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"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
11 Things Music Can Do
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week's Rock School show was basically already done for us! Since Dr. Burns is such a fan of the random, interesting, and amazing facts magazin...

Bought by WMTNradio, KPVL, and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
False Ending
From: The Truth
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A satire within an enigma within a film within a radio story.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 17:44
  • Purchases: 2
2013 Anniversaries Show #1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The first two shows of the year on Rock School are all about Anniversaries. We'll be hitting up some songs and events from 60-50-40-30.... years ag...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • 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
A Duck’s Worth of Existential Dread
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Uncle Jack and Donald

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Make 'Em Laugh
From: Sharif Youssef
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A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
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
Bemidji Loves Paul Bunyan
From: Susan Gray
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The tales of Paul Bunyan and his friends have captivated Minnesotans for over 100 years. Statutes of the lumberjack can be found in the towns of A...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
Apocalypse Then
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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The Big Ending That Never Was...Yet

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
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
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Buck, Naked
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 7
The Dental Conversation Restriction Initiative
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Black Paint, Cool Cars and Root Canals

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
The Stress Test: Or another piece of my heart now, baby
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
Duck and Cover
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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The Culture War Fetal Position

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
Um Track: Gerard Cosloy
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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An Um Track piece is all the filler words (um, uh, etc.) by an interviewee in a Youth Spin Interview mashed together into a beautiful sound collage...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:07
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 Blessing of Coffee
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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How an Exaggerated Immune Response Gave Me Heaven

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:40
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
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
Road Trips: Emily
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Emily plans an elaborate road trip to entice the man of her dreams into falling in love with her.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1

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