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Get a leg up
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: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
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
Nitty gritty
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: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The allure of the Man of Steel
From: Kristen Eicher
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Travel to Metropolis, IL., the official hometown of Superman, the Man of Steel.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:35
Chef Vivian Howard
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Chef Vivian Howard, Credit: Tanner Latham
Vivian Howard is the chef at Chef and the Farmer in the small Eastern North Carolina town of Kinston. She also "co-stars" with her husband Ben Knig...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Song Story S0.E6 - Chris Rockwell's "Brand New Wax" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features spoken-word poet and hip-...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 10:45
Song Story S0.E4 - Nicole Atkins's "Girl You Look Amazing" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features songwriter and bandleader...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 11:04
Not Exactly a Lady
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: The 500 Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Credit: Ryan Khatam
Phyllis Dunham tells of her first experiences coming to New Orleans with her father...and his friends...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
The Farewell Season of Rollerdome
From: Radio K
Caption: Lisa Smith and Tad Wagner skate at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
Built in 1982, the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome has seen it’s share of sporting events. Baseball, football, soccer. But off the field, a community o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
How to Run Away to the Circus
From: Mary Harris
Caption: Seth Bloom, Rehearsing, Credit: acrobuffos.tumblr.com
How did a nice girl with a degree from Princeton University end up as a globetrotting... clown? Meet Christina Gelsone -- and her husband, Seth. Th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
Cirque du So Gay IV
From: Radio K
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It's that time again. Every year since 2009, Minneapolis-based Queer Bike Gang has hosted the LGBTQA-themed alley-cat bike race, Cirque du So Gay. ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
I Can Camp!
From: Radio K
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In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors. They found three problem...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Day in the Life of a Greasy Spoon
From: Radio K
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Anyone who has ever spent time in a greasy spoon diner knows that feeling. It's a mixture of good food, conversation, and that certain... something...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:15
Kings of the Cup
From: Sean Rameswaram
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The oldest and most revered piece of hardware in professional sports has arrived in Los Angeles for the first time. So, how will the Los Angeles Ki...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
A Little Dinner Music
From: Radio K
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Of our five senses, sound and taste might not seem to have that much in common. But if you ever find yourself at a fast food joint that blasts the...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
Trapped in a Small Space
From: Blake Cooper
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #44, Gordon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Catskill Witch
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A witch sits atop a monster who has been turned to stone and brews the weather for those below.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:46
The Mikie Show #37, Abe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Talking with the dead: One on one with Ireland’s most famous psychic
From: Becky Palmstrom
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Sandra O’Hara is a psychic channeller from Ireland. Becky Palmstrom gets more than she bargained for in a one-on-one interview. They discuss Sandra...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
He's A Fake Nowhere Man
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Interview and commentary with Mark Benson, who's been playing John Lennon in the Beatles tribute band 1964 for nearly three decades.

Bought by KEOS and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Mikie Show #22, Kenny
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hooray episode twenty-two has arrived at your computation machine’s receiving area! I think it’s a good show, I hope you like it. We speak with stu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 21, Bob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a discussion of a stage actor’s life with Bob Bowles. He started in the early days of TV but couldn’t shake his (or his wife’s) love of...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Gap Year - Ailin Conant
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Ailin takes a year in Europe and becomes a matador. Kind of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1