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Folktale of Thievery
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Thievery, Credit: Julia Meek
As they say in Cambodia: "Stealing may bring profits, but hanging costs far more", so lock the door & hang on to your wallets--this week, we're cha...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
10: Rhythm Discovery
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Artsy Fartsy Show Antislam Melting Pot 4-10-2012
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
Caption: Rev Jen Guest Co-Host the Artsy Fartsy Show
This week’s program is a collaboration of two terrific NYC Slam establishments. The Anti-Slam and The Melting Pot. The studio will be filled to the...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 51:36
Herbert Prince Simmons Rock'n'Roll Hairdresser
From: Xavier Altamirano
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Rock'n'Roll Hairdresser discusses his career and gives us a run through of his craft.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
02: Foley Follies
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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You might not know what foley is, but you know what it sounds like.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "Mayor of the Universe" - Author Lorna Landvik talks with Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
Comedy in Current Events
From: Radio K
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The Brave New Workshop has helped launch the careers of humorists such as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the first head writers for Saturday Night Live...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
Whitey's Rules
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Residents of a quiet Santa Monica apartment building remember their neighbor, Charlie -- also known as notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" B...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
Sounds Familiar #6: Series in Decline
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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It's happened again. Your favorite TV show is beginning to lose its appeal. Now the shark has been jumped, and there's no going back. Now what?

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming
From: Astoria Sojourner
Series: Handmade Radio
Caption: Sedona, AZ, Credit: http://thepuffingtonhost.com/arizona-to-issue-licenses-for-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/gorgeous-sedona-arizona-sunset/
This is the premiere episode of Virtually Everything is Handmade Radio. Stori Sojourner shares the inner workings of her being: From SF to Small To...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
From Primate to Prosperity: or, What Koga the Gorilla Can Teach Buffalo About Thinking Outside the Box
From: Blake Cooper
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Koga the gorilla made an international splash after this week's escape attempt from the Buffalo Zoo. Could this be the unlikely path to prosperity ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:23
Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Christian Lite
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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The lighter side of Christianity from Nunsense, Altar Boyz, and more

Bought by KZUM, GCR (Global Community Radio), 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
Clever Apes: Secret lives of nuclear scientists
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Galen Green discussing The Outsiders
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, written and performed for The Bushwick Book Club Seattle's mont...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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 Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Bucket of Honey discussing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Bucket of Honey, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Annie Jantzer and Nate Bogopolsky of Bucket of Honey discuss their approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Step Right Up!
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Big Apple and Ringling Bros. are two of the few remaining travelling circuses left in the country. Elliot Majerczyk spoke with a man who teache...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 157
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Blind Pilot, Credit: Jennie Baker
Musical guests Blind Pilot, Radio host Adam Klugman, Poetic force of nature Anis Mojgani.

Bought by KUOW and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Finding the Muse
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Jazz Fest 2011
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At last weekend's 41st Annual Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lauren Peterson spoke with a member of the Muses, an all-female...

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
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From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/16/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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FOUR ARE NEEDED...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
All You Need is (Gum On) a Wall
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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A monster grows while attracting tourists in downtown Seattle.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2

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