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Christmas Stories
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: No Room At The Inn, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Three Christmas stories. In the first story family nativities build homes in Haiti. The second story is about a man and a machine in Williamsburg, ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WHRV, KWIT, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4
The Umami of Customer Service
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: Customers
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
00: An Introduction
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Craig and George introduce the show and discuss sounds relating to their lives.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
Latitude News Podcast #4 - Channeling Venice in Cleveland
From: Latitude News
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
Laughter Yoga
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Alan Goodwin, Credit: Cape Cod Laughter Yoga
Clare and Alan Goodwin founded Cape Cod Laughter Yoga in 2008. Every week since, they've led a group of a dozen or more people of all ages through ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
2012: A Year In Your Ear - "Doggie Sunglasses"
From: Mad Genius
Series: 2012: A Year In Your Ear
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The first entry in our "A Year In Your Ear" series: "Doggie Sunglasses." The year begins with the GOP trying to outgun each other, Obama trying t...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:36
Hungry in Winter: The Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child
Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 49:35
From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: At age 29, Martin Spitznagel is the World Champion of Old-Time Piano Playing., Credit: Martin Spitznagel
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
Dressing the Part
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Felix Angelini-Hurll, Credit: Walter Murch
Sometimes we need help when dressing for a special occasion. In England Moss Bros. will 'give only the best service.'

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:53
  • Purchases: 1
Handclapping Games
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
3 Great American Voices
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 6
Day in the Life
From: Stace Carter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interesting angles on the seemingly average.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:42
Hungry for the Holidays, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
Julia Child takes us back in time, presenting 2 stories -- "A Christmas Carol," read by the actor Peter Donat; and "I Was Really Very Hungry," writ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KWIT, Boise State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 54:49
  • Purchases: 41
HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KMUD, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 19
Lost on Lost
From: Justin McLachlan
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Justin McLachlan talked with some Lost superfans waiting to watch the series finale about all the things he didn't know he didn't know about the show.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
How to Endure Winter
From: Suzanne Pekow
Caption: Christopher Wright walks outside in Minneapolis on some of the coldest days of the year., Credit: Suzanne Pekow
A winter-phobic learns to enjoy outdoor activities in one of the country's coldest climates.

Bought by KSKA, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 5
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
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
Tale Spinning Terrors!
From: Jerry Kenney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Frighten up your holidays with 'edge of your seat' storytelling and holiday music in this 'Tale Spinning' hour of Terror from WYSO Public Radio and...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Troy Night Out
From: Joel Patterson
Caption: Troy Night Out
30 minute montage of a street festival in Troy, New York

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:59
The Top 10 Texas Tunes of All Time
From: KUT
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We've identified more than 250 songs about Texas—from ‘Abilene’ to the ‘Yoakum Texas Blues’. The hard part? Picking the Top 10.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, NPR Illinois, and KVNF


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 55:37
  • Purchases: 3
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (with producer voiceover)
From: Brad Horn
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A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)
From: Brad Horn
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
We're Not Couch Potatoes: TV Fans Get Politically Active Online
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A fan protests in front of Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles., Credit: nohodamon/Flickr
When TV writers went on strike in 2007, the couch potatoes got active. We look back at the writers strike, and see how the largest political force ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00