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Cracked Open
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Richard Handler shares his pungent insights into brain surgery, actually, his own brain surgery.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
Jan On Jack
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Jan Kerouac delivering her own poem to Jack over his own poem 30 years previously.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 3
A Pope, Yes. A Saint, No.
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A closer look at Pope John Paul II.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
Spontaneous Spoken Word as Poetry
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Spoken poetry created on the spot.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
"Thank You For Saying Thank You" by Charles Bernstein
From: Sean Cole
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An hysterical poem about how accessible it, itself, is. Read by Charles Bernstein at the 2002 Boston Poetry Marathon.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 3
The Poet and the Painter
From: Jackson Braider
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The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.

Bought by KUCB, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
In a Bubble
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four teens talk about what it's like to be quiet in school.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, East Village Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 8
And Van Der Waals Said
From: Steven Tagle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A poem that relates chemistry to relationships.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:22
Julie the Amtrak God
From: Jenny Asarnow
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Conversations with Julie, the voice on the Amtrak telephone line

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WORLDcompass.org, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 11
Time in Film
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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it is precise to say that events take time

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WBHM, KZSC and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 7
RN Documentary: Will the Real Will Shakespeare Please Stand Up?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt and Amsterdam writer Rodney Bolt face off in a discussion on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays moderated b...

Bought by KFCF FM, WCPN, KQED, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Vinyl
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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record static is beautiful

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, KERA, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 5
Miss Dumpy
From: jessica lockhart
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Recycling taken to the extreme, a beauty pagent at the town dump.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
The War of the Gods
From: Matthew Cowley
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Epic poem about the Ali-Frazier fight (The Thriller in Manila) by James Tokley.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, KUT, KCUR and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2005
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 7
Dr. Pong
From: monika mueller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dr. Pong Table Tennis Bar in Berlin

  • Added: Jan 17, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
A Beginner's Guide to Hitchhiking
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the pros and cons of hitching a ride

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Remix Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2005
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 7
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16
RN Documentary: Gamers
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Gamers explores the unique voice of a large, extended community who breakthrough “normal” social barriers and communicate through the game.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
Interview with Ride The Blinds
From: WUSM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with Ride The Blinds, promising new bluesy rock power trio from California

  • Added: Jan 03, 2005
  • Length: 55:15
New Audio Showroom #3 - Audio Mavericks
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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This is the third episode of the radio show that literally reinvents itself every time it hits the aiwaves.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 53:04
  • Purchases: 1
New Audio Showroom #2 "This Canadian Existence"
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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This is the second episode of the radio show that literally reinvents itself every time it hits the airwaves.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 53:05
New Audio Showroom #1 "The Rumpus Room"
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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This is the first episode of the radio show that literally reinvents itself every time it hits the airwaves.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 53:08
Mustang Stevie
From: Merle Kessler
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Do dead movie stars sell cars?

  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Metrology
From: Allan Coukell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A romp through the history of measurement standards.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and AMERICAN-FM Internet Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
A Winter Solstice with Helicon (One Hour or Two Hours)
From: WPSU
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Eclectic Holiday folk concert, recorded live in Baltimore.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMXT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:58:34
  • Purchases: 26

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