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Fret Knot Radio Hour - Episode One
From: Christopher Weller
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
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Life as a small town reporter
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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The road to writing a best seller has to start somewhere.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #10, Scott
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
Caption: Scott Litt at The Power Station in New York, 1980's
Yippee, our tenth anniversary! Well, really just our tenth show, but still, nice to be here. We interview Alternative Rock producer Scott Litt. One...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #9 Joseph
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We interview Joseph Benevidez. He does something I’ve always dreamed about doing but you’ll have to listen to find out, it’s better that way. Plus,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
This Wonderful Life
From: Scott Huler
Caption: Always an unusual interview process
A gentle parody of the public radio show "This American Life," using the James Stewart Christmas chestnut "It's a Wonderful Life" as a weapon.

Bought by KMXT, KZYX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 12
The Mikie Show #2 Bunny and Boe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Holy cow they ordered another show. Our first adventure: let's learn about gardening in the desert! Very different. Our friends Meanie the Clown an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Drunk Daddy Santa
From: Justin Laird
Series: Electric Radio Company
Caption: Justin Laird & Jason Mehl
Jason Mehl tells the story of his meeting with a drunken Santa.

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2009
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Lunch Time in Ait Iktel
From: Beno Picciano
Caption: Tahjin
During my homestay with a family in rural Morocco, I had a tricky cultural experience which many of us can relate to.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: :00
That Job Sucked Anyway
From: Megan Hall
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Stories, anecdotes, and fantastical rants about the woes of working life

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 34:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Life of Death
From: Deborah Pardes
Series: Get Smart Radio
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When someone's life end's, another person's job begins...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:16
Seating Mr. Pacino
From: Eric Winick
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It's his second week on the job as house manager at a major American regional theater, and an icon of the modern cinema is paying a visit.

Bought by KMUZ, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 3
Lights, Camera...Date!
From: Todd Bookman
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When Ryan's date looked nothing like her online profile, he wasn't surprised.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 3
The humble Farmer February 15, 2009
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Old fashioned music and humorous social commentary

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
The humble Farmer February 8, 2009
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Old fashioned music and humorous social commentary

  • Added: Feb 07, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Inside the Glore
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: A Tranquilizer Chair inside the Glore
An otherworldly visit to one of America's most bizarre museums, the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 6
The humble Farmer February 1, 2009
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Old fashioned music and humorous social commentary

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
The humble Farmer, September 9, 2008
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Old fashioned music and humorous social commentary

  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
My Politically Incorrect Christmas
From: Susan Kottler
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At Christmas our public school kindergarten class performed the story of the birth of Christ, complete with New Testament readings, pint-size Mary ...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Healing Properties of Humor
From: The humble Farmer
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Laughter is medicine

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:19
Novice Haunters: Our Type of Shopping
From: Glenn McKnight
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story of two friends who are amateur home haunters from Michigan

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
Help Wanted
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Does a magical place exist where you can get paid to climb?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 25:00
The Punkest Punk
From: Katie McGowan
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One girl's quest for coolness despite her hippie father's mortifying behavior.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2008
  • Length: 10:42
Genius
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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The diagnosis of genius is sometimes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Messiah Complex
From: Jodi Eichelberger
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Writer Jodi Eichelberger traces his Messiah Complex back to early childhood

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 20:45

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