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Amina on Ramadan: Fasting
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Amina on Ramadan (2015)
Caption: Ramadan decorations at the Al-Sadi home, Credit: Amina Al-Sadi
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Asakawa Christmas Party
From: Graham Shelby
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Storyteller Graham Shelby is thinking about the WWII veterans in his family when he serves as guest of honor at an unusual Christmas party - one he...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 12:29
Cooking Potatoes In Idaho — A Thanksgiving Story
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 3: Joan and Shirley's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"I didn't really want to have children. It's just that I got pregnant." -Shirley, 57, Nebraska

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
Is It a Date? You Should Know
From: Helen Morant
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The ambiguous world of first dates - behind the scenes in Washington, D.C.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:12
Amy Brooks, Deli Waitress
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Teodoro Cuevas, Mariachi
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Every day, Teodoro Cuevas dresses in his black flared pants with silver buttons down the side. He sits against a tree across from the bustling sub...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Willie Sanchez, Flower Seller
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Willie Sanchez sells flowers in bulk in downtown LA.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
Venus, Daytime Stripper
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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A stripper nicknamed "Venus" dances during the breakfast shift in Downtown Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:27
The Free-Book Shelf
From: Bill Lancz
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A Trans-Atlantic flight, and the lessons gleaned from it.

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:48
Song Story S0.E7 - Gedeon Luke's "Gray" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:37
The Flamingo
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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This poem written and read by talented high school student, Ellery Stritzinger, amusingly compares a flamingo's search for identity to that of a te...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
Hitchhiking to Amsterdam
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Radio Docs
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Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
Identity and Cheesecake: Marion Learns her First Recipe
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Radio Docs
Caption: Cheesecake
Veteran food writer Marion Kane tells the story of the first recipe she learned to make. It's a touching coming of age story about growing up Jewis...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 119: The South in the 30's and 40's
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Catherine King reads at Tales from the South
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 34:00
When Elvis Met Nixon
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

Bought by PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
  • Purchases: 4
Father's Day With My Two Sons
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Brendan Angus McGuigan, Credit: Charles McGuigan
this week’s episode contains two parts. The first act is called Weather or Not. Act Two is titled Life Among The Immortals. They’re about my two s...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:11
The same socks
From: Guisane Humeau
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A dreamlike trip inside the workshop of the French sculptor and musician Robert Hébrard.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
Big Mirror Moment
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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It's not always easy to examine yourself in front of the mirror, especially as you acknowledge out loud what you consider to be your deepest physic...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Ministry of Presence
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Memories of the death house, from a man who sat with 95 condemned men on their last day on earth.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KMUZ, Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 25:02
  • Purchases: 5
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Syria's YouTube Revolution
From: Latitude News
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Bay Area Beats: Jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson tells his story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
Paula Hay
From: Erin Bosenberg
Series: SPACES
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Paula Hay Masters student of Social Anthropology Her SPACE - the train

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
Finding Miles
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Megan
A story of transition; from Megan to Miles.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 5