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Quick Queue: Tartan Day
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Marcheta Fornoff - Held April 6th of each year, Tartan Day is a celebration of the day the Declaration of Arbroath was signed and submitted to P...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
"My Brunch with A"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg read "My Brunch with A", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Wallace Shawn's birthday, the anniversary of "My Dinner with Andre", ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show (Full Hour)
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Sara Etgen-Baker reads
The full-hour version of our Annual Holiday Show. Also available in 2 29-minute segments.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Culture Queue 2-10-13: "Love is a Place"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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Valentines Day is like a double-edged sword. For some, it’s the best day of the year, while for others, it’s just another hallmark holiday. Well, t...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Charlie Brown Christmas
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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A Radio K Charlie Brown Christmas - By Noel Clark: The holidays are a time for creature comforts and family traditions. Whether that means trimming...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Quick Queue: Holiday Season
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Matt Curtis. Christmas is a time to gather with family and friends, give and receive presents, and often to avoid the radio - aside from Radio K...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:35
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Martin Ferguson on Tales from the South
It's our Annual 1-Hour Holiday Special, in two parts. Christmas memories by Mary Lester, Wetzel LaGrone, Sara Baker, Martin Ferguson, Ann Talman, a...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
Culture Queue 12-23-12: "A Charlie Brown Radio Play Christmas"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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It's the holidays, so that means food, television, and vacation. We here at Culture Queue are celebrating our winter break with a remastered versio...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 2
Vet's Christmas Trees
From: Conor Bentley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a funny little story about my parent's Christmas Tree lot, told from my father's perspective.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
Hip Hanukkah Songs!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Enjoy this episode of Hanukkah songs you might not have heard that are definitely worth a listen!

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRPS, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Spooky Grooves
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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An entertaining radio show featuring songs related to Halloween!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:04:23
Becky and Costumes
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
Dingmantics: A Rage Letter To Utah
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Distillations Episode 107: Medical Gross Out
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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This episode will have your skin crawling… literally. In honor of Halloween we bring you a show revealing a scarier (and squirmier) side of science.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 15:30
Distillations Episode 137: Cocktail Chemistry
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: A sunny burst of flavor! Photo of Buddha's Hand Citron Vodka by Erin Hall, courtesy of St. George Spirits.
Cheers! On today's episode of Distillations we belly up to the bar to learn about distilled spirits. Then we look ahead to the next morning to dete...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSJD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Scott Wall and Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall
From: StoryCorps
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Scott Wall and his wife, Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, talk about their long-distance courtship that began on New Year's Eve.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUER, WEZU, KRZA, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 10
Xmas Lights in Austin Texas
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece is a description of the best christmas light setups in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:23
The ROYGBIV Diet
From: Amanda Thieroff
Caption: BLUE DAY
My buddy Sean and I decided to embark on a challenge: the ROYGBIV diet - spending a week eating only one color of food per day, according to the co...

Bought by KUT, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Very Special Holiday Episode for People Who Don't Like Very Special Holiday Episodes. ( DEC. 2011 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This program is a "newsical" look at how "the holidays" affect our daily lives, our media...even journalism....told thru narration, music and actua...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:13
Our Lives on Holidays
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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On Temporal Naming Rights

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:36
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
The arrival of spring
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
Christmas With Grandma
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
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With Grandma, things start bad and get worse.

Bought by KTXK, KUER, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Christmas at the Large Hadron Collider
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Shutdown screen at Cern, Credit: Andy Duckworth
As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
Caption: Professor Mikey's Chill Christmas
Professor Mikey's annual holiday mixtape is a CHILL theme this year, with music from all genres providing a soundtrack for peace and fun.

Bought by KDUR, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KDUR, KHEN-LP, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 13