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Bonne Chance Comrades

From: Amira Anne Glickman

This is a story of a 1940's child's journal, set against the backdrop of WWII, that records the play life of a group of boys reenacting war games i...

Added: Mar 23, 2013
Length: 52:58

UnFictional: Women's Work

From: KCRW

A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 04, 2013
Length: 28:31
Purchases: 6

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

Searching for Sasha Krizhanovsky

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin

Caption: Sasha & Jessica, Credit: Sarah Stuteville

Armed with a letter from 1990, producer Jessica Partnow goes in search of her childhood Soviet pen pal.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 26, 2013
Length: 06:03
Purchases: 3

The same socks

From: Guisane Humeau

A dreamlike trip inside the workshop of the French sculptor and musician Robert Hébrard.

Added: Jan 08, 2013
Length: 02:09

Mandy's Diary: God is my Guy

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

Added: Nov 20, 2012
Length: 12:20

Ricky's Diary: What if God...

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Ricky’s father is an atheist activist. These days, Ricky is beginning his own search for God, and something to believe in. This story is part of th...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 20, 2012
Length: 11:25
Purchases: 3

Brina’s Diary: Best Four Years of Your Life

From: Radio Diaries

Brina keeps this audio journal of her first year at Brown University. “I have this weird sense that anybody I meet I might never see again. And al...

Added: Nov 20, 2012
Length: 12:06

Ministry of Presence

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

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

Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Oct 23, 2012
Length: 12:11
Purchases: 4

Frankie’s Diary, Part 2: Football

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Frankie’s second Teenage Diary follows his season playing running back for the Valley Head Tigers. Recorded in 1997, Frankie documents his life as ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Oct 23, 2012
Length: 16:24
Purchases: 1

Juan's Diary, Part 2: Back to Mexico

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix

Added: Oct 23, 2012
Length: 25:51
Purchases: 2

Melissa's Diary, Part 2: Raising Issaiah

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

This is Melissa’s second audio diary. Her son Issaiah is now one-year-old. “I’m a really selfish person…I want to be treated as the baby. I want t...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Oct 23, 2012
Length: 12:37
Purchases: 1

Big Ship Diary

From: Allison Swaim

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

HV Special: 200 Years Later (Lewis & Clark)

From: Hearing Voices
Series: Hearing Voices

Portraits of People and Places Along Today's

Bought by KSUT, KWIT, KWIT, KGLT, BSR Radio and more

Added: Aug 05, 2012
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 12

UnFictional: The Ballad of Dock Ellis

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMXT, Louisville Public Media, KOSU and more

Added: Aug 04, 2012
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 7

UnFictional: After You Left

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

On this episode there are mysteries to solve, sudden appearances and unexpected disappearances. Two stories about searching for something that does...

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

Added: Aug 03, 2012
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 4

Teen Contender

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Caption: Claressa Shields, Credit: Sue Jaye Johnson

Boxing has been an Olympic sport since the time of the ancient Greeks. But only men have taken part. This year, that changes. For the first time ev...

Bought by WXDU, KUOW, PRX Remix, KGOU, KUT and more

Added: Jul 19, 2012
Length: 15:53
Purchases: 7

Baring It All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort

From: Chion Wolf

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

UnFictional: The Couple in 303

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

Boston Irish mob boss "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend spent 15 years hiding out in Santa Monica. Residents say the most wanted man in America wa...

Bought by KMUZ, WFMU, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 27, 2012
Length: 28:31
Purchases: 5

UnFictional: Why I Ride the Bus

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

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

Dizzy

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

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

RPM Podcast #012: “Revitalization”

From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast

In Episode 12 of the podcast, RPM looks at the Indigenous language revitalization movement. Half of the world’s languages have disappeared in the p...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio