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131201 Replacing Thanksgiving With Mardi Gras
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... because there's more to art than "hits" played over and over and over again.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:38
Avoid the Dump! Rediscover Permanence: Simple Rediscovery #507
From: Teosson Wells
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Permanence—the state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely—might appear to be an outmoded, unrealistic concept.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
2012: A Year In Your Ear - "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes"
From: Mad Genius
Series: 2012: A Year In Your Ear
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Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes." C...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 04:18
E.A. Poe and the Krautrock Connection
From: Iain Wilson
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The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
bell book and Fire Lent
From: Sunday X
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The practice of Lent

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
India's Karni Mata Temple
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week's Global Guru visits a temple in India where an unlikely rodent reigns supreme

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Curious Cooking Zones of an English Aga
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: How the heck do you cook on this thing?
The Global Guru production team got hardly any burns at all in the making of our latest episode. This week we travel to England to learn to cook th...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Antillanca
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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A sound postcard from Antillanca, a ski resort in Chile. It's summer, so only the animals are there.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Inner Skin
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Imagine your skin as a giant ear. What does your skin hear while you're sleeping?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Dissecting Afghanistan's Favorite Sport
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Buzkashi in Kabul
In this moment of World Cup frenzy, the Global Guru takes us to Afghanistan, where we learn about buzkashi -- the country's favorite sport.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Hidden Messages in Zulu Beadwork
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: A Zulu girl wears her beadwork, Credit: Hlengi We Dube
You're fourteen, and you're in love with a boy in the next village. How do you tell him? Well, you bead it of course. This week's Global Guru uncov...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Kingly Giving & Receiving
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Graciously receiving a present can be as great a gift as giving one.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
ASPECT
From: melissa grey
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Constellating harmonies from everyday noise, Aspect shifts the perspective from the mundane to the stars’ collective view of Earth.

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
On Seeing a Porcupine
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Animal Communicator David Louis relates a story about his unexpected interaction with a porcupine.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 'The Sea', PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 4
Floyd the Miniature Horse
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Animal Communicator David Louis tells a true story about his experience with a miniature horse named Floyd.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
What if ...? Counterfactuals examine what might have been.
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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If Hillary hadn't had that emotional moment in New Hampshire, how would this have affected her campaign? Counterfactual reasoning helps us better ...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
Interstice
From: Maria Howes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If blooper tape could talk...

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
Party Chinese People
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Immigration and assimilation from a teen perspective.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WGXC, WMNF, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 4
Gold, Frankenstein and Myrrh: A Six-Year-Old's Christmas Story
From: Erica Heilman
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From the Saviour's conception to offerings of gold, frankenstein and myrrh, six year old Erin Magill of Moretown, Vermont tells her version of the ...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZYX, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 12
We Really Don't Know Clouds At All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
03 Fog Catchers in the Sky
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Chilean researchers devised a plan to capture water from the thick fog that rolled in daily from the sea.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Buster & SpongeBob in Love
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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there's power in pride

  • Added: Feb 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:10
The Sopranos in the West Wing
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tony Soprano stars as the President of the United States

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
Terminally Blonde
From: Jonathan Mitchell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reese Witherspoon falls for the Terminator

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, PRX, WBEZ, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 7