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Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships
From: Nicholas Demarest
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This piece is a short essay about the rock, paper, scissors championships in Las Vegas.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:32
Destination DIY: Cycling
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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An exploration of human-powered transportation.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, KMXT, XRAY.fm, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 8
Virtuoso Voices - Orli Shaham (Instant Feedback)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Orli Shaham, Credit: Christian Steiner
Pianist Orli Shaham dreams of playing in front of the enthusiastic and traditionally very responsive audiences that attend the figure skating compe...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 1
Help Wanted
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Does a magical place exist where you can get paid to climb?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 25:00
The Perfect Gift for the Five-Foot Basketball Player
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What one young man wants more than anything: height

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:33
Mind over Stomach Matter
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Producer Anna Hamilton takes us stage-side of the first ever Burrito Eating Championship.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
1000 words
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Photographer Corey Rich tells us his favorite stories behind his photographs

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 25:42
Get in Shape
From: Charlie Schroeder
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Charlie Schroeder waits until December to fulfill his New Year's Resolution

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and Public Interactive


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
More than Pimps and Pushers: A Lotta Love, Too
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Come to the game and see a Chicago neighborhood from a new point of view.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KZYX, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Hyzdu Diaries
From: KJZZ
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio Diaries of baseball player Adam Hyzdu

Bought by KPIK-LP, WXDU, Louisville Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, KWIT and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
spelling bee
From: paul sullivan
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A middle school spelling bee described as a boxing match

  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
Turkey Bowling with Nascar Nation
From: Heather Dune Macadam
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A Yankee learns how to bowl frozen turkeys at Nascar

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Roller Derby Rises Again
From: WAMU
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Roller Derby: coming to a town near you

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
We Are Lane One
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily LaFond can't handle the shame of not being the best. But an embarrassing stint on the school swim team helped her lose her ego.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Diary of a Football Mom
From: Katie Bausler
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A mother's unexpected angst over her son's last football season .

Bought by KPIK-LP and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cub Failure
From: Joel Brussell
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Comparing Chicago Cubs collapse a few years back to Hindenburg Disaster

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
Mother and Daughter
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, Gayle Streeter and her daughter Hannah talk about a buck they shot in 2005, and and the responses they got from their male hunting...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
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Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53
The Herring Toss
From: Next Generation Radio
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A light piece about an annual event in Petersburg, Alaska

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Jul 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Logo Logos
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The capitalism of anti-capitalism, according to Ian.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:11
Cricket, Anyone?
From: Dick Meister
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Who needs baseball when we've got cricket, our first national pastime?

  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
Basketball
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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A 15 year-old, five-foot tall girl explores why basketball is important to her.

Bought by WMNF, 90.5 WSNC, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 3
Derby Dames
From: KRCC-FM
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Fast, violent, and fun

  • Added: Sep 09, 2005
  • Length: 08:11
Junior Dragsters
From: KRCC-FM
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Kids get into drag racing

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1
White Collar Boxing
From: Thomas Grove
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Wall Street Bankers take their work grudges out int he boxing ring

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jul 11, 2005
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1