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It Is Definitely Summer
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune into the next “Sounds Jewish” for summer songs and shtick from around the Jewish world.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Comedy-O-Rama New Year Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Judy Tenuta, Stuart Pankin, and Bob Camp Ring in the New Year, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Bob Camp, Stuart Pankin and Judy Tenuta help The Comedy-O-Rama Hour ring in the New Year, presenting some of the funniest moments from the improvis...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:57
Live Alligator Wrestling
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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A hilarious look at the man who invented live alligator wrestling as a Florida tourist attraction, and his inventive wife who raised a family outsi...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:09
UnFictional: Moms Gone Wild
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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In the 1970's, Minneapolis was Funky Town. One night, Joanna's mom met a disco guy with a body-sized freezer who took her on the worst date she eve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, WFMU, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Dizzy
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Family Holiday Traditions,...for better or for worse.
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Storytellers explore the crazy holiday traditions our families desperately cling to at this time of year.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:46:34
  • Purchases: 1
Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots
From: Zoe High
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Zoe High interviews three sixth graders about their perceptions of dating, the pressure to start dating early, and how dating will change in the fu...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WGXC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
In Sickness & In Health
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Humor, family

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
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
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
Dogs and Mutts
From: Jim Hoskins
Series: TBubbaTalks!
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Dogs and Mutts

  • Added: Oct 13, 2007
  • Length: 02:07
La Bug
From: KVMR
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A 16 Year Old Girl and her 72 VW Bug

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Harold Taw
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seattle attorney and writer Harold Taw believes a unique birthday tradition helps his family prosper.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Another Baby
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The wife wants another baby. The man, expressing great enthusiasm, procrastinates.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
My Family
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother and daughter offer individual visions of who is "family." To Mom, it's only her daughter; to her daughter, it's the world.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Wrappings
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
What's a Bastard?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Playing in Mud
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mom finally allows her child to go out and play in the mud if he promises to keep clean.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
It's Locked
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Jackie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Thank-You Note
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Stoplight
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Out Dancing
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9