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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
Halloween :The North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PM was one of the North Side witches., Credit: Catherine McGuigan
Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 26:55
The American Connection (WWII)
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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It is no coincidence that three of Aaron Copland's most powerful works -- Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, and A Lincoln Portrait --...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Martin Ferguson on Tales from the South
It's our Annual 1-Hour Holiday Special, in two parts. Christmas memories by Mary Lester, Wetzel LaGrone, Sara Baker, Martin Ferguson, Ann Talman, a...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
Unplugging during the holidays
From: Lesley Nase
Caption: The meeting of two rivers, Credit: Lesley Nase
An essay on how to unplug and gain balance during the holiday season by watching classic holiday films.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 12:26
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1930's
From: Michael Fussell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Movies That Make Your Holidays
From: Spokane Public Radio
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SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for their top holiday rentals, traditional and not-so-traditional.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WVPE, WRFA-LP, KVSC, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Christmas Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
Caption: Connections host Stephen Peithman
While thoughts of Christmas music usually turn to carols and choirs, many original instrumental works have been written for the season—including on...

Bought by WUAL, Hawaii Public Radio, WUAL, WKSU, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Carol Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WUAL, WUFT, KRPS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Tales from the South 087: Tin Roof Project #21 Featuring White House Executive Gardner Mike Lawn
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
Caption: White House Executive Gardner Mike Lawn
Tin Roof Project #21, featuring former White House Executive Mike Lawn. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 05/12/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I'M THE COLOR OF LEAVES...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
05 Lubliner Nign
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
04 Lustig Zayn
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
03 Simkes Hanefesh
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
02 Sofia's Song
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
01 Shtayn Gart's
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:55
A Rodgers and Hart Valentine's
From: Fred Flaxman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The best of Rodgers and Hart's love songs as interpreted by some of the most famous American male and female vocalists.

Bought by WNMU-FM and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
Embroidered Love Stories
From: Shannon Geis
Caption: Iviva Olenick with her pieces., Credit: Shannon Geis
Iviva Olenick documented love stories from all over Brooklyn in embroidered pieces.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
Jews & American Pop: A Tin Pan Alley Parade
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: George Gershwin
In recognition of Hanukkah, this show is dedicated to the Jews who catapulted popular music to stage and radio from the 1900 to the early 1930s.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KWIT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE GREATEST RIDDLE OF ALL TIME ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Why Is There So Much Crappy Wine?
From: Brad Dunn
Series: What's The Juice?
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Got someone who's hard to shop for? This holiday edition of What's The Juice? suggests the perfect bottle for family, friends, or any special event.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 55:21
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/29/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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MY NAME IS JACK...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1

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