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"Heartbreak feels like a punch to the stomach." In 2010, Gina Brown's daughter suffered a seizure and died. Two weeks later, she went on a run. Wha...
- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 02:43
A non-fictional piece about how I relinquished my power of DISSOCIATION in order to finally allow someone to love me.
- Added: Feb 03, 2014
- Length: 05:35
Up until she was a teenager, she lived in comfort. What she didn’t see coming was the moment when she lost everything. Find out why her world turne...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 07:31
- Purchases: 3
Writer Mariah MacCarthy talks about placing her newborn with adoptive parents.
- Added: Oct 15, 2013
- Length: 01:39:14
She saved 205 sloths in a couple of weeks and now makes headlines around the globe.
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 12:16
Teri Blair is a writer and teacher who lives in Minneapolis. Her favorite book is "Plainsong". She'd live on chocolate ice cream if she could get...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 1
James Simmons lives on the south side of Chicago. For five weeks, he was granted the opportunity to attend a summer program at Phillips Exeter Acad...
- Added: Aug 03, 2013
- Length: 08:08
Bobby banters back and forth incorrigibly with lifelong friends (Brian "Wacky" Wechsler & A. Benjamin Coletti). This "drunk-cast" begins from the b...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 01:06:21
Strawberry Dreams: The Psalms of Richie Havens" is a three-part series dedicated to the music of singer, composer Richie Havens.
- Added: May 26, 2013
- Length: 02:51:58
Three views of the New York City non-profit meal delivery program, God's Love We Deliver.
Bought by KUT
- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 08:37
- Purchases: 1
In The Rock House follows the band Zombie Crash, and explores the learning disable music scene in the UK.
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 14:29
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 04:21
Breanne Marie is a relatively new country western musician who is rapidly becoming visible, along with her band The Front Porch Sinners, in Duluth...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories : Steve Downing : " Romance and reason aren't the mismatch that they appear to be."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, MinnesotaSeries: Acoustic Stories
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 1
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 1
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 09:26
Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes."
C...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 04:18
Bobby talks with Adam Rutkowski, a shit-talking Polish Long Islander who lost his house to Hurricane Sandy, and Tony (no last name provided), a hom...
- Added: Dec 15, 2012
- Length: 02:35:45
Melanie is a young woman of Suriname in South America who now lives in Holland and is becoming an icon and inspiration for those who want to change...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 07:54
18-year old Sam manages to land his first date, with a girl whose name is also Sam. Porn and ice cream are involved, and things gets messy (not li...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 19:41
Heidi Holtan talks with Jessica Leigh Johnson about her book "Do You Trust Me? Allowing Hope to Triumph Over Tragedy," in this Real Good Words int...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC
- Added: Nov 29, 2012
- Length: 25:32
- Purchases: 2
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller, writer, and poet. Following Paul Wellstone's death she wrote this poem to honor his legacy.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Frankie always thought his family was pretty normal until the day the FBI showed up. His dad had been hiding from the law for 15 years, and Frankie...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, and WJCT
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 12:10
- Purchases: 3
This is Melissa’s second audio diary. Her son Issaiah is now one-year-old.
“I’m a really selfish person…I want to be treated as the baby. I want t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 12:37
- Purchases: 1
