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Lux Showboat
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU, KTXK, KMXT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:04
  • Purchases: 4
Mother
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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There are very few more poignant examples of world-historical irony in cinema than the Soviet silent film—the revolutionary hopes they expressed pr...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:43
Debs In Canton
From: The National Audio Theatre Festivals
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American labor leader Eugene V. Debs gave a speech in June of 1918 to a movement rally in which he condemned US involvement in the First World War....

Bought by KUNM and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Presents Clark Gabel
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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When It Was Live is pleased to present a weekly one hour series of the Lux Radio Theatre the finest radio theater series ever produced. The Lux Ra...

Bought by KSLU, KECG, and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 3
Opera Stars
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Joyce DiDonato rehearsing Berlioz, Credit: Grégory Massat
Soprano Nadine Sierra and Mezzo Joyce DiDonato

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KVNO, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Clarence Sasser by Stephen Lang
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Clarence Sasser
The story of Clarence Sasser is a portrait from Stephen Lang's one-man show, Beyond Glory, based on the book by Larry Smith of the same title. He p...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 15:14
Forward Observer: A short play by Willy Holtzman
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Tonya Pinkins
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried VA hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giving her a hard time a...

  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 22:29
Banshee: A Short Play by John Patrick Shanley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Aidan Quinn
In BANSHEE, a teacher (Aidan Quinn) who's home sick receives a visitation from an Irish sprite (Geraldine Hughes) and an out-of-this-world proposal...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 25:46
I Do's
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Michael Urie
Michael Urie, Harriet Harris and a great ensemble of actors star in three short plays about love and marriage. A couple celebrates their 24th anniv...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Real Me
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Bobby Cannavale
In the comic classic, MERE MORTALS by David Ives, a construction worker reveals he is secretly, actually the Lindbergh baby. Turns out his pals hav...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, KZYX, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Birds and the Bees
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: William Jackson Harper
William Jackson Harper is a lascivious bee swarming a young woman’s Upper West Side apartment. Two vultures have a bone to pick with Saint Francis....

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Crazy Love
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Rosie Perez, Credit: Rob Northway
John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez and Bobby Cannavale star in CRAZY EIGHTS by David Lindsay-Abaire (Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner). Two recovering drug ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WRGY, KUNM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 8
Getting To Know You
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski and Lois Smith star in short plays by Christopher Durang (Tony winner) and Beth Henley (Pulitzer Prize winner). In Henley's REPORT O...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Higher Powers
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Audra McDonald, Credit: Autumn de Wilde
Aidan Quinn, Audra McDonald and Tonya Pinkins star in shorts by John Patrick Shanley (Oscar, Pulitzer, Tony winner) and Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Priz...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 10
A Dog and a Cat
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
Two plays starring Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Asner, Adam Driver and Kathleen Turner - one about a dog, and one about a cat. A deposed dictator's beloved ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM, WMPG, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Off My Chest
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
In Jesse Eisenberg’s satirical, humorous A Little Part of All of Us with Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha, a young man displays his tenuous hold o...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Second Chances
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Amy Ryan
Three short plays, with Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg and others. In SKIN, romance sparks at the college health clinic where two Bengali students awa...

Bought by KUNM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Oregon Public Broadcasting, XRAY.fm, KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Out Loud
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Olympia Dukakis
Starring Oscar Winner Olympia Dukakis, There You Are, the first of three short plays portraying the gay experience, is about two widows who meet ag...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUER and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 13
Like No Business I Know
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jerry Stiller
There's no business like show business.... In TONY winner Christopher Durang's witty MRS. SORKEN, a wacky theater devotee gets her chance in the s...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gardens & Gardeners 12-14
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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We celebrate the return of spring with music from films that feature gardeners and gardens.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, WEKU, KPVL, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Alex North 10-48
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score we celebrate the centenary of Alex North.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPVL, and WEKU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
BURIED -- Ryan Reynolds Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ryan Reynolds, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ryan Reynolds on sense memory, staying calm, and working solo.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:11
ANIMAL KINGDOM -- Interview with writer/director David Michod
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: David Michod, June 18, 2010, San Francisco, Credit: Andrea Chase
David Michod talks crime, drama, and the silence of 17-year-old boys.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 18:15
UP IN THE AIR -- Anna Kendrick interviewed by Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
UP IN THE AIR co-star Anna Kendrick talks to Andrea Chase about suiting up, being prepared, and why we won't be seeing George Clooney in a space suit.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 11:27
What's the Word? Al Pacino's Shakespeare
From: Modern Language Association
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Actor Al Pacino's mission to bring Shakespeare to a wider audience...

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4