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Caption: Kyle, Sam, and Ed on deck during a loading operation in South Chicago
Narrative sound-rich documentary about life aboard a cargo ship on the Great Lakes, told from the perspective of Kyle, the newbie on board.

Bought by ABC and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Storyteller Elizabeth Steeby
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
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WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
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Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A third-degree sunburn, a friendly travel agent, and a walk on the not-so wild side.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
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In the twelfth installment of The Taxi Tapes (http://thetaxitapes.com), Sam encounters a fellow cab driver who is fearful of the past.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Good morning! Mercenaries are lurking all around you, threatening to swarm your shores! Get up! Get up! Go, go, GO!

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:45
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Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Miranda tells us about her love filled jaunt in Paris and how to detect men not of your dreams.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:07
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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 11:12
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A charity basketball game pitting a team of little people against a team of law enforcement officers goes very wrong.

Bought by WCNY and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 15:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dave White
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
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In the latest installment of The Taxi Tapes, Sam recalls the unexpected consequences of a voyage to the strange environs of Avenue Z in Brooklyn, w...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 15:07
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One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:54
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A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
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The epic struggle between giants and cowboys. An excerpt from Sam Dingman’s Reasonable Doubt, as performed at the People’s Improv Theater earlier ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 15:41
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A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
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One time, Sam almost killed Jon Stewart with his cab. An excerpt from the live version of "The Taxi Tapes," performed at The PIT (www.thepit-nyc.co...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 07:18
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Actual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007. There is some freestyle singing.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
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After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
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Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:15
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Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:49