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Mouth of Wonder
From: KSFR
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High tea, Puerto Penasco, Patsy's, lamb meatballs, marshmallow recipe

  • Added: Jan 28, 2008
  • Length: 28:29
Mouth of Wonder
From: KSFR
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Bamboo Restaurant, Potato Flan, Kyoto, "Love and Knishes"

  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 29:15
Mouth of Wonder
From: KSFR
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Food Preparation at a monastery, Black Bean and Lamb Stew, Masa Sushi, Noteworthy

  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 30:29
Carol's Pub on the Chicago Smoking Ban
From: Melissa Townsend
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Folks at this Chicago honky-tonk, Carol's Pub, give their opinion on the Illinois smoking ban in effect 1-1-08.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:27
The Plant Detective - episode 30 - Datura (for Halloween)
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Datura: Deadly source of important medicine

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 29 - Cranberry
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Cranberry: Urinary tract infection remedy

Bought by KRZA and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Plant Detective - episode 28 - Mistletoe II
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Mistletoe and Cancer

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 27 - Mistletoe I
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Mistletoe: Used in folk medicine on every continent

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Emoticon Anniversary
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Celebrating the 20th Aniversary of the now ubiquitous computer Emoticon

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
There's Only One Kind Of Rock'N'Roll: An Interview With 2*Sweet
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Interview with old-style pop-punk band 2*Sweet about touring, their name, DIY, and much more!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 10:11
NPR's All Songs Considered: Guest DJ Joanna Newsom
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Host Bob Boilen talks with Joanna Newsom about her new album, 'Ys,' and she shares some of the artists that inspired her music.

Bought by KTRL, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WFSU, KISU, and WUKY


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Groovy Energy-Saving Prototype Van
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated-Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
The Plant Detective - episdoe 4 - Cinchona
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Cinchona: Source of quinine, the original antimalarial

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 3 - Elderberry
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Elderberry: Fights viruses, boosts immunity, reduces stress

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Cooking with Sam n' Ella / Paella and Sangria
From: Cooking with Sam n' Ella
Series: Cooking with Sam n' Ella
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Cooking with Sam n' Ella - Radio with a Funny Flavor. The Sun, the food, the sea - this is food at it's best. Seafood and meat paella that will wo...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
The Transdiffusion Story
From: Miranda Diboll
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A nostalgic trip through British television's idents and theme tunes.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 14:48
Banana Pudding
From: Bria Dolnick
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Interviews with banana pudding lovers in North Carolina

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
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
Technology Gift Guide 2006
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Annual technology gift guide for 2006

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
mascara - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "mascara"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:05
Seeing Voices: Baldness, Bond Villains & the Noah Adams Moment
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why we might not look the way we sound -- and vice-versa.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Facebook
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Short piece on what is and isn't "private" on the Internet

Bought by BSR Radio, WSCS-FM, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
kowtow - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "kowtow"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:40
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Paganini Under the Influence)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
The Wire Episode 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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The digital revolution in music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 16

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