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The Joe Bev Holiday Treat
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
The Sound of Young America Holiday Special 2007
From: Jesse Thorn
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Music and comedy for the holidays.

Bought by KMXT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a sound rich, inventive take on Sherlock Holmes for the holidays!

Bought by KMXT, KWIT, KDUR, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
Kid Mayor
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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Teen Mayor Takes Charge of Oregon Town

  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
Kasper Hauser: Mundo de Perros
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Kasper Hauser
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A visit to the set of Mundo de Perros

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
Narcoleptic Christmas
From: Hillary Frank
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A woman discovers she's narcoleptic at Christmastime.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Clifford & Kidd - Preggers
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
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Home Depot Hijinks

Bought by KZYX and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
All Pets Radio Show (Holiday Pet Safety)
From: Bill Clanton
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How to keep your pets safe during the Holidays.

Bought by WUFT and WHFR


  • Added: Dec 15, 2006
  • Length: 53:34
  • Purchases: 2
Xmas at the Shelter
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Writer/performer Janice Erlbaum tells a story about volunteering at a homeless shelter on Christmas Eve; the one she lived in about twenty years ago.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 2
Christmas with Grandma
From: Ken Cormier
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The last time we had Christmas with Grandma, she just about puked...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMXT, KISU, KUT, KISU and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 13
Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Smiling is Easy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Among his many talents, Charlie Chaplin was also a composer. He wrote the sweet and melancholy song, "Smile." Violinist Leila Josefowicz loves th...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Michael and the Mare
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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Michael, a fisherman's gilly in the County Mayo, discovers there's more than one way to skin a horse!

  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Length: 09:07
What is The Meaning of Life?
From: mal sharpe
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11
Courting the Librarian
From: Barrett Wolf
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Love poem for the literal and the literary

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
The Wee Free Men
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Strange forces of magic seem to be gathering around Tiffany’s home. Tiffany’s only nine years old, but she’s shown her own powers, and that makes p...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
A Disturbance in the Force
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An internet video game addict loses all bearing on the boundary between fantasy and reality.

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 16:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Damn Families
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Mag & Moo
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Roller Skating
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Valentine
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.

Bought by KZYX and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Learn from My Mistakes
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother berates that her teenage daughter to learn from the mistakes the mother made as a teen. Problem is, Mom won't say what mistakes.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38