PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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In the United States, the obituary article is reserved for the famous, to remember their greatest achievements and notable struggles.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 30:47
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
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Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs. It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the n...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Recreation, Credit: Julia Meek
As most folks know, play time is serious business! For a musical assessment of maximizing the fun in YOUR life, please join us for the Folktale of ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Transportation, Credit: Julia Meek
On this week's episode, we're on the go, and test-driving a world of good music, so buckle up and get moving! We're ready to roll, with the Folktal...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Stories of relationships that have ended, and the things (the often slightly nutty things) that people do in the aftermath.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:11:19
Caption: Folktale of The Road to Perdition, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fire and brimstone lighting our way this week on Folktales, with a Stygian batch of netherworldly music to share--hope you can join us for an ...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
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The 163rd edition of RootsWorld radio will feature a number of tracks from the Palestinian collective called Checkpoint 303 . The Iqrit Files is an...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:45
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Split into three clips for your own programming schedules A Banksy mural has been the source of a considerable amount of drama since it first appe...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:15
Caption: By Courtesy of Lili Cros and Thierry Chazelle, Credit: Arno Lame
A kaleidoscope of French Language Songs Introduced to English Speakers. No need to understand French to enjoy the show.. The songs range from joyfu...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Visitors to Jerusalem's Old City can reasonably expect to bump into a missionary or two. Mishy Harman and Nava Winkler introduce us to a couple of ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
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In a remote corner of Tel Aviv's grimy, labyrinthine central bus station, Mendy Cahan has built a home for Israel's rejected Yiddish books, and it'...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 16:05
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Chaya Gilboa falls deeply in love with a library book, and becomes convinced that her soulmate will have felt the same connection to the text. She ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:51
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
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In Episode 18 of Behind The Thread, we look at wages around the world. Sokny Say of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 40:07
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Questions for Insecurity — the US Department of Homeland Security’s Application For Naturalization

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
Caption: Bappi Lahiri at an election rally , Credit: Sandip Roy
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Author Po Bronson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Author PO BRONSON, musical trio T SISTERS, music by AYRON JONES AND THE WAY.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, 90.5 WESA, and KUNV


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Kerstin Rodgers aka Ms Marmite Lover - queen of London's underground restaurants - chats with me in her kitchen in Kilburn, North London. Topics du...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:24
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
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Noah Horak, a 29-year-old electrical engineer from Tofte, Minn., quit his job, sold his stuff, and set off on a round-the-world adventure on a moto...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 22:14
  • Purchases: 3
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.

Bought by KRPS, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00