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Now There's Only Time To Live Forever
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Penelope DeWitt at Stoney Beach after her recording session, Credit: Jessica Ripka
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 2
Cooking Potatoes In Idaho — A Thanksgiving Story
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 2
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
From: Michael Kelly
Caption: Alex chows down on a Bento box in Kyoto
An American father and young son spend a year living as expats in Asia, where they soon discover just the simple act of eating provides daily chal...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 14:29
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall
From: Amy Rapp
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...

Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reflections of a Former Tough Guy
From: Mason Sand
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A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
First Date
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
How to Ace a Job Interview
From: Mariel Fiedler
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A comedic piece giving advice on how to follow up after your first interview.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
Board
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
My Funeral, Your Trial
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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Unreasonable demands from BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Bought by WCBE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Fried Hospital ala Mode
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
According to a 2008 report by the Centers for Disease Control, one third of Americans are obese. Yet many hospitals are serving cheap, heavily pro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
THE FIGHTIN’ SEEBEES!
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A recollection of a temp job at a nuclear submarine base, in which the author stacks boxes, doesn’t go anywhere near a submarine, and mispronounces...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
I'm White And I'm Mennonite
From: Rachel Yoder
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A personal essay examining music, race, and identity

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 2
TI-99/4A
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author discusses his old home computer and general dorkitude.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WILL, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
How to Be a Man...(sort of)
From: Ryan Scammell
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Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2008
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
"A Valentine From Graham Nash's MAC"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A perfect piece for Valentine's Day! The true story of how Joe Bevilacqua met his wife because of Graham Nash's laptop

Bought by KUT and Public Interactive


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 2
Sayings
From: Jim Hoskins
Series: TBubbaTalks!
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Sayings

  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
Katrina Kitsch
From: Eve Troeh
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First person accounts of Hurricane Katrina cultural responses - humorous and kitschy

  • Added: Dec 12, 2006
  • Length: 09:21
Dollars We Don't Need
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary noting that the U.S. Mint is once again trying to peddle $1 coins that we don't want.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
George Bush, the Next Eliot Ness?
From: Dick Meister
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Passage of the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages sought by President Bush could make him an Eliot Ness, chasing violators as Ness chased vio...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
Cricket, Anyone?
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who needs baseball when we've got cricket, our first national pastime?

  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
A Little Running, Maybe
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oh, it's not easy, that business of seeking better health through exercise.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Stick Poke Scrape Dump
From: Bill Palladino
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A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.

Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
Street Music
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meditation on a street musician in the heart of the Renaissance

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1