PRX - Pieces for Tone: Humorous

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

1075 results


Weird Al Yankovic and Jenny Lewis
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Weird Al talks about surviving in show business for 40 years and how he dealt with a very public career setback in the late '80s. Jenny Lewis digs...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KWIT, WLPR , KBBI Alaska, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Covering My Butt in Comedy
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Comedian Stories, Credit: Comedian Jan McInni
When you’re emceeing for a week, and none of the shows are going well, you need to figure out how to cover your butt. Here’s what Jan did.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:20
Black Versus White Comedy Clubs
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Comedian Stories, Credit: Comedian Jan McInni
What, if any, difference is there in comedy clubs that have more white or black audiences? Jan talks about her experience starting out in comedy.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
Neko Case and Risk's Kevin Allison
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Rabid collaborator Neko Case talks about her desire to share music with others and how music served as her companion as a child. Comedian and host ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jokes for Leno
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Comedian Stories
Selling jokes to Jay Leno for his Tonight Show monologue was always fun. Here's a fun story about it.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:12
Joel Kim Booster and Cindy Wilson of The B52's
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Comedian Joel Kim Booster talks about growing up as a gay Korean adoptee in a conservative Christian household and why he actually wanted homework ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KWIT, KWIT, KBBI Alaska, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Josh Ostrander of Mondo Cozmo
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Mondo Cozmo frontman Josh Ostrander talks about being an overnight sensation...20 years in the making. He also gets into his recent visit to the Se...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KWIT, KBBI Alaska, KWIT, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating the Birthday of Christian McBride
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Christian McBride
(Air Dates: February 19 - 25) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the career of Christian McBride with our special gue...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Brooks Wheelan and Death From Above 1979
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
"Saturday Night Live" alum and stand-up comedian Brooks Wheelan discusses his one-year stint on the show and some of the reasons he didn't make it ...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KBBI Alaska, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wyclef Jean and Habibi
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Wyclef Jean talks about the challenge of following up his massive success at the helm of The Fugees with something that, at the time, seemed like a...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KBBI Alaska, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Warpaint and Joan Shelley
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
Emily and Stella of Warpaint talk about the challenge of being a band when you're, as they call themselves "a democracy of dictators." Joan Shelley...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KBBI Alaska, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jan 18, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Present Laughter
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
Piece image
Comedic comings and goings, courtesy of Noel Coward.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, KCHW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Man Man's Ryan Kattner and Saint Paul & The Broken Bones
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
After years away, quirky rockers Man Man are back, and frontman Ryan Kattner (a.k.a. Honus Honus) talks about how he developed his unique stage per...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , KBBI Alaska, and KRSC


  • Added: Jan 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
36: Cougar Screams
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
Piece image
Cougars are beautiful and stealthy solitary hunters. Until they want to mate. Then they sound like a person being run through a garbage compactor. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
A Handful of Comment Cards
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Not all comedy shows go great. Sometimes you wind up with a handful of very bad comment cards. Jan had this happen early on in her career. . .it wa...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 04:24
Comedy One Nighters
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Entertainers do these routinely, and a one-nighter sounds sexy, but it’s not what you think. See what we mean by one-nighter. You might want to che...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
WSU President Scott Olson Discusses Cringe Comedy
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Piece image
On this episode of Culture Clique, we talk Cringe Comedy with Winona State University President Scott Olson. President Olson fills us in on what cr...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 36:52
A Mojave Solstice
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Piece image
Winter holidays in the High Desert, and problems with the 29 Palms Christmas Pageant. Guest: Brendan Maze.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Replacements Tribute With Bob Mehr, Bob Odenkirk, Jim James, and More
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
We've got something a little different for you this week: a tribute to The Replacements. Music journalist and author Bob Mehr — who wrote the defin...

Bought by KWIT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Comedian Karma
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Comedians do believe in Karma, and when a comedian is kind of harsh with Jan, she is patient. . .and that pays off. But, yeah, it’s hard to be nice...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
Me and Oprah
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Oprah’s show could boost your comedy career, and Jan had her crack at it! Hear how it turned out!

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
These Miracles Work Part 2 (Hold Steady Special)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
In 2008, The Hold Steady released their seminal album "Stay Positive." To celebrate the record's 10th anniversary, this is part two of the story be...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , KWIT, KBBI Alaska, and KRSC


  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
My First Big Comedy Emcee Gig
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Emceeing in a comedy club is the first step in your career. And you think you’re ready to emcee in the big clubs with 5 minutes of material and 2 m...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
Bad Comedy Venues
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Comedians are put on all sorts of unusual stages, but comedy doesn’t really work everywhere! The jokes might be great and the crowd might be awesom...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
These Miracles Work Part 1 (Hold Steady Special)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
Piece image
In 2008, The Hold Steady released their seminal album "Stay Positive." To celebrate the record's 10th anniversary, this is part one of the story be...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , KWIT, KBBI Alaska, and KRSC


  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones