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My Mother's Hashes
From: Benjamin Frisch
Caption: Julie in her garden, Credit: Julie Soller
"I was a drug smuggler for love, I was a drug smuggler for my mom."

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 2
47 Will: I Was A Teenage Media Mogul
From: The Mortified Podcast
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This special episode of Mortified features the story of a closeted teenager who escapes the bullies at school and retreats into his bedroom where h...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 34:43
Episode 31: American Dream
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When we’re kids, we have ideas of what we want to be when we grow up — movie star, doctor, astronaut. But what if we dream of being like Butch Cass...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 21:05
Episode 19: Mother's Little Helper
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Sandie Alger is a 71-year-old woman with a very long rap sheet. She was in and out of prison throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, and upped her game...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 19:28
  • Purchases: 1
Hello Buffalo
From: Israel Story
Caption: Dubi tending to his water buffalo.
Dubi Ayalon, a retired IDF lieutenant-colonel, traded a life as a school principal in Israel for a life of raising and miking water buffalo in rura...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:03
The Human Voice
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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In this week's show, a parakeet, a Spanish-language learner, and a professor help make the human voice weird again.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 1: Odd Jobs
From: Sam Harnett
Series: Driving With Strangers
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Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than m...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
The Fifty Shades Caper
From: Sean Rasmussen
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
Offseason
From: Kristina Loring
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When the summer ends, Provincetown goes from being a tourist spot of 50,000 people to a quiet, small town. But, production of a new local TV series...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
LimeWire Pirate Edition
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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A story about endings– of the long, drawn-out, painful variety in particular. Also, boat metaphors.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 18:15
Manohar and Vera, a Love Story; or, Bus 390
From: Mark Munger
Caption: Manohar and Vera, Credit: Kathryn Munger
Manohar, from Agra, and Vera, from Sao Paulo, meet on a mysterious bus when a lady falls on M. The rest is slight distrust and love.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
Newspaper Funeral
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When a neighborhood newspaper folds, the publisher creates a unique ritual to mark its passing.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
Spam: Drugs All Half Price And Legal
From: Van Gunter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Where does Spam email come from? Why won't it stop? Why does the text read like the author was hit on the head with a baseball bat?

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not Funny Anymore: Comedy in the Recession
From: Maria Bartholdi
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They say comedy is serious business. But in this economy, it can be downright depressing.

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast, Remix Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 18:10
  • Purchases: 3
That Job Sucked Anyway
From: Megan Hall
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Stories, anecdotes, and fantastical rants about the woes of working life

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 34:06
  • Purchases: 2
San Francisco Columbarium: Ashes to Ampitheater
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
Who Needs 2?
From: Ian Epstein
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An Inside Look At The Seconday Ticket Business

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53
The Gender Show
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of butches, femmes and the question of gender.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 2
When Things Get Out of Hand
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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When chaos is king

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The eX Files
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2004
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The eX Files ? stories of gay divorce.

Bought by WCPN, KUT-HD, KQED, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Haunted Cabin
From: Jake Warga
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Ever wonder what it would be like to spend the night in haunted cabin with a group of ghost hunters? No electricity, no phones, but lots of strang...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Boise State Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2004
  • Length: 19:52
  • Purchases: 34
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9
What Big Teeth You Have
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenage babysitter convinces his younger siblings that he's a werewolf who's going to kill them.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Nov 04, 2003
  • Length: 14:02
  • Purchases: 2