PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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Sandie Alger is a 71-year-old woman with a very long rap sheet. She was in and out of prison throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, and upped her game...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 19:28
  • Purchases: 1
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A boomer reflects: Years have a way of changing people's perspectives, indeed. Kim Gordon, rocker role model and founding member of Sonic Youth, re...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer. When she came to New York twenty-one years ago to rehearse for a concert at Carnegie Hall, she never imag...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:09
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D audio.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
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On July 17th, 1889, the residents of Clayton County, Iowa woke up to news of the worst crime in their history. A Civil War veteran and his young wi...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 17:25
  • Purchases: 2
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Tales of failed love and rejection with comic Ivan Decker and life coach Edel Walsh. Host Steven Chua asks an old flame to critique his romancing s...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:20
Caption: Avichai and Kirin Ben Baruch
Israel Story's Valentine's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching love affair you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KUER, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
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"The one that wins is the one you feed the most" Music: "Water" – Johannes Welsch Intro Music: "Illabye" - Tipper

  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 18:19
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It was 1945, Joe Prinster was just hours into his high school diploma when he was told to "pack and be ready to get on the train in the morning...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
Caption: Snap Judgment
On the next all-NEW Snap, we pull a rabbit out of our hat. From PRX and NPR, we proudly present "Presto!"

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Snap 418 "Chain of Command" - On the next Snap Judgment from PRX and NPR, "Chain of Command." Amazing stories about those on the bottom talking t...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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When people look at your ID they think they know who they're dealing with. But on the next all-NEW Snap Judgment... we throw them for a loop. From ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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On an all-NEW Snap, what happens when the sky falls down... when your brilliant plan breaks apart? It's not over. It's never over. From PRX and NPR...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
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On the next Snap, we're dropping the story-pocalypse. Snap Judgment presents "The Passion" performed LIVE! in San Francisco's Nourse Theater. Amazi...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Snap Judgment
It's that moment where everything you count on... disappears. On the next Snap Judgment from PRX and NPR, "Blackout".

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Take a regular person and back that guy up against a wall...and there is no telling what he might do. From PRX and NPR, Snap proudly presents "Desp...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Snap Judgment
We think we've seen it all before, but what if we wake up and discover...that we're living in someone else's game? From NPR and PRX, Snap Judgment ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Snap #420 "Snap Live! in Ann Arbor" -- Snap celebrates 100 episodes on NPR and PRX with Snap Judgment Live! in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's a night ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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From NPR and PRX, Snap proudly presents, “Saved.” Amazing stories of real people snatching victory from the jaws of calamity.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Ice up, son. On the next Snap Judgment it's about to get all black and blue. From PRX and NPR, we proudly present..."Striker"

  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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It's summertime. Nothing better than going to the woods, setting up your tent... and at night fall, it's time to tell scary stories. On the next Sn...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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A piece exploring the Young People's Theatre Project's summer theater production, which brings 6th-12th graders into the wilderness to produce a mu...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:38