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SITPE # 1152
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Countdown '11.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, WXXI Rochester, and KEOS


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … an earthquake?
From: Rose Eveleth
Series: Scienceline Podcast
Caption: These earthquake lights were observed minutes before the deadly 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008., Credit: YouTube
For hundreds of years there have been reports of strange lights during earthquakes, now scientists are trying to figure out what they are.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
Is that my cell phone ringing?
From: Rose Eveleth
Series: Scienceline Podcast
Caption: These glowing numbers might have more power over you than you think., Credit: Samantha Celera; Flickr
Ah, the cell phone. That magical device that can text, tweet, check email, make appointments, keep our calendar organized, order food, calculate th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Hannah Williams on Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Hannah Williams
Songwriter Hannah Williams talks about her approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loath...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 167 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Writer Christine McKinley, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Science Author, Michael Nielsen. Writer & Musician, Christine McKinley Musical Guests, Crooked Fingers.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Bucket of Honey discussing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Bucket of Honey, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Annie Jantzer and Nate Bogopolsky of Bucket of Honey discuss their approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/8/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHEN THE BULL RANGES FREE...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Live! Wire Radio Episode 160
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Famed Author Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WNJR, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
A Buddhist's Obsession
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Michelle discovers Buddhism through a friend's death and tries to improve her mental control.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 08:18
Clever Apes: Toolmakers
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: A chimp at the Lincoln Park Zoo uses a stick to fish for food., Credit: Michael De Bonis/WBEZ
Humans have an incredible ability to fashion tools that make our lives easier and advance the goals of science, but we're not the only species maki...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 4
Foley
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
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The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
15: A New Set of Possibilities
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Drunk with knowledge, and slightly scared by its implications, Sam considers how best to use her new powers. Drama serial, set in a call centre for...

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 14:25
Clever Apes: Seeking the grail
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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There are certain questions that get scientists really excited – discoveries that are big, tantalizing, and often, far out of reach. Even if they’r...

Bought by WDBM, WTJU, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 4
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From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Clever Apes: Yuck
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Bill Stanley holds the skull of an African rat he discovered. It's being cleaned by carrion beetles.
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the dirty work of science, from flesh-eating beetles working at a museum to creepy crawlers that fin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire Episode 103 Encore (originally aired 1/30/10)
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Anis Mojgani
Some of our favorite Memorable Moments, including The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Christopher Moore, The Lonely Forest, Taylor Mali

  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 59:11
Tom McCall, January 8, 1983
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bass/Super(sonic) Structure
From: Daniel Makagon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary explores the uses of loud car stereo systems.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 14:49
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
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wandering the Psychedelic Galaxy with Gong
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Daevid Allen of Gong
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Jonny Porkpie discusses "The Corpse Wore Pasties"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Jonny Porkpie is a novelist, burlesque impressario, and the self-proclaimed Burlesque Mayor of New York. He is married to the burlesque artist Na...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:21
Great Big Woman
From: Briana O'Higgins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fat Dance?!

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
My Lady Norelco
From: Briana O'Higgins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two women take a stand against their razors.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:18
Perfect Green Gift for Dad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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