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Quiche in the Woods

From: Cassie Wagler

This is the true story of a woman who went hiking in the woods . . . and really, never came out.

Added: Dec 29, 2012
Length: 03:46

San Francisco Wave Organ

From: Noah Chandler

The San Francisco Wave Organ remains one of the Bay Area's most unknown, misunderstood and yet beloved landmarks. After listening, I hope you'll wa...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Aug 24, 2012
Length: 05:30
Purchases: 1

Melissa Gets a Life Coach

From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy

Ever wonder what a Life Coach does? Before Melissa started with a Life Coach, she was stuck in a dead-end restaurant job. Now she is successfully f...

Added: Jun 20, 2012
Length: 09:15

Changing Roles and Rules

From: Amy Gastelum

Stef Adkins competes in his very first Drag Competition as Barbie Que, juggling issues of identity and boundaries.

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

Added: May 26, 2012
Length: 05:01
Purchases: 2

Painting from the Ashes

From: Sarah P. Reynolds

Caption: Kevin King painting in his studio, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds

Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Apr 06, 2012
Length: 04:44
Purchases: 4

U Pick Blueberries

From: Marianne Gardner

A community of pickers tell the story of this u pick blueberry patch.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Aug 17, 2011
Length: 03:50
Purchases: 2

Voicemail Retrieval

From: Mariel Fiedler

Me trying to retrieve a voicemail message and failing to remember the password... until I finally get it.

Added: Jan 21, 2011
Length: 02:59

Not Quite Nutcracker (and way better than christmas carols)

From: Emily Corwin

Set to the entire score of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet, Vanessa White's The Slutcracker is a wholesome kind of raunchy...

Bought by WFHB, KUT, and KUT

Added: Nov 23, 2010
Length: 21:14
Purchases: 3

Postcard from The National Cornbread Festival

From: Big Shed Audio

Caption: Shea Shackelford enjoying a barbecue sundae at the 2005 National Cornbread Festival, Credit: Jennifer Deer

"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KTXK, Raven Radio, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast and more

Added: Nov 16, 2010
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 10

Lakota Wolf Preserve

From: Andrea Muraskin
Series: Nature Anomolies in the State of New Jersey

Wild wolves were driven out of New Jersey over fifty years ago, but you can hang out with the pack (four packs, actually)living in comfortable capt...

Bought by WMPG and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: May 22, 2010
Length: 04:04
Purchases: 2

This can go on forever

From: Big Shed Audio

Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.

When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more

Added: Dec 15, 2009
Length: 10:25
Purchases: 8

Picture Day!

From: Big Shed Audio

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

The Right To Die

From: Anton Foek

In this audio piece the audience visits the Netherlands and listens to a way of dying in dignity. We tell the story of how the Dutch may have found...

Added: Sep 30, 2009
Length: 24:45

The Welcome Wagon's InaugurART

From: Sam Greenspan