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"What's your opinion of memory?"
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Have you ever been crossing the street and felt the hand of memory close around the back of your head?

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
"I asked her to sing a song."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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First comes trust. Then comes control.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 2
"What do you want me to tell you?"
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The interview was just a formality, but the results were highly unexpected.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 1
"I could tell you stories, but I don't think you want to hear them."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Imagine yourself in a bar, the sort of old fashioned place with dark wood and red leather booths and the ghosts of a million cigarettes. You order...

Bought by KUNM and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 18:17
  • Purchases: 2
"This is how the story was told to me."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Feel free to get up and move about the cabin...or you might want to pay attention to the man in the window seat next to you; he has a story he'd li...

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
"What I'd like you to do is behave more like a husband."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Two women, with two very different outlooks. They both would like your attention. Frankly, they demand your attention.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
"He did not drop the glass."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Sometimes the most trivial of accidents can devide our lives into before and after.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
"I defended you."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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You're at a party. There's a conversation going on behind you. You really shouldn't be listening. Really.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Jersey Girl
From: WFUV
Series: End of the Year with Ginger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
WFUV's Assistant General Manager Ginger Calder puts her "New Jersey know-how" to use managing WFUV's budget.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:08
And That's Waterproof!
From: WFUV
Series: End of the Year with Ginger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
WFUV's Assistant General Manager Ginger Calder talks about how she handles the station's money.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :55
The Squirrel Part of It
From: WFUV
Series: End of the Year with Ginger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
WFUV's Assistant General Manager Ginger Calder talks about the best part of her job.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :57
The Phantom of Crestwood
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A recounting of a partly imagined, partly remembered cinematic thriller.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :41
They Made a Movie Out of This
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A recounting of an imagined sci-fi/pre-historic movie.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
Vampire
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A stream-of-consciousness recitation of facts from an imagined horror film including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, with spooky music followed by a ra...

Bought by WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Administrator and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
Saddle Kate, She Cried
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The recounting of an imagined classic Western movie

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
The Trouble with Harry (Nilsson)
From: Jackson Braider
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Harry Nilsson: The Beatles called him their favorite group, and though he died 12 years ago, there's resurging interest in the artist and his work.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 06, 2006
  • Length: 11:08
  • Purchases: 1
Austin Life
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Austin youth Mikaela Thomas talks about why she loves living in Austin, Texas, and what makes it unique.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
The Young Marquis' Howlin' House Party! Show #3
From: J.J. Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Theatre-of-the-mind radio. Blue-collar rock 'n' roll! Not the usual.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 1
Destination 64 N by 150 W
From: Ashley Gross
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Getting caught up in a worldwide quest to visit random spots on the planet

  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:00
An Evening of 75 Laughs with Jonathan Katz
From: Jonathan Katz
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An hour of live comedy with Jonathan Katz and Friends, recorded at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Bought by KUCB, WGBH Radio Boston, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 05, 2006
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
The New New Las Vegas
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
I Liked Diamond When Diamond Wasn't Cool
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Secret Neil Diamond fans unite -- finally Diamond is cool!!

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
Adventures in M.U.K. - The Melbourne Ukulele Kollective
From: AMRAP: Australia
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A delightful look at a unique and unusual Australian music scene.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 09:11
The Wire Episode 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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The digital revolution in music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 16
The Wire Episode 5: The Sound Around
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode five of The Wire, this show explores the overwhelming presence of music in our day-to-day lives.

Bought by KUOW, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 13

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