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Record Bin Roulette - Singing Away the Recession
From: John Kessler
Caption: Please, sir, I want some more
A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities, this week, easing the pain of hard times, by listening to other folks sing about hard time...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 2
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
Record Bin Roulette - Show Me The Money
From: John Kessler
Caption: Paul and Michael, Credit: quicheisinsane@flickr
A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities. This week the murky world of song royalties. "Happy Birthday To You" is worth a cool $2 mi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
Road Trips: Emily
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Emily plans an elaborate road trip to entice the man of her dreams into falling in love with her.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Record Bin Roulette - Forces of Nature
From: John Kessler
Caption: Lego Zeus , Credit: Dunechaser/Flickr
A musical excavation of rarities, classics and oddities, showcasing peculiar moments from records, television and movies.

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Mort Segal and Joan Feldman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mort Segal and his sister, Joan Feldman, remember their father, Jack Segal, a booking agent for novelty acts in the Catskills.

Bought by WEZU, KERA, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Compliments Gone Wild
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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How Not to Use Praise

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:31
Record Bin Roulette - Pop Music in Politics
From: John Kessler
Caption: Sarah Barracuda, Credit: Chuckumentary@flickriver.com
This week, a look at the many ways politicians have used the power of pop music to enhance their images. With Tom Petty and Michelle Bachman, Sarah...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jul 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
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
Exit 28: White Lightning
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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Brooklyn rockers The Bottom Dollars visit Hootenanny Studios and grace us with their jams, as well as the ragtag circumstances that brought them to...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 45:24
The Carnivore’s License
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Simple Solution to the Ethical Regulation of Slaughter

  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
The Penis Graffiti of San Marin
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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On Apparitions and Male Members in Suburbia

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
Tales from the South 36: Spring Season Finale
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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The 2011 Spring Finale is all about interesting animal encounters, some dangerous, some surprising, and all just a little bit strange. Velda Brothe...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 020 with P. Allen Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Garden and Lifestyle Expert P. Allen Smith reads his own true boyhood story about a goat, a chicken, and being trapped in a lady's dressing room ti...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The New Superstitions
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Ruth Shumway's American Milking Shorthorns
From: Kreg Ettenger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this piece, Vermont dairy farmer Ruth Shumway lists some of her dairy cows by name. The interview for this piece was conducted as part of the Ve...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
AWKward...!
From: City High Radio
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City High School junior Makele asks people, what makes something awkward? What IS awkward? And the answers she gets are, well, kind of awkward.

  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
The arrival of spring
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
below
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
Are you listening? A new sound installation gets inside your head
From: KALW
Caption: The "Are We There Yet?" sound installation will be at the Contemporary Jewish Museum through July 31
Consider a snail without a shell. Is it still a snail? I think its a slug. Luckily, this isn’t a quiz ... it’s from a new art installation at the ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 2
Prince Sparky and the Battle of Opening Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Kaleidoscope, Credit: FooNar
The Detroit “Knights” take to the jousting field. It's a marvelously humorous baseball yarn set in jolly ole England.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 48:06
Mini-Meta-Mouse-umentary
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
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Mousetraps and other intersections between human beings and mice.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Assassin's Bell
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
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A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1

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