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An Evening with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers recorded live at the Rialto Theater in Tucson Arizona in 2006

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Eat Cake
From: The Truth
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Can coconut cake + random phone calls = love? Find out, when these two Valentine's Day traditions collide.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WDCB, Troy Public Radio, WABE, KALW and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 14
International Talk Like a Pirate Day Vox Pop
From: Jennifer Ball
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I visited the wharfs in Portland, Maine to talk about ITLAPD.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
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
Damsel, Distressed
From: Eric Winick
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You're locked in your bathroom. Who will save you?

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUT, KUOW, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 5
Working From Home...what I did today
From: Cooper St. James
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What a normal day is like working from home

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
The Weird Sisturs
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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The sisters from MacBeth are alive in the 21st Century and working freelance.

Bought by KUT and KUMM Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
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
Sly Crooner Episode #4 Pretty Girls Charming Girls
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly learns an important lesson about how deep beauty goes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
When I Met Elvis
From: Pam Mandel
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Alaska Traveler Meets Elvis in Skagway

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
Say No to Christmas Zombies
From: Dick Meister
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Christmas Shoppers Alert: Beware of those popular personal audio players that are turning people into near-zombies living in their own electronica...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
Alaska in Da Bronx
From: Rebecca Sheir
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5,000 Alaskan tchotchkes can't be wrong.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
Television, sliced and diced
From: Merle Kessler
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Sony launches 5 minute versions of old tv shows on myspace. Why?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:13
The joys of bad motels.
From: Merle Kessler
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What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
Selling the US, One Inch at a Time
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a mere $3.95, you can own a piece of America.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
What Cheer? Brigade Plays Recess
From: Megan Hall
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Our best gig ever: What Cheer? Brigade marching band performs at local elementary schools

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Gist of It
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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Commercial parody for people who are too busy for books on tape - from Live Wire!, a live radio variety show.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
What is it with Women and Shoes?
From: Steve Zwick
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We hop on a pink Hummer and infiltrate the murky world of women and shoe parties. Our worst fears are confirmed!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
Importing Chicken Eggs from Key West...to Alaska
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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Taking a chicken obsession to new heights...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:56
A Rolling Stone Gathers No What?
From: Merle Kessler
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Intern at Rolling Stone doesn't know who Jann Wenner is. Consequences for America.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
Who R U?
From: Merle Kessler
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Who is the "You" in YouTube? You? Them? Me?

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
Offramp - Not Bad for a Fiasco
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KWMR and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 51:21
  • Purchases: 2
Offramp - Banana Pants
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KWMR and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 2
Offramp - Alimentary Watson
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KMXT, KWMR, and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 3
Turkey Hunting Tips
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3

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