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Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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Discussion and rating of products from the Nashville Whiskey Festival 2013

  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:12:57
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An introduction to styles of Sour Beers

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 35:49
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Our Best of 2012 of Sips, Suds, & Smokes

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 40:46
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A blind tasting and review of 14 Stout beer and the history of Stout beer

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 31:54
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A review of Ellicottville Brewing Company Mow Master Ultra Pale Ale Plus tales of naked people, ugly people, and flaming pets

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 20:59
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Review of 3 beers from Blue Pants Brewery

  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 18:18

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:55
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Two teenagers ask their schoolmates about their most embarrassing moments.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:08
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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
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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
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City High School junior Makele asks people, what makes something awkward? What IS awkward? And the answers she gets are, well, kind of awkward.

  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
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Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
Caption: The "Are We There Yet?" sound installation will be at the Contemporary Jewish Museum through July 31
Consider a snail without a shell. Is it still a snail? I think its a slug. Luckily, this isn’t a quiz ... it’s from a new art installation at the ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kaleidoscope, Credit: FooNar
The Detroit “Knights” take to the jousting field. It's a marvelously humorous baseball yarn set in jolly ole England.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 48:06
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
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Historian and blogger Pam Epstein why 19th century Americans turned to the personals.

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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Another adventure in the life of our hairnet lady, who is this week trapped at Publix between surly lobsters and manly beers.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:03
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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
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What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
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The story behind the word "bombast"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
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The story behind the word "tributary"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:19