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White Elephants, Cuss Boxes and Cheating Jerry Lewis
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: comedian Jan Talks backyard carnivals
Summer carnivals were all the rage in the 1960s and us kids loved to put them on. Do you remember those? Did you run one?

  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:06
Band Fan Bases
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames ...

Bought by WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Non-RomCom
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Molly Bernard
NON-ROMCOM features two short plays by young female playwrights. Both Patricia Cotter's RULES OF COMEDY and Chiara Atik's 52ND TO BOWERY TO COBBLE ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO ROBIN HIRSCH
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Robin Hirsch is the owner of The Cornelia Street Cafe, a venerable Greenwich Village institution that the city has proclaimed to be a "culinary and...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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Lots of singers are good at keeping time. This week I'm featuring about a dozen singers who were also great at doing time. They not only made recor...

Bought by WTJU and WMNR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
What is a knickerbocker?
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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Review of 3 beers from Blue Pants Brewery

  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 18:18
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
IBRT Season 1, Episode 4; 'QICE: The Pilot' & 'QICE: Waiting for Ruddleman'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laug...

Bought by KRUA and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
Redhead Tales
From: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Caption: Redheads share the love in Sammamish, Wash., Credit: Anne Lindsay Photography
Every redhead has a story to tell. Maybe it's the time someone cut a piece of their hair to take it to their stylist, or the crazy nickname they go...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:36
The Great Stephan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Steven Cornish loves magic. He goes by “The Great Stephan,” and he performs as a magician in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
BP
From: David Berner
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Taking blood pressure measurements becomes a family tradition in mortality.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
The joys of bad motels.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
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