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Punkhouse, Rhode Island
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from a show house in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - Labor Day 2021 Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed we explore tales of different types of labor.

Bought by WVPE, RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, Morehead State Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 8
Radio Musical - The Lady and The Tramp in Chinatown
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The reciprocal of a "theatrical musical" where music suddenly interrupts the story line, a "radio musical" has the story line suddenly interrupted ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 20:55
Lonely Hearts Club #2
From: KXCI
Series: Lonely Hearts Club
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In this episode Bridgitte talks with Fish Karma and friends about marriage, and complicated kid stuff. recorded in Tucson AZ in the summertime. Enjoy!

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:19
Old Time Radio Murder Mystery
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Delaney Mazen echoes the tongue-in-cheek and audacious tone of the 1940’s Radio Mystery. To hear actual old time radio, listen to The Inner Sanctum...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:50
Coochie coo
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.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
Jazz-O-Rama #9: "Django Reinhardt"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Django Reinhardt 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 3
Wumbers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This is 1DERFUL!: Wumbers. The new children's book by Amy Kruse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. The idea is to take words that contain numbers, an...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 22:19
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
Being P C is getting STUPID
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comic Tom Cotter is ticked off at the PC movement and how he tried to keep weight off...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
The arrival of spring
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
2010 Commedia Del Media
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
Caption: Commedia del Media
Reporters can be funny. Standup comedy featuring emcee Matt Cooper, along with Doug Hecox, Rich Edson, Jamilla Bay, Walter Shapiro, Melissa Bell, ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
Practically Speaking: What's in a Name
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly prejudiced ag...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 10:22
  • Purchases: 1
Yisrael Campbell, non-narrated feature
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of Yisrael Campbell's comedy

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
Three Timeless Tales of Reginald Bretnor
From: Fred Flaxman
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Dramatic readings of three humorous Bretnor short stories.

Bought by KWMR, KWMR, WRTU, and WUFT


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 54:27
  • Purchases: 4
How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed
From: The Little Gray Book Lectures
Series: The Little Gray Book Lectures
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Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three pr...

Bought by KWIT, Nevada Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 13
Mock BBC Sportscast
From: Abby Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A witty parody of a typical BBC sportscast

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 27, 2004
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Mock Funding Credits
From: Abby Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A smart and funny mockery of our typical NPR funding credits

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, and WKSU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2004
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 4
All Things Remixed: A Youth Radio Spoof
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A brief spoof-advertisement for an apocryphal CD that remixes 1960s classics with hip-hop beats.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 3