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151219 Rediscovering Card Trick's Inapplicability to Radio
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Combining a card trick with the card games, 52 pickup and slap jack also didn't work on radio.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:02:48
151205 Favorite Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Indulging myself. You too?

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:50:04
"Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Comedy-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev's "Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Give your listeners a break from the news with this one-hour special that mixes new radio theater and classic soundtracks, deconstructed by veteran...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Lonely Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Ernest Borgnine as "Marty"
A classic year-end show that highlights the celebration of the holiday rather than the passing of any specific year. It's all about the going out, ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:41
The Tragedian of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis & his ubiquitous silk hat
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Wild Card Wednesday: A Message From Moonjarvia
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Painstakingly preserved in a cryogenic chamber, today we present the first podcast I ever recorded, rife with puns and strong opinions about video ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 11:53
A Tribute to Hoagy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Prince Sparky and the Battle of Opening Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Kaleidoscope, Credit: FooNar
The Detroit “Knights” take to the jousting field. It's a marvelously humorous baseball yarn set in jolly ole England.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 48:06
100213 The Will of Landru (or is that Landrieu)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Mardi Gras festival on another planet
The 40 year old Star Trek episode, The Return of the Archons, features a society that celebrates a Mardi Gras festival and is lead by a guy named ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00:16
  • Purchases: 1
"The Cartoon Carnival Thanksgiving Special"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Joe Bevilacqua's alter ego, noted newsman Walter Cockeyed fills in again as host and presents a wide array of classic and rare holiday themed cartoon, record and radio audio, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A humorous look at Thanksgiving.

Bought by KTXK and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 2
I Remember Radio #7: Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
"The Cartoon Carnival Pirates of the Caribbean Special" (program #22)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Joe Bev's "Cartoon Carnival Pirates of the Caribbean Special" features rare audio never before heard!
A humorous journey through Disneyland's ride, including rare audio not used.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 53:56
The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Funny Tributes to George Washington and Abe Lincoln air on “The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special” Available February 15, 2010 holiday Broadcast., Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special - Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev.) offers up cartoon audio and comedy about George Wa...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut To the North Pole
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Santa Claus Jr.
A Holiday Classic! Join Howdy, Mickey, John, Paul, George & Ringo on this "wild and crazy joyride" to Santa's workshop in the northern most reaches...

Bought by Prairie Public, KVSC, KRZA, KVSC, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 16
Cartoon Carnival #4
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Clyde Crashcup (Shep Menkin) Invents the Bathtub on the 4th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany," Bill Marx, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Myrtis Butl...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 54:38
The Beatles One-Hour Radio Special: "Help! Is On The Way..." Narrated by Michael Palin
From: Nicole Haldeman
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Michael Palin presents a radio special about the Beatles? second movie Help!, which was first released in 1965.

Bought by WGDR, WCPN, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 48:21
  • Purchases: 4
Promo - Happy Birthday Stan Freberg
From: Jeff Brown
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Promo for Stan Freberg radio special

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WCQS, KUSP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Happy Birthday Stan Freberg!
From: Jeff Brown
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A salute to Stan Freberg

Bought by KUT-HD, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WILL, Spokane Public Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2006
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 14
Here's Soupy!
From: Jeff Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A celebration of the life and career of Soupy Sales

Bought by KVNF, KVMR, WCPN, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Happy Birthday Spike Jones
From: Jeff Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music and interviews celebrating Spike Jones

Bought by WILL, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, KSFR, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Enchanted Highway, Part I
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Enchanted Highway, Full Version
From: Long Haul Productions
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A half-hour radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures alon...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KZSC and more


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 7
Lost & Found Sound and Beyond: Hour One
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound and Beyond
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Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUT, KOSU, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2004
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 18