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St. Valentine, Gangster of Love
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The shocking truth about the patron saint of romantic love, marriage ... and bee keeping.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Nonsense At Work: Anticipate your great unwrapping
From: James McIntosh
Caption: Nonsense is a serious business
Will Santa pay you a visit in the night? If so, how will you react, with glee or with gravitas? How you react points to how you are likely to res...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Nonsense At Work: Dream big what matters
From: James McIntosh
Caption: Nonsense is a serious business
Do you believe in something big? I don’t mean religion, although that does qualify. I mean anything that means more to you than life itself. Or ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Nonsense At Work: Judging a culture by its covers
From: James McIntosh
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Americans are truly strange. So I thought 10 years ago on my first Memorial Day in the USA because I had forgotten something very basic about cult...

  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Henry Nicholas Gunther, November 11, 1918
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Officially the last American to be killed in World War I. In a cruel twist of fate, Henry Gunther "cheated life" by dying needlessly on a field in ...

Bought by WRVG - Georgetown College Student Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hannibal Hamlin (First Lincoln V.P.) July 4, 1891
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
From: Jim O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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The origins of the traditional Christian Easter Hymn

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
From: Jim O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Play Ball! Baseball's unofficial anthem gets the All-Star treatment.

Bought by KFAI, WTIP, WTIP, and WPTC


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Summer Insects
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Blind Willy Johnson
From: Thom Butler
Series: Blues Routes
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In time for Holy Week, we open with a piece on Blind Willy Johnson, a Texas street preacher who created the quintessential Good Friday blues gospel...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:28
The Stories of Hanukkah
From: Eric Molinsky
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Hanukkah can be seen as a holiday about assimilation.

Bought by KUOW, WAMC, Interfaith Voices, WRNC-LP, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caribbean Carnival Comes Early to Southeast Queens
From: WNYC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carnival Music comes early in Queens

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by KSRQ, KUT, KISU, Public Radio Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 10
Eco Resolutions
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Another year's gone, and the new year lies ahead. We all know what that means...Yup, New Year's resolutions! How about adding some eco-friendly res...

Bought by KOSU and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
like it's 1999
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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true sound from the dawn of the new millennium

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Oct 31, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
01 The Green Reaper
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Every November 2nd, Mexicans celebrate those who have died with Day of the Dead festivities...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33
06 An Eco-Friendly Auto Club
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Planning your next vacation just got a lot greener.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
17 The Return of the Wild Turkey
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Today, the wild turkey population in North America has grown to almost 6 million -- and that?s something to be thankful for.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
After Thanksgiving by Sandra M. Gilbert
From: Curtis Fox
Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
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Contemporary poems read by actors

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KFAI, KRUA, KZYX, KFAI and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2006
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 7
Agnostics at Christmas
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How people who don't believe in God experience Christmas

Bought by KBUT, 90.5 WSNC, KDNK, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 4
Muslims' Christmas Experience
From: KRCC-FM
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Muslim perspective on Christmas in a Christian-dominated town.

Bought by WAMC, 90.5 WSNC, and WMPG


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Tri-Cultural Christmas
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Colorado's oldest parish blends, Hispanic, Anglo, Native traditions

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 08:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mega-Church Christmas
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Behind the scenes at a church's Vegas-style holiday show.

Bought by KQAT


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Jingle Bells
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Christmas caroling--and setting a world record, in Medford, Mass

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, New Hampshire Public Radio, The PRX Podcast, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 4