PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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Reported by Celine Teo-Blockey, originally produced 5-8-2021 On this episode, musician Ezra Furman talks about what led her to come out as a trans...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 14:42
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking about a new festival called Firefly Nights. It's a nonprofit organization dedicated to planning ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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"What Blood, What Earth", is a documentary on the life of Puerto Rican black metal artist MQ. His story leads the listener on a journey from pre-co...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:20
Caption: Elisheva and Amaris, Credit: Rebecca D'
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
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Shota Adamashvili is a country western singer who has never been within a thousand miles of the world he sings about. Is there a place for country...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 26:05
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Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:53
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More than eighty years ago, a North Carolina family of nine posed for a Christmas portrait. Two weeks later, all but one of them had been shot dead.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Blood Ulmer
Guitar activist and legendary improvisor James Blood Ulmer discusses his early life, Jimi Hendrix, black history, and much more in this one-hour mu...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Jim Martin, Credit: Larry W Jones
"Eighty Miles From San Antone" was written by Larry W Jones on Feb 6, 2008 as song #5292. Music and vocals by Jim Martin.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:59
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By asking my resident if he was going to take his life, I saved it. Track 2 from PostSecret: The Album, a collection of spoken secrets from the Po...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
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What does it mean to share a secret with somebody? Track 1 from PostSecret: The Album, a collection of spoken secrets from the PostSecret Live: UK...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cross Keys Ruritan Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, Credit: Sarah Cumming
Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sac...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 4
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18-year old Sam manages to land his first date, with a girl whose name is also Sam. Porn and ice cream are involved, and things gets messy (not li...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:41
Caption: Leo Nocentelli, Credit: www.nocentelli.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Love is so much more than just being in love.

Bought by WNIN, KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 4
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I felt like calling you because I miss you and um, I don’t know; I wish I was actually calling the real you… I kind of wish I didn’t [edit] up.

Bought by WNIN, KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 4
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Everyone is told when they’re younger, that they have to be on this path, they have to go to school, that they have to go to college, that they hav...

Bought by KUT, KISU, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Fret Knot Radio Hour logo, Credit: Chris Weller
The debut episode of Fret Knot Radio Hour - an audio exploration of folk culture and sustainable lifestyle - featuring the stories "I Love Mountain...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:13
  • Purchases: 1
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 6
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Every Saturday cajun music is played in Freds lounge in Mamou

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 34:48
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1