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Vet's Christmas Trees
From: Conor Bentley
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This is a funny little story about my parent's Christmas Tree lot, told from my father's perspective.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
IBRT Season 2, Episode 5; Merry Christmas!
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
Caption: IBRT Christmas Logo
The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

Bought by WCBE and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
Two Holidays and a Blizzard
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
Three short plays. THE BLIZZARD, a chilly thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg as a snowed-in screenwriter facing unexpected guests. In THE MIRACLE O...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLRH, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WRKF, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
A Word of Mouth Christmas
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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An hour-long magazine program featuring interviews and sound-rich pieces on a variety of seasonal themes, including the science of giving, the deba...

Bought by WBEZ and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - Cooking With Wolfgang Buck
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Movies That Make Your Holidays
From: Spokane Public Radio
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SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for their top holiday rentals, traditional and not-so-traditional.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WVPE, WRFA-LP, KVSC, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
04: Thankful for Sound
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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In honor of Thanksgiving, Craig, George, and a number of their guests share why they are thankful for sounds.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Death and The Digital Afterlife - October 28, 2012
From: Deemable Tech
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This week's very special Halloween episode is the creepiest, grossest and scariest episode of Deemable Tech ever! If you dare, you'll hear all abou...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 2
14 - 'For 6 months Fermanagh is in Lough Erne!'
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
Caption: Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Fiona J Mackenzie, Raggle Taggle, State of Undress, Ross Rudd, Alexand...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:58
Becky and Costumes
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
Dingmantics: A Rage Letter To Utah
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Vital Topics: Improvised Love Songs (w/ Marshall York)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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In honor of everyone’s least-favorite “holiday,” Marshall York and his guitar join us to improvise “love” songs based on suggestions submitted by y...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 57:31
Sketchy Thursday: Zartoolie The Ecological Wizard (And Friends)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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All Lieutenant Bainbridge wants is a quiet night at home. Sadly, his friends have other plans. Will Bainbridge ever get to enjoy a dish of figs i...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
The Fear of a Halloween Wedding
From: Radio K
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Halloween can be a scary time, full of monsters, haunted houses, and sometimes... weddings. Noel Clark has this story about how the anxiety of get...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WLPR , and KUT


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 3
Buying a Christmas Tree
From: Gabe Bullard
Caption: A Christmas tree seller, Credit: Gabe Bullard
A man and his date accidentally decide to buy a Christmas tree.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
Single for Christmas, Yahoo!
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Actor/Film Maker/Comedian Chris Valenti, is pretty happy he's single for Christmas..have a quick listen and laugh!

  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:45
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
A Scary Home Companion
From: Doug Gordon
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What happens when you create a monster mash-up of "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Radiolab"? Here's the answer.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
A Christmas Carol: REDUX
From: Charles Ketchabaw
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"A Christmas Carol: Redux” retells the Charles Dickens classic in the present day, giving it a satirical comedic spin. Amidst a crumbling economy, ...

Bought by WRKF, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #5
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” which sheds light on the fears of eight and nine-year-olds – some obvious, some less so. Can you figure out what torna...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 2
Swedes Love Affair With Donald Duck
From: Susan Gray
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The Swedes like to think of themselves as changing with the times, except when it comes to holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve, for over 50 years,...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP, Prairie Public, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4
Daws Butler's Halloween Happening
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Daws Butler's Halloween Happening, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 45:24