PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation with August Wilson scholar Jeannie Zeck about Wilson’s plays and the many influences on his work; the show also features pe...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:03
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A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
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Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:15
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Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:49
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An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 07:32
Caption: Coke Salish, Credit: Sonny Assu
In our debut episode of the RPM podcast, we shine a light on Indigenous musicians from the Coast and Straight Salish territories where RPM is based.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 16:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:51
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A complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: One Hello World, Credit: http://www.theonlymagicleftisart.com/
How could anybody be blind to the fact that, underneath it all, we’re all just shadows?

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sarah Haskins at The Paper Machete, Ricochet's Tavern, Chicago, 8/14/2010, Credit: Kurt Heintz
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
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When Charlie died, his son Edward made a discovery. A true story.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:59
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Megan used to be afraid of monsters

  • Added: Nov 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:44
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Louis became a father at age 16

  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 01:19
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Andre sings beneath the streets of New York City

  • Added: Oct 26, 2008
  • Length: 07:00
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Charlie's girlfriend walked out on him

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
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Charlie's girlfriend left him

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 07:03
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teenage gangbangers responsible for spike in St. Louis murder rate

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Police wrestle with solutions for St. Louis gang problem

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Communities are devided block by block as gangs compete for territory

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Interesting. I thought it would say more if I left this line blank

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
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This song was written hoping that soon, no American grandchildren will have to die in Iraq. Here is my neighbor's review: "I laughed and cried at t...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
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A Commentary on Sales

  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:11
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Being poor doesn't mean that you have to live in filth and clutter

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 01:55
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A love story emerging from the Iranian revolution

  • Added: May 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:06