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RN Documentary: No Laughing Matter
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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After the attacks on Sept 11, the world and especially the US created a new subject that was taboo ? the idea of linking the Twin Towers attacks wi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KWCW, and WCOM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
George Bush, the Next Eliot Ness?
From: Dick Meister
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Passage of the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages sought by President Bush could make him an Eliot Ness, chasing violators as Ness chased vio...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
Canary in the Datamine
From: Merle Kessler
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Living life in the datamine.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
The Appendage Police
From: Barrett Wolf
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Biker Poetry by J. Barrett Wolf, Highway Poet

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
So What About Those Droopy Drawers, Commissioner Stern?
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the dress code the NBA really needs.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
Dog Park: It's the STUFF, man
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Finding the one in ten listener who s a member

Bought by WHRV and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 2
Dog Park: Do Not Try to Control Your Radio
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Still Trying to Find the One in Ten

Bought by WHRV and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
Dog Park: My Girlfriend's Mom
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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This guy is not a member. But his girlfriend's mom is.

Bought by WHRV, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 3
Dog Park: "Whatever"
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Two young and enthusiastic (& non-paying) public radio listeners

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHRV, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
World Beard and Moustach Championships
From: Adam Allington
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Beard Clubs from around the world converge on Berlin to see who's got what it takes to be champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Public Apology
From: Roslyn Allen
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Columnist Roz Allen attempts to uncover the truth about public apologies.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:16
The Thrill of the Unmarked Car
From: Dick Meister
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We're all driving billboards -- for free.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Enchanted Highway, Part II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Part III
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Part I
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Full Version
From: Long Haul Productions
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A half-hour radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures alon...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KZSC and more


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 7
Nitpickery
From: Merle Kessler
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Authoritarian v. Totalitarian: a rose by another name....?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Die, Christmas, Die!
From: Merle Kessler
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Is Christmas Endangered?

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Right Wing Specter Haunts Specter
From: Merle Kessler
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Hardliners aim the redline Arlen Specter.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Length: 01:36
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
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Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dog Park Moses Yearns for Terry Gross
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Fundraising at the Dog Park

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMXT, and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 10, 2004
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 3
See Me Feel Me Touch Me Shave Me
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Barbers are on the wane. Hell in handcart, etc.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:27
Gethsemane II
From: Robert Nowak
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Gethsemane II is a satire on President Bush's religious pretensions.

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Sep 04, 2004
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 1
Another Lousy Day
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 4
The Essence of Dick Cheney's RNC Speech
From: Christopher Sprinkle
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Dick Cheney's RNC speech squeezed down to its true essence.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WZBC


  • Added: Sep 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2