PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 01:49
- Purchases: 1
An American father and young son spend a year living as expats in Asia, where they soon discover just the simple act of eating provides daily chal...
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 14:29
Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny?
A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...
Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 3
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...
Bought by KSJD
- Added: Jun 29, 2014
- Length: 22:01
- Purchases: 1
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 3
Four stories of people who have done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in-between.
Bought by WYSO, WUNC, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, 90.5 WESA and more
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 53:24
- Purchases: 7
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features spoken-word poet and hip-...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 10:45
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 07:59
State Rep. Chris Taylor tells the story of her difficult second pregnancy.
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 17:40
Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than m...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 08:32
Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 36:04
A radio show discussing the culture, design, and joy of video games. Hosted by Devin Polaski.
- Added: Sep 29, 2013
- Length: 21:28
Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 03:40
More than 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Drive w...
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 53:40
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 1
Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 05:06
This week our writers all find themselves in awkward situations. Stories by Kay Brockwell, Paul Bowen, and Tanya Fitzgerald. True stories told by t...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Our Annual Love Show, with stories about the things we do for love. Stories by Sandra Hamilton, Pat Gillum, and J.W. Taylor. True stories told by t...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 34:00
This month's Tin Roof Project features Simeon Wright, author of Simeon Speaks, the first eyewitness account of the kidnapping and murder of his cou...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 42:00
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WJCT, and WJCT
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 09:19
- Purchases: 3
"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 07:17
- Purchases: 2
Siobhan’s debut collection of short stories is that most unusual of war books. It's not about the battlefields. Most of the stories take place at F...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Mar 16, 2013
- Length: 10:05
- Purchases: 1
An interview with Female-to-Male teen Kyle Smith about his experience as a transgender high school student.
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 20:30
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:48
