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The Speed of Sound: Speedy Ortiz
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Sadie Dupuis talks with Kyle Meredith about writing about feminism and politics on the latest Speedy Ortiz album, Foil Deer.

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 3 - FBI Agent reads from Anthony Horowitz' kid spy novel "Stormbreaker"
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
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What does it take to be a spy? We ask a real FBI agent and talk to writer Anthony Horowitz about his James Bond Jr.: Alex Rider in "Stormbreaker."

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 19:02
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1490 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/20/2015
From: KRDP
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This day we broadcast from Rayner's Chocolate and Coffee Shop in Glendale Arizona as it enters into it's third year of financially supporting Hacks...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WOUB


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of Illumination
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Illumination, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a "ray of thought" we're focused on this week, in a golden glow of musical customs from folkworlds old and new--so grab the Ray-bans, and get ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1484 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/09/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The late Red Holloway inspires the opening of this swinging session with Ray Brown, Jack McDuff and Geo Benson as his sidemen, so you know it's rig...

Bought by KPVL, WVBI-LP, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Larry Gavin "Northern Pike"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:35
Women Paying a Well Hidden Tax
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We all know about taxes – income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, entertainment taxes – it seems like the list is endless. But there’...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1480 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/11/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Emotion at the right tempos with seasoned Sonny Stitt and Duke Ellington's quartet, ground-cutting by Frank Morgan, as expected after years of bein...

Bought by KPVL, WVBI-LP, WYAP, and WOUB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Star Shine
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: The Folktale of Star Shine, Credit: Julia Meek
As novelist Richelle Goodrich wonders: “Why only gaze at the stars? Catch one!” Musical opportunities abound this week on our Folktale of Star Shine.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jitterbug Vipers
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Austin based quartet the Jitterbug Vipers play 1930s-style viper Jazz - the intoxicating underground take on swing classics by Duke Ellington, Coun...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1471 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/09/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A great melody and chord structure pay tribute to Miles, effective blues written by Leonard Feather is sung by actress Linda Hopkins. Swing is a fe...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Unity
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Unity, Credit: Julia Meek
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.” A stock reminder via Alexandre Dumas for our rally round the radio this week on th...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Zhuikov's Plover Landing
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Marie Zhuikov reading an excerpt from her book "Plover Landing."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Larry Gavin "Chinese Poets"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:42
VoxPod #8 - Two Arabian Days and Nights
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today's show features some of the highlights from the 2007 Seattle Arab Festival.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:21
  • Purchases: 1
Stories TATTOOS Tell
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: NOVEMBER 2014
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Ever wondered what the *tattoos* covering that woman's arm mean? Author Isaac Fitzgerald reads from his new book, Pen & Ink: Tattoos and The Storie...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Pat O'Keefe Showcases the Bass Clarinet in his CD Release Concert
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat O'Keefe with bass clarinet, Credit: Scott Miller
Pat O’Keefe plays an instrument that is not well known to the general public, the bass clarinet. But Pat shows us that the instrument expresses a v...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
96 Acres: A Micro-Economy Built Around the Cook County Jail
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Interviews with Darryl Jones and Juan Rodriguez. Darryl was an Assistant State's Attorney based at the jail, and Juan Rodriguez has run a food tru...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:05
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1443 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/25/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The first segment welcomes back guest DJ John Mueller, bringing his taste in vocalists and US west coast jazz. Sounds then evolve thru Latino rhyt...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of The Wind
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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From gentle breezes to nor'easters, squalls and unrelenting gales, it’s these air currents that carry us to every corner of the musical world this ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Lumberjill 101
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Shara Morris went to the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival in Rumford, Maine to see if she could cut it…or maybe saw it as a lumberjill.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
May The Voice Be With You
From: renee wilde
Series: Community Voices
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Hearing music from an inanimate object - auditory hallucination or talking fan?

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:52
Intoxication & Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Solid Comfort, 1906., Credit: Library of Congress
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1430 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/26/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Part of the show comes remotely from a Glendale chocolate & coffee shop, guest DJ is John "Brazilian Gringo" Mueller with music from Oscar Castro-N...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58

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