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A Tale As Old as Tom: Getting to Know the Tom of Tom's Popcorn Shop
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Tom is ready to greet customers with a joke and a smile at Tom's Popcorn Shop, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a little popcorn shop in the Nokomis neighborhood of south Minneapolis where you can get popcorn, banter, and half off double the normal pr...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 07:10
Artifact or Artifice: The Kensington Runestone Hoax
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 25:48
Tijuana Jukebox
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Tijuana, Mexico.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #11: Germans on Harleys
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Every year, tourists from around the world flock to Southern Utah to take in the scenic landscape. Most travel by car, but some opt for a less trad...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 14:54
  • Purchases: 1
Allen Ginsberg
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :59
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
The Moviegoer
From: Andrew Leland
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Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Serotonin Day
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
The Ballad of Maggi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
VoxPod #2 - Cultures in Agriculture
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today's show features two stories from our reporters about small agricultural communities.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
On the same wavelength
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, WORT, and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 3
Cut the cheese
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 and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
A Curse on Time Warner
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Why the Dodgers Will Lose

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:19
TSR14-12 Live from Reedsburg
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio live in concert from the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Featuring Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchest...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 5
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Gaming museum warps players through time
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digit...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
I Meant to Do That
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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The Mistakes of Monkey Jesus

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:32
Travel Narrows the Mind
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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From Here to there

  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
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
Shopping Your Way to Hell
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of South Coast Plaza, I Fear No Evil

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
Faith (Full Episode)
From: BSR Radio
Series: The Radio Show
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What do you believe? Talking about Faith. Contributions by: Matthew Lawrence, Rachel Blatt, and Brice Peterson.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:39
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
Commentator Maddi Frick on Concerts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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In case you've ever wondered where you need to stand at a concert.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 08:09
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 Crap Becomes Real (Or, How I Got Started On Ebay)
From: Susan Barrett Price
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We learned from the Velveteen Rabbit how toys become real. But all things become real and emerge daily from the secret source at the back of my clo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:00