PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Are you ready to experience Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 04:37
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An episode that discusses the “neverendingness” of it all - a phrase spell-check does not recognize, but one you may have experienced if you ever f...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:06
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Hear the story of Space IL and their attempted journey to the moon.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 23:46
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Every few years, once its warehouses of unclaimed lost-and-found items fill up, the Israeli police becomes Sotheby’s for a day. Back in November 20...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
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Mishy Harman visits Anton Fokarev’s kingdom: The lost-and-found department at the entrance to the Savidor Merkaz train station in Tel Aviv. This is...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:51

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Dimensional Energy is at a crossroads with the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE: can they afford to stay in? Their situation raises larger questions about t...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
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Cooper can't wait any longer to see carbon capture utilization technology, so he makes a slightly abnormal reporting trip… across the country. He w...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 52:42
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It's the summer of 2019. Two more coal companies have filed for bankruptcy, and hundreds of workers are left in the lurch. Meanwhile, Jason Salfi i...

  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 45:50
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Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Ears Adrift's MC2 Sonja Wickard interviews scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory about the advancements in body armor technology.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 08:03
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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According to the USDA, nearly half of all the American adults listening to this story right now will eat a sandwich today. So, how has this simple ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:51
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An artesanal fisherman from a small Catalan village ends up shaping EU fishing law.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2020
  • Length: 26:13
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:19
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Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 2
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It’s spring! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are four stories.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 37:09
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Marty Edwards wanted to go on a fun trip with his girlfriend. But Mother Nature had other plans.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 32:00
Caption: Some of Doris Kelly's handmade cards.
In the early 1930s, a boy played a prank on a girl. The girl, Doris Kelly Hall, swore revenge. What followed was over 70 years of harassing limeric...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2018
  • Length: 21:29
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“Bearded Ladies” A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Paleobotanist Ellen Currano noticed a lack of other women in her field. So she...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"Trash Bandits And Border Collies" and "The Ents Of Melbourne" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Maggie had it all: a fine house,...

Bought by KSTK and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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"May The Road Rise Up To Meet You, And May The Wind Stop Blowing In Your Face" and "The Moon And The Possum" A special edition of HumaNature forma...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
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"Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?" and "Bigfoot" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting gu...

Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ira Glass, Credit: Jesse Michener
Public radio superstar host Ira Glass switches seats and becomes guest on The Naked American Songbook.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, and KUER


  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3