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The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents! Michael Wallenfels discussing Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Michael Wallenfels, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Michael Wallenfels discusses writing songs inspired by Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Written and performed ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/17/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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IN DECEMBER SEE HER NEST...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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
Terravoice Show 1 Fall 2011
From: Maria Cassidy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Silly MIT nerds that love talking about and music of anything relating to the environment!

  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:16
Clever Apes: Secret lives of nuclear scientists
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Galen Green discussing The Outsiders
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, written and performed for The Bushwick Book Club Seattle's mont...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Live Feed Presents: Koo Koo Kanga Roo
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL's Teri Tenseth interviews two former St. Mary's University of Minnesota Students who now specialize in music...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: The Comedy of Chris Hegedus
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This edition of The Live Feed features comedy from Chris Hegedus who headlined "The Big Bub's Comedy Show" in April 2011 - and has also performed a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 1
LA’s Secret Headquarters
From: TurnStyle
Series: The Funnybook Business
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I’d heard of Silver Lake’s Secret Headquarters long before I’d ever set foot in the shop. A friend had described it as a “victorian drawing room fi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Making a wrong turn on the way to Wonderland
From: KALW
Caption: Karen Anne Light and Edna Barron attempt to put on a mimed performance of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”
Some stories pop up time and time again, in books, movies, and cartoons. Like the one about a little girl who discovered a very colorful world... ...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 4
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
Step Right Up!
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Big Apple and Ringling Bros. are two of the few remaining travelling circuses left in the country. Elliot Majerczyk spoke with a man who teache...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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UPON A LADDER I WILL CLIMB...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 157
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Blind Pilot, Credit: Jennie Baker
Musical guests Blind Pilot, Radio host Adam Klugman, Poetic force of nature Anis Mojgani.

Bought by KUOW and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Whose Brain Is It??
From: The Drama Hour
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Whether you're alive or undead, "Whose Game Is It??" is the audience pleasing game show for the whole family! This fast-paced comedic piece is fun...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part One
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Choreographer and author, Liz Lerman converses through dance on the stage and now the page.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 23:42
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Obsolete Technology
From: John Kessler
Caption: Dead Cassette, Credit: Moff/Flickr
A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities, this week obsolete technologies like the Theremin and the cassette tape are enjoying a res...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - The Long Hot Summer
From: John Kessler
Caption: Life's a Beach, Credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis
A weekly musical excavation of rarities, classics & oddities, this week it's songs about Summertime with Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Baz Luhrman ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 10
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
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 5
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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Includes a few demo recordings, a musical pair from 1974, and a thematic set of Beatles/solo music in which the only two Beatles on record are Paul...

Bought by WFSU and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 4
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 4 includes a "Songs Within Songs" set (songs with references to other Beatles songs in the lyrics,) plus a two-fer from a John Lennon collectio...

Bought by WFSU and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 3
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 3 includes a Beatles "Home"-themed set, and Ringo Starr discussing songs from his 2010 album "Y Not."

Bought by WFSU, KUT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 2
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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This show includes a sampling of the Beatles' work with Eric Clapton, and a few songs from 2010 remasters from John and Paul.

Bought by KSRQ, WFSU, KUT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4

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