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After the Weekend
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Past post mistress Anne Crotts sings at the 4th July. Postal workers in Ghana make music to make their work go smoother

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 09:57
Messiah Complex
From: Jodi Eichelberger
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Writer Jodi Eichelberger traces his Messiah Complex back to early childhood

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 20:45
Twelfth Night 2008
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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The Bay Area storms began on Twelfth Night

  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:51
A Cautionary Christmas Tale: The Giant Gingerbread Fortress
From: Diane Bock
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Don't bite off more than you can chew...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
December in New York City
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Visiting New York City in the snow

  • Added: Dec 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:23
"The Christmas I Saved Macy's"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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This is a true story that happened to me Christmas of 1964 at Bamberger's in Newark, NJ, when I was five years old.

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Here and Now, WGUC/ WVXU, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 7
The Christmas Tree Incident
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how a Chirstmas tradition runs up against modern legal realities.

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
Driving New England
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Driving through New England, seeing predudice out there and in myself

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:41
Fledge Week July 4
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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July 4th in Cummington MA 1965 and Bolinas Ca 07

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Fourth with the Enemy
From: Dick Meister
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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
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
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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
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) The Naked Truth
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Tricks or Treat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A grown-up version of Halloween includes winning at Pimlico Racetrack

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
St Patrick's Day - an American Experience
From: Jeffrey Dugan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My Irish ancestry helped me define my American heritage

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: (Christmas) From the outside.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
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Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54
Home Planet: (Christmas) Silent Night
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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
Home Planet: None So Blind: A Thanksgiving Story
From: Spokane Public Radio
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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