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It's a most peculiuar experience, spending the Fourth of July in that Canadian territory settled by pro-British "Loyalists" who fled the U.S. afte...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, RadioFreePalmer, Marfa Public Radio, and KUNV


  • Added: Jun 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 4
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Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
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It's Christmas night. The kid is asleep. Two tired adults get naked under the tree for a little celebrating of their own. What could go wrong? Eve...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
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I was 20 years old and I felt as alone as anyone could be. I was, as Charles Dickens wrote of Ebenezer Scrooge, as solitary as an oyster.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
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We can't see magic at work. Sometimes, we have to be content with looking at where it's been.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
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A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
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A plate full of homemade food, the gift of a Thanksgiving meal, connects a lonely, blind, old woman and the shy little girl next door.

Bought by WTIP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WHRV, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 19
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A refugee remembers his first Thanksgiving

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WNCW, KRZA, WHRV, KHSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2003
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 42