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The Pigeon Race
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pigeon racers across New England get out their lawn chairs and wait for their birds. The flocks are released 150 miles away from home. The pigeons ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Fuzzy Bunny. The wait is over! Or is it?
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
Caption: www.fuzzybunnyradio.com, Credit: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
After recently trolling Nashville for inspiration to no avail, Capt. Elroy T. Cuddlepants suggested this weeks show should be about anticipation.

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:56:53
  • Purchases: 1
Witness to Surrender
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Japanese Surrender, Credit: Marion Doss
A fictional account of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 46:57
Commentator Aaron Brown on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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School is like what the postal worker Newman from 'Seinfeld' said, "the mail just keeps coming."

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
Searching for GEES (spirit) in the townships - A White South African confronts his fears to enjoy the World Cup in Unity
From: YENZA
Series: WORLD CUP ROOTS
Caption: Guy with his vuvuzela at Mzolis, Credit: Photo by Czerina Patel - Copyright Czerina Patel 2010
This weekend, Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday. South Africa will celebrate his legacy which includes his role in helping to bring the r...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
The Dead Celebrity Space Corps
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
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It sucks we lose so many talented people so young, perhaps they're not gone after all...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 09:18
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/6/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I HAVE TWO LEGS, I WEAR A BELT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cool Hand Luke Scenes Re-mixed "NIght in The Box"
From: Cooper St. James
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Taking scenes from the Paul Newman classic Cool Hand Luke and mixed with my own grooves.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Encounters Elk
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Hear the fall bugling of Elk in the North country

Bought by KMXT, KDUR, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
2 Minute Film Noir
From: ZBS FOUNDATION
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A compilation of a bunch of short 2 Minute Film Noir audio stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 53:03
  • Purchases: 3
Manufacturing Melodies
From: Zak Rosen
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A sound-rich profile of Frank Pahl, a Wyandotte, Michigan based musician and toy instrument builder.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WILL, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 5
Not a Good Combo: Beer and Monkeys in the Phillipines
From: Brad Horn
Series: The 90-second vox pop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A good example of why you should stay away from chained-up monkeys in the Third World.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:50
Save the Endangered Didgeridoo
From: Vermont Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A musician explains why the didgeridoo is special and how it saved his life.

Bought by WABE, KUT, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Govern the Ganglia
From: Ken Cormier
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A found poem of sorts...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
Five Stories Chronicling the Wisdom of Items Found in a Convenience Store
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
Caption: www.williamhrdina.com
A series of 5 very short stories from the POV of soda, water, corn chips, cigarettes, and a can of potted meat

  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 09:18
When I Used To Work at My Job
From: Ken Cormier
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tale of transcendental multi-tasking

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sly Crooner Episode #4 Pretty Girls Charming Girls
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly learns an important lesson about how deep beauty goes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
The Amateur Food Podcast -- What Everyone Needs to Know
From: SCAD Radio
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All about Food and Why it is Wonderful

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 21, 2007
  • Length: 20:53
  • Purchases: 1
Baking babies is wrong.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Did terrorists bake a baby? Ian doubts it.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:23
Lighten up, it's just fashion.
From: SCAD Radio
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A reporter attempts at being a model.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
Robot Toy Store
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Visit to New York City's Only Robot Toy Store

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 14:33
Interstice
From: Maria Howes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If blooper tape could talk...

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
The International Male
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Commentary Corral
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The World's Tackiest Catalog is getting too mainstream.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Sounds of Lunch
From: Ken Cormier
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I'm able to spend more time writing music now. I quit my job. . .

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WBEZ, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
Smart Robots
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Inventor designs robots that are starting to think like humans

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRFC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2

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