PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is th...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
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Pie Town, New Mexico: population 90. Over the past thirty years, this small town perched atop the continental divide has become a mecca for pie af...

Bought by KSFR and KUT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Khan's Parrot, Credit: Alex Stonehill
People come to fortunetellers for answers and entertainment, but not all fortunetellers use a crystal ball. In Karachi, Pakistan, one street vendor...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:49
Caption: Kyrgyzstani writer, Jamby Djusubalieva
On a cool October night, two dozen international writers were shuttled to Fort Madison, Iowa, home of the Tri-State Rodeo. They had come in search ...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:46
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About one minute of ambient noise from eight museums in four cities.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:24
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Alaska Traveler Meets Elvis in Skagway

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
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Diary of a circuitous cross-country road trip

  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 06:02
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Peter Mattox alone in the woods, contemplates wilderness in America.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:36
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11
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A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:00:00
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A documentary about the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, located near Saugatuck, Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 19:00