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No. 3 Tatra: The Legacy of Hans Ledwinka
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc.
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 2 The Horten Brothers
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1998
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 1 Carriages Without Horses
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Society of Automotive Engineers
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
The Scorpion's Honey - Season 2
From: Gary Wallace
Series: The Scorpion's Honey
Caption: The Scorpion's Honey, Credit: Marco Gonzalez
Don't let addictions ruin your life.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:12
Datafying
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, an 18th century historian, a poet, a computer scientist, a composer, and a mysterious future being confront data.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Sweet Science
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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The story of one woman's improbable journey from the gym to the boxing ring.

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 16:05
Tony Hendra talks "This Is Spinal Tap"
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Tony Hendra - who played band manager Ian Faith - talks to Jeff Kreisler about the ground-breaking film, "This Is Spinal Tap," 30 years after its r...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 32:46
Episode 41: John Agnello – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Adrien de Martini (left); John Agnello (right), Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby and Martini podcast from Fluxivity Studios, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with New York City record producer, John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Yout...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:07:10
Florida Folk and the Tales They Do
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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Phyllis McEwen and Bob Devin-Jones bring to life African-American folktales and songs that Zora Neale Hurston collected in Florida in the 1930s.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 1
Tunes from the Crypt - Lucky 13
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Listeners and trick-or-treaters alike will enjoy a mix of music and mayhem perfect for Halloween.

Bought by KNAU, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:55:51
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps 10th Anniversary: Carl, Laura, and Rebecca Greenberg
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rebecca (L) and Carl (R) Greenberg
For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. Rebecca Greenberg came to StoryCorps with her mother, Laura, to hear abou...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Two Dads & Two Sh***y Babies Show
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
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Two stay-at-home dads don't find friendship, but they do learn the opposite of lonliness.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 10:14
Sweet Aunt Nuska
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
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Aunt Nuska has lost her appetite and the whole family bonds together to find a remedy for her.

Bought by KRPS, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tree Disaster
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Sometimes DIY isn't the best way to go...and it can lead to disaster.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
Aquarium Disasters
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Jaymee and her fish tank, Credit: Alex Johnson, Destination DIY
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti shares some stories of home aquariums gone wrong.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Making of the Homobile
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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A story of transportation, civil rights and glitter. Homobile is a noncommercial, 24/7, queer car service created by Lynnee Breedlove for the LGBT ...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, XRAY.fm, KALW and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 6
The Mikie Show #62, Mary
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode Sixty-Two, Mary! Thank you for supporting all that episodic exposition! This episode we speak with romance novelist Mary Tate Engels. Autho...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
WTF Episode 305 with Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston
From: WTF with Marc Maron
Series: WTF with Marc Maron
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Listen in for two surprising conversations with the stars of two AMC dramas: Mad Men and Breaking Bad

Bought by KRUA, KUNV, KVMR, Louisville Public Media, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
WTF Episode 304 with Molly Shannon
From: WTF with Marc Maron
Series: WTF with Marc Maron
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Molly Shannon makes a visit to The Cat Ranch and Marc helps trace her path through the show business ranks to amazing success at Saturday Night Live.

Bought by KRUA, KUNV, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Louisville Public Media, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 15
WTF Episode 303 with Jonathan Winters
From: WTF with Marc Maron
Series: WTF with Marc Maron
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In 2011, Marc headed to Jonathan Winters' home in Santa Barbara to conduct one of the final interviews with the late comedic genius.

Bought by KRUA, KUNV, KFOK-LPFM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 17
WTF Episode 302 with Michael Keaton
From: WTF with Marc Maron
Series: WTF with Marc Maron
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Michael Keaton is in the garage for a talk and he leaves nothing outside the door. Marc talks to Keaton about everything: his early stand-up career...

Bought by KRUA, KUNV, KRCB 104.9, Louisville Public Media, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 16
Pendulum
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Finding each other, when it just might be too late.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:19
"Marathon Man" of Jazz Celebrates a Lifetime of Making Music
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
Man Marries Gun
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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A redneck decides to marry his gun.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:21
UnFictional: My So Called Guru
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4