PRX - Pieces for Topic: Humor

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Apocalypse Nanny
From: Merle Kessler
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Of clowns and music in surgery. Oh, and nannies.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:47
How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed
From: The Little Gray Book Lectures
Series: The Little Gray Book Lectures
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Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three pr...

Bought by KWIT, Nevada Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 13
Bob Saget and Me: Adventures In Space
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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A love story.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
I Liked Diamond When Diamond Wasn't Cool
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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Secret Neil Diamond fans unite -- finally Diamond is cool!!

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:43
Santa Fe: Being Local in a Tourist Town
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Commentator Chris Goldstein reflects on Santa Fe and his transformation to a "local"

  • Added: Dec 31, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
War on Christmas? Please.
From: KRCC-FM
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Commentator is skeptical about the so-called "war on Christmas"

  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:11
9 Reasons to Wear a Winter Holiday Sweater
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Droll short about ugly holiday sweaters

Bought by KDNK and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
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Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54
Prince Charles Belongs on a Bicycle
From: Dick Meister
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It's time that Charles and the other sponging members of Britain's royal family found a different line of work,

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:26
Commentary: Haunted Santa
From: KRCC-FM
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The lure of a mechanical Santa

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Good guy winner at last
From: Michael Jackman
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What it means to win a radio contest, after losing one 30 years ago.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:26
Courting the Librarian
From: Barrett Wolf
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Love poem for the literal and the literary

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet:A Naked Thanksgiving by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Talking turkey about the birds and the bees.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 20
Ilya Kutik
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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A Great Russian Poet assigns his students the impossible

  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:45
Diabetic Halloween
From: Johnny Plough
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what does halloween mean to a diabetic kid - when you take away the candy?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KKWE Niijii Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 11
Selling America
From: Merle Kessler
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A light-hearted look at American public relations failures!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Oh! Danny Boy
From: Merle Kessler
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The reality series about Danny Bonaduce reaches new heights of creepiness.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:58
What Would Scarlet Do?
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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An old prom dress sparks memories of a departed stepmother and her different take on the world.

Bought by KISU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Old Oil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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What do you do with the oil after you deep-fry a turkey? Bury it. On your neighbor's property.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Need income? Take temp assignments. Yeah, right.
From: Michael Jackman
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I supplement my income with temp work. Oh, boy.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
Becoming more successful can be dangerous to your health
From: Michael Jackman
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At the moment life is great, and I've got the scars to prove it.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Oct 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Camping Colorado's "Wild" Side
From: KRCC-FM
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The peaceful outdoor experience isn't always so peaceful or natural anymore

  • Added: Sep 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:45
Leave Daffy alone!
From: Merle Kessler
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Warner Brothers messes with the classics. Stop them.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
How to insult a man.
From: Merle Kessler
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What men really want - according to another damn poll.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 1
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10

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