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My Transistor Radio mtr-013
From: Chuck Ayers
Series: My Transistor Radio
Caption: My Transistor Radio, Credit: Web file photo
My Transistor Radio is a retrospective spotlighting “Dance and Romance” teen music from 1950s and 60s A-M Radio. MTR is attempting to examine why ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The New Girl Scouts
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Just shy of their 100th birthday, the Girl Scouts are working to shed their cookie and campfire image with new badges that focus on skills like rob...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Words for Nancy Grace
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comedian/Author Karen Bergreen tells us about Moms killing Moms and has words for Nancy Grace.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Don Knotts Was My... Dad
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Karen Knotts, daughter of Don Knotts give us insights about growing up in the shadow of Mayberry.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:09
Trivia night at the Edinburgh Castle Pub
From: KALW
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Tuesday nights aren't exactly the most exciting night of the week. Most bands play over the weekend. Movies open on Friday. But, if you're the type...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
A snapshot from a festival on wheels
From: KALW
Caption: Rock Star Pedaler, Credit: Photo by Celeste Lindhall
San Francisco is a notoriously bike-friendly town. The famous critical mass ride began right here in 1992. Now, on any given day or night you can f...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:59
THE GUARD -- John McDonagh
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmaker John McDonagh talks embracing serendipity, racism as a character device, and when stunt work goes wrong.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:49
Crowd-sourcing Biological Solutions Through Gaming
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Fold.It screen shot
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:17
Page Wilson: Into The Blue, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:33
Sound Cave
From: Molly Samuel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Artist and composer Tyson Ayers builds new instruments out of cast-off pieces of old ones. But his instruments aren’t your usual guitars and drums....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Deconstructing Disgust
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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What is disgust, and where does it come from? Host Gabriel Spitzer explores why we've evolved with this emotion and what it says about us.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Extreme Biking: dangerous, dirty and tons of fun
From: KALW
Caption: Extreme cyclists gather before the race, Credit: Dara Kerr
Cutting your gas bill, your carbon footprint, or your waistline: these are some of the reasons to bike more. And in San Francisco, biking has incre...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/9/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THEY LINE UP LIKE WELL-BEHAVED CHILDREN...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
INSIDIOUS - James Wan and Leigh Whannell Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell give their definition of terror, explain why making money isn't the point, and why sound is the scariest th...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 18:21
Today’s special: a tour of San Francisco’s dining history
From: KALW
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Eating and drinking in a library are always forbidden – and with good reason. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a lot about eating and drinking...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
Razzie Head Berry John Wilson Phone Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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John Wilson, Razzie founder and Head Berry of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation, on the worst of 2010's cinema.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 23:36
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
Chic Silber: Broadway's Magic Man
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Chic Silber, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
West Side Story, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, Amadeus, Wicked-- You may not know Chic Silber, but you probably know at least some of the spectacles ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 08:09
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/23/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A HEAD AND A TONGUE MADE OF SILVER OR BRASS...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
Riddles from the Border Regions, 9/4/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THREE FEET I HAVE ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Barbecue Sales Up Despite Recession
From: WPSU
Caption: Dave Gio, Credit: Emily Reddy
Dave Gio added barbecue sales to his roadside gas station/convenience store a few years ago. Now ribs and pork are where he makes most of his prof...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
America America
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Steuben Parade Queens
This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
A Musician's Life: Gordon Gano (of Violent Femmes fame)
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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The son of a minister, Gordon Gano hardly seemed like an obvious candidate to front the 1980's post-punk band, The Violent Femmes. But his smart ly...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04

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