiro
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An unknown pastime to most, competitive model horse collecting is a serious passion for girls and women of all ages. But why?

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 3
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - full 44:00 version "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a public radio parody program. The full 44:00 version of our premiere LP, "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."

  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 43:59
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - 26:05 version "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a public radio parody program. A 26:05 version of our premiere LP, "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Columbarium: Ashes to Ampitheater
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
The Beat Goes On #102: "Jukebox Jamboree"
From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On
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Great songs about the jukebox from a wide variety of musical genres.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
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