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21. France Was Years Ahead
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
1. A Dog's Life
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
What I learned about life from my dog when I was eight years old.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Gamers!
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The games they play here involve dragons, wizards, and superheroes. And sometimes...they come with stereotypes.

Bought by KUOW and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 2
Dear Shrieking Partisans
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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I speak out against partisan arguments and call for a re-dedication to open-mindedness - with a wacky twist-ending!

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wicked Maine Limericks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The limerick is a form of poetry that is short, rhyming and often of a sexual nature.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Hands Up!
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
This Wonderful Life
From: Scott Huler
Caption: Always an unusual interview process
A gentle parody of the public radio show "This American Life," using the James Stewart Christmas chestnut "It's a Wonderful Life" as a weapon.

Bought by KMXT, KZYX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 12
The Next Gary Larson? The Oatmeal.
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: TheOatmeal Cartoon Frame, Credit: TheOatmeal.com
Remember the Farside comics? Here's an interview with the Farside 2.0

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
Internet Memes Explained:Keyboard Cat and Bub Rub
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Keyboard Cat, Credit: Via YouTube.com
Exploring internet memes with Jamie Wilkinson from Know Your Meme — what are they? how do they develop?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cookus Interruptus II: Cookus Interruptus: Mediterranean Quinoa (Darrell Bikes to Kindergarten)
From: KUOW
Series: Cookus Interruptus
Caption: Jane and Steve, Credit: Brad Huskinson
Cynthia prepares a side dish of quinoa salad despite a broken sink.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 07:31
The Opposite Sex
From: City High Radio
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City High junior A Greene asks, "What would you be like if you were the opposite sex?" and finds the answers surprising.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:56
Houses & Stuff
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A piece about my house and my stuff. I think the title pretty much describes it. I peer suspiciously through the curtains and auto-dial the police.

Bought by KSFR, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
TI-99/4A
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author discusses his old home computer and general dorkitude.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WILL, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
B-Side Radio: Neighbors
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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B-Side's Tamara Keith moves into a new house and introduces us to some unconventional neighborhoods. Also, what happens when a fence falls down, o...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WBEZ, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
A Lesson In Social Confusion (Or How I Essentially Became Street Kabuki Performer Entirely By Accident)
From: Ryan Scammell
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A humorous look at awkward social interactions

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 14, 2009
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
How to Be a Man...(sort of)
From: Ryan Scammell
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Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hunting for Ants
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
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Adam Lazarus is a myrmecologist who spends most days in the woods loking for ants, even though it leaves him feeling a little guilty.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Hartville Flea Market
From: Matt Pryor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A day at the Hartville Flea Market

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Hitchhiking with a bag full of cocaine in Texas
From: Brad Horn
Series: The 90-second vox pop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A trip to Texas for a weekend wedding gets weird.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 02:09
Non-Muslims fast during Ramadan.
From: Will Wright
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Non-Muslims get a taste of Islam by fasting during Ramadan.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 04:09
Kids' Money-Making Schemes
From: Mary Rose Madden
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story takes you through the makeshift businesses kids invent when money matters are less complicated, less stressful, and MORE adventurous.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 3
The Americana Collection show #16
From: Dixie McCorkell
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Original music by the hottest up-and-coming Americana country artists.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2008
  • Length: 58:25
Comedy: Pay Per View Art
From: Dan Epstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cable TV marketing meets fine art

  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
George Carlin Tribute -"7 Dirty Words" The Extended Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
George Carling-His Life, Times and The 7 Words...Remix

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 20:29

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