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Selling Texas Kitsch at SXSW
From
Michael Lee
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...
Bought by
WAMC
Added:
Mar 17, 2010
Length:
00:04:51
Licenses:
1
Not Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
Series:
The Optimist
From
Tom Pappalardo
The tale of a Dunkin Donuts, an armed robbery, and a high school girl I wanted to throw sugar packets at. The author almost loses his jelly.
Bought by
Remix Radio
Added:
Mar 16, 2010
Length:
00:04:11
Licenses:
1
I Think You Should Shut Up
Series:
The Optimist
From
Tom Pappalardo
A grumpy & annoyed person person speaks into a microphone for one minute and fifty seconds.
Bought by
Remix Radio
Added:
Mar 16, 2010
Length:
00:01:49
Licenses:
1
My Side of the Story: The YMCA
Series:
The Optimist
From
Tom Pappalardo
I am offended by the foul odor which emanates from this stinking sweat-factory!
Bought by
Remix Radio
Added:
Mar 16, 2010
Length:
00:02:59
Licenses:
1
Glass and Metal
Series:
The Optimist
From
Tom Pappalardo
A fiction piece about being stuck in traffic in Boston, recorded in a read-along record style for no apparent reason.
Bought by
Remix Radio
Added:
Mar 16, 2010
Length:
00:03:35
Licenses:
1
The Binary Boys Review Bejeweled 2
Series:
The Binary Boys Legendary Video Game Review
From
Doug MacRostie
Put away the family jewels... Bejeweled 2 for the PS3 PSN gives us an excuse to broach the subject of Gemology :D
Bought by
KAXE
Added:
Mar 15, 2010
Length:
00:05:31
Licenses:
1
The Unknown Stars of Open Mic Night
From
Claire Franjola
Performers at the Gulu-Gulu Café Open Mic Night in Salem, MA
Added:
Mar 13, 2010
Length:
00:05:03
Useful Waste
Series:
Distillations
From
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Reduce, reuse, recycle! This episode focuses on waste that has become a product of its own. Enter Jell-O and Vaseline. Chemical Agent: Carbon Black.
Added:
Mar 12, 2010
Length:
00:11:29
The Cult of Luck
From
Ayana Contreras
Ayana Contreras explores the motivation behind "playing the numbers", or the lottery.
Added:
Mar 10, 2010
Length:
00:09:46
A Shoe Repairman With Soul
From
Jill Strauss
In collaboration with the Mapping Main Street Project (visit mappingmainstreet.org) Independent Radio Producer Jill Strauss captures the voice o...
Added:
Mar 10, 2010
Length:
00:06:35
Mouth Of Wonder
From
KSFR
In this week's "Mouth of Wonder" host Stacy Pearl and Guest co-host Bernice Pearl talk about some great local happenings in Santa Fe and then its ...
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:29:00
Mouth Of Wonder
From
KSFR
"In this week's tasty installment of "Mouth of Wonder" host Stacy Pearl and co-host Laurell Reynolds acknowledge we are half way to spring and talk...
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:29:16
Mouth Of Wonder with Beverly McCrary
From
KSFR
"In this week's informative edition of "Mouth of Wonder " host Stacy Pearl and co host Beverly McCrary discuss their gardening ideas for the coming...
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:29:15
Looking for Love
From
Angela Regas
In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:06:50
Global Guru - Holland's Peculiar Curses
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:02:18
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:02:19
Global Guru-Mexico's Murals
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week the Global Guru learns about the mural movement in Ajijic, Mexico, two generations after Diego Rivera's vision.
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:02:46
Global Guru - Aboriginal Boomerangs
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week the Global Guru wades through tourist kitsch to find authentic aboriginal boomerangs.
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:02:43
Global Guru-Tanzania's Barbershops
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.
Added:
Mar 08, 2010
Length:
00:02:44
Global Guru - Latin America Bas Reliefs
Series:
Global Guru Radio
From
Rachel Louise Snyder
This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.
Added:
Mar 07, 2010
Length:
00:02:43
Adoption: The Newsical (Series Version)
Series:
What's the Frequency, Kenneth? news+music=newsical
From
Paul Fischer
I'm an adoptive dad....25 years now and counting. This episode is devoted to what the lawyers, social workers, seminars, books and the news media.....
Added:
Mar 05, 2010
Length:
00:54:01
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/6/10
Series:
Riddles from the Border Regions
From
Joan VanBuskirk
I HAVE TWO LEGS, I WEAR A BELT...
Bought by
KRCB
Added:
Mar 03, 2010
Length:
00:01:30
Licenses:
1
The Adoption Show-SHORT VERSION
From
Paul Fischer
Take it from me: An adoptive dad...25 years and counting. No one prepared you to face the unique challenge of the hilariously absurd and sometimes...
Added:
Mar 03, 2010
Length:
00:28:59
Cool Hand Luke Scenes Re-mixed "NIght in The Box"
From
Cooper St. James
Taking scenes from the Paul Newman classic Cool Hand Luke and mixed with my own grooves.
Added:
Mar 02, 2010
Length:
00:02:43
HOB Radio: Cars!
Series:
House of Blues Radio Hour
From
Ben Manilla
A special House Of Blues Radio Hour tribute to the Automobile!
Bought by
WXXI
Added:
Feb 23, 2010
Length:
00:59:00
Licenses:
1
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