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Episode 4 - Misheard Lyrics
From: Joe Boehnlein
Series: A Blast from the Past: The Pod
Caption: A Blast from the Past Logo
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer

  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
Episode 3 - Misheard Lyrics
From: Joe Boehnlein
Series: A Blast from the Past: The Pod
Caption: A Blast from the Past Logo
Tiny Dancer - Elton John

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
Episode 2 - Misheard Lyrics
From: Joe Boehnlein
Series: A Blast from the Past: The Pod
Caption: A Blast from the Past Logo
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
Episode 1 - Misheard Lyrics
From: Joe Boehnlein
Series: A Blast from the Past: The Pod
Caption: A Blast from the Past Logo
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
Giving up the ghost
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Lumberjill 101
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Shara Morris went to the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival in Rumford, Maine to see if she could cut it…or maybe saw it as a lumberjill.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Creature from the 7th Grade
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Bob Balaban
Charlie Drinkwater is in trouble. Not he’s done anything wrong. He’s just morphing into a mutant dinosaur.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 19:01
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Drawing from Nightlife
From: Thomas Dodson
Series: Champs Not Chumps
Caption: Bunnies posing at Dr. Sketchy's, Credit: Justin Moore
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is not your typical drawing session. It’s held in a bar, for starters, and features models ranging from circus perfor...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
Finding the Muse
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Jazz Fest 2011
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At last weekend's 41st Annual Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lauren Peterson spoke with a member of the Muses, an all-female...

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
Hiding
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of strange people tell where they hide a familiar object.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:40
Board
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
Poem: Labor Day Blues (Humor/Satire)
From: Glenn Richards
Caption: Glen ugly Naughty plays Harmonica, Credit: Gay Murdoch
Make your listeners smile with something new. A funny one. Labor Day Blues is an original spoken word poem written & performed by Glen ugly Naughty...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • 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
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
Millions of Fans Deserted
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Turner Broadcasting System has shamelessly abandoned the millions of baseball fans nationwide who for 30 years had watched TBS' almost daily br...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
What's in a (band) name?
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who decided on the name of that band and why that name?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
B-Side: Nerds and Games
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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B-Side's Tamara Keith went to the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in search of both games and nerds. They wer...

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Baah to Human Billboarding!
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that two National Football League coaches have made a small but possibly significant move that could undermine human billboardi...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
Commentary: Just Say No to Homer Ball
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's time we halted the home run bashing that's seriously corrupting our grand old game of baseball.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:09
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Otherwise Ordinary People
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith suits up for a game of roller hockey and brings us stories of ordinary people with extraordinary lives.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 25:41
  • Purchases: 1
Aiming to Miss - The Art of Knife Throwing
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Discovering the the dangerous trials and tribulations of the modern knife thrower

Bought by KUOW, WILL, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Soda Fountain of Youth
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The soda fountain was once an important neighborhood fixture.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1