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A woman moves into her new student digs and hears something coming from the basement...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:36
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When people know you’re in the storytelling business, everyone has a story for you. Our producers get countless pitches — from their friends, from ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 18:44
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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
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass , outside the flattop box, Credit: Steve Martin
Valerie Smith is an acclaimed singer/songwriter . New songs with a new CD to launch later .

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 57:56
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Liz loves the Darkroom. She'd never disrespect it...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A story about doing things a little differently.

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
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In the 1950s poodles were all the rage – one tabloid even reported that when a girl “makes the big time she traditionally acquires 3 things — minks...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 25:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Studs Terkel interviews Al Pommier, aka 'One Swing Al', a parking lot attendant in Chicago, Illinois. This story aired as part of a week long serie...

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


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
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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
Caption: In Their Own Words: Voices of Our Veterans
This radio program features veterans of all eras beginning with World War II to the present day. Nine veterans share their recollections of before,...

Bought by 'The Sea' and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:41:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dubi tending to his water buffalo.
Dubi Ayalon, a retired IDF lieutenant-colonel, traded a life as a school principal in Israel for a life of raising and miking water buffalo in rura...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:03
Caption: BarRoom Heroes, Credit: Bobby Pickles
Boston punk prodigies - BarRoom Heroes - stop by Bobby’s mother’s basement, to discuss Irish-ness, Boston-ness and the novelty of youth. While thes...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 42:02
Caption: Illustration of a nose., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
If you asked people which of their senses they most feared losing, they'd probably say sight or hearing. But what about the ability to smell? We ex...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 43:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Matthew Piazza is a hilarious scumbag from Boston, Mass. Drugs used to fuel him, pot still does, as Matt admits, "If it weren't for pot, I'd still ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:25:09
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Dave Reynard (right), Credit: Ben Coletti
Bobby and Coletti podcast from a boat docked in Madeira Beach, Florida, with Dave Reynard, the “glass dildo king” - original inventor of the cellul...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:43:59
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Ricky Ravioli (top-center); Geoffy Batts (right); Copstabber Dave (bottom-center), Credit: Adrien de Martini
Bobby and Martini podcast from The Sidebar, in downtown Baltimore, with Dave, Geoff and Todd of the bonafide punk band, Copstabber. The conversatio...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:12:48
Caption: Adrien de Martini (left); John Agnello (right), Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby and Martini podcast from Fluxivity Studios, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with New York City record producer, John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Yout...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:07:10
Caption: Martini (left); Bobby Pickles (center); Lynette Williams (right)
Bobby and Martini podcast from Branded Saloon in Brooklyn, to cover a monthly musical event called TINTR (This Is Not The Radio). The showcase is o...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:23
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Nicole Raymondi (right)
Bobby speaks, on location, from Columbus Circle (the literal epicenter of New York City) with Nicole Raymondi, creator of Quotiful, an iPhone app, ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 36:58
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, EDDIE PALMIERI. In this batch, we learn about Eddie's exposure to mambo at a young age; ...

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


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Leesa Dean (right), Credit: Adrien De Martini
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
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A story about endings– of the long, drawn-out, painful variety in particular. Also, boat metaphors.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 18:15
Caption: Tim Eaton Bowling in Falmouth, MA, Credit: Andrew Norton
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Busking on Freemont Street, Credit: Ciaron Mullarkey
Competing with all the lights and noise - it takes a brave person to busk in Las Vegas - but armed with just an acoustic guitar and his lungs, Marc...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
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One Hour radio special features Jack Johnson & guests live at the 2004-2010 Kokua Festivals that raised money for environmental education programs ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11