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What's Dinner Like at your House?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The food can be good, bad, ugly and gross!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
Episode #01: The Tide and the Seay
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 12:28
  • Purchases: 1
Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leslie M.M. Blume, Credit: photo by Billy Farrell
Try to imagine drinking your way through this book! That’s what author Leslie M. M. Blume has done in order to provide recipes for 144 cocktails.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 097: Family Tensions
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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This week's stories are all about the tensions that exist within families. Stories by Randi Romo, JB Hogan, and George Smith. True stories told by ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
2012: A Year In Your Ear - Higgs Boson!
From: Mad Genius
Series: 2012: A Year In Your Ear
Caption: The only known image of Mad Genius.
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Higgs Boson!" Geeks rejoice! Researchers at the Large Hadr...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
Wisdom and Superstition in China: Drinking Turtle Blood and other Questionable Traditions
From: STephen ASma
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Essay on Quirky Superstitions in China, From a Befuddled Expat

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Losing Face and Saving Face: Understanding Chinese Culture
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and Philosophical essay about "Face Culture" in everyday China

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/03/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PERHAPS AN ANCIENT CALLING CARD...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
DIY Disasters
From: Destination DIY
Series: Destination DIY
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All about do-it-yourself projects gone wrong.

Bought by KUOW, WYSO, WRVO, KUT, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Riddles from the Border Regions, 01/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A WIND WILL HOWL...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
3 Great American Voices
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WXXI, WNPR, and KTEP


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 4
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From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/23/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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EACH YEAR COMES THE BANDIT...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/3/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ANIMAL, VEGETABLE I AM NOT...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
Becoming Twilight Town
From: Catherine Spangler
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One small town's quest to satisfy thousands of die-hard Twilight fans.

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 2
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)
From: Brad Horn
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
Short List - "I'm Away"
From: Jen Nathan
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A Short List inspired by modern life - Perfect for they day after a long vacation

  • Added: Feb 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:03
Manual Lawnmower Revival
From: Tina Antolini
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Taking action against global warming-- in the backyard.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska in Da Bronx
From: Rebecca Sheir
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5,000 Alaskan tchotchkes can't be wrong.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
Is This The End of Harry Potter?
From: Bill Slammon
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Narration with vox pop interviews of kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.

Bought by WXLV-FM and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
What Are You Gonna Do with 400 Fish?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5