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I’m Not Gonna Say Yes Until You Say Yes
From: KXCI
Series: Love in the Time of Everyone
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In episode 1, Matt gets down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend, Cait. She happened to have the same idea… on the same day.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 23:54
Episode 30: Cheers
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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In June of 2020, a 72-year-old man in the UK named Gerald Stratford posted a photograph of himself in his garden on Twitter. He wrote, “Just giving...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 28: The Clearwater Monster
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:23
Searching For Our Future Selves
From: Arlie Adlington
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Jess and Arlie cycle through the London night to see if they can find their future selves... A piece about imagining queer futures!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 25: City Birds
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Meet a woman who decided to devote her life to the wild birds of New York City, and a Los Angeles man who formed a once-in-a-lifetime friendship.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 25:02
Episode 24: Gobi
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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In June of 2016, Dion Leonard attempted one of the toughest races in the world—155 miles through the Gobi Desert. At the start of day two, he looke...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 18: The Memory Artist
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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One day Franco Magnani picked up a paintbrush.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:35
Episode 17: Anna and Massimo
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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At 43, Anna Bonavita had given up on finding love. But sometimes it’s worth the wait.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 25:51
Episode 15: Silvia and the Cats
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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We visit an ancient place where cats have taken over.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:39
Episode 13: Ugly Club
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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We visit a place where it’s good to be ugly.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 27:18
Episode 10: Blue
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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The story of a color marked by effort and desire.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:30
NEA Jazz Moments with Guitarist, Pat Metheny (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Guitar genius and NEA Jazz Master Pat Metheny talks about Song X with Ornette Coleman, his first album, Bright Size Life, and guitar improvisation.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 9
Episode 6: What Are We Going To Do
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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"People wanted to put him up for sainthood because he married me, like he'd made the ultimate sacrifice."

Bought by PRX Remix and KALW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 19:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Working Tapes: Phone Operator
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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After fronting Delta Spirit for the last decade, Matthew Logan Vasquez decided it was finally time to try out his solo side. Not that he has any p...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Curling is good in Stanley, Idaho
From: Sergio Anthony Gonzalez
Caption: Curler Lee Banville prepares to sweep in front of the stopne in hopes that the unpredictable outdoor ice doesn’t throw the stone too far off course. Banvile plays for the “Rocks int eh KettleHouse” out of Missoula, Mont. , Credit: Photo Credit: Sergio A Gonzalez-Gonzales
The Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel holds renown for being the only outdoor bonspiel in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The ice is bad, the c...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
Is That My Car?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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New to Los Angeles, Ann was excited to start a new job and experience the Southern California lifestyle. However, she ran into some trouble when sh...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
Hunting for EVPs, and Turning Up Some Good Times.
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
The Cart Men of Catalina
From: Alexander Ward
Caption: A golf cart for towing golf carts, Credit: Alex Ward
Golf carts are the primary vehicles for residents in Avalon, CA. This is about the guys that make them go.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Moments with Lou Donaldson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring alto saxophonist and 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Lou Donaldson. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Siriu...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Flip, Skip, Guitar
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Flip Scipio and wife Mitzi Pratt, in their Martha's Vineyard studio., Credit: Emma de Campo
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Pooptown Adventure
From: Will Rogers
Series: Compostmodernist
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This tour of a Texas wastewater treatment plant will inspire you to “Do what you love; Love what you doo”

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
Picture Day!
From: Big Shed Audio
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Spend a day with a school-portrait photographer at an elementary school in the Washington, DC.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Brandy
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Brandy the Dog shared her story, too!

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
The Garage Sale Hunter
From: andrew walsh
Caption: A Garage Sale Find, Credit: Photo by Genevieve Haas
Veteran garage sale hunter Steve Fry takes us on a Saturday morning tour of garage sales in his neck of the woods outside Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:04