PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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An episode that discusses the “neverendingness” of it all - a phrase spell-check does not recognize, but one you may have experienced if you ever f...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:06
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Amy pulled out all the stops for this shenanigan filled episode. Don't be an April's Fool like Trace.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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
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Discussions with authors Megan Miranda ("Such a Quiet Place") and Emily Henry ("People We Meet on Vacation").

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Seventy five yar old Lynn tells the story of her Game Boy addiction

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
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The stages of grief in the context of house hunting

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 10:56
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Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Who says classical music needs to be stuffy? This week, music with a sense of humor.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
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Thriller writer Lisa Scottoline talks with Michigan Radio producer Cynthia Canty.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
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Interviews with native comedians Adrianne Chalepah, Tonia Jo Hall, and Deanna Mad.

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Some of Doris Kelly's handmade cards.
In the early 1930s, a boy played a prank on a girl. The girl, Doris Kelly Hall, swore revenge. What followed was over 70 years of harassing limeric...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2018
  • Length: 21:29
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On this episode of The Live Feed we talk with Minnesota based comedian Maggie Ferris. She tells us what its like to be a female comedian, a dog wal...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 40:20
Caption: Bridgitte in Downtown Tucson, Credit: Piamedea photography
Bridgitte’s back with her 10th episode.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 19:00
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In a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting the narrative. In a radio musical, a narrative springs up interrupting the music. Okay, s...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 43:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: wine drinking millennial
Our Millennial Wine Panel members discuss female millennial-centered wine marketing efforts. We also get into the Mailbag & Wine News. A jovial &...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Sophie May grew up in Alaska, spending lots of time outside. But when it came time to explore the wilderness as an adult, she found out she had mor...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 4
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What happens when someone does something to their house that stands out in the neighborhood? Lucia Duncan, from Somerville, Massachusetts, went to ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
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Have some chuckles as Amy Poehler reads from her new book, Yes Please. Another example of our daily 100-second compelling readings you don't want y...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Sondra Celli discusses a dress design with Carol, Credit: Sondra Celli
Turn on the television at any hour, and you're bound to find a reality television show on. Many of these shows feature businesses - there are shows...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:39
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Women's Words featuring Esther Hoffmann, a poet from Mankato, Minnesota, reading her poem "When God Was My Boyfriend."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Ann Possis had the chance to speak with best-selling Minnesota author Lorna Landvik recently about her new book, "Best to Laugh." It's loos...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:38
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Bill and Becca have been together for 10 years. And, between the 2 of them, they’ve since had over 30 other partners. It’s no secret. They’re polya...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2014
  • Length: 07:40
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
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27