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On the afternoon of August 15, 2021, the hills of Jerusalem were covered in smoke. It was, it would turn out after the fire was quelled five days l...
- Added: Jun 29, 2022
- Length: 12:05
The story of a cryptic children’s book, a real-life treasure hunt, and its very mysterious winner: “He refused to be on camera. It’s just his voice...
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 37:07
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the nine o’clock news in Chicago. As one television viewer said, it...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 23:35
The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a “Sh...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 24:15
Instant messages meant for a stranger began appearing on my dad’s cell phone early one morning in 2004. They trickled in for years, even after thei...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 01, 2016
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 1
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 22, 2015
- Length: 10:20
- Purchases: 3
On this week's episode, stories about looking for answers in the wrong places, mercury in the water, and...bigfoot.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 2
Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 57:44
A Gypsy, he never lived in a house or wore a suit until age twenty. At age 18, a late-night caravan fire left him with only two, useful fingers on ...
- Added: May 10, 2011
- Length: 03:00
The piece investigates the influence of inflation on spirit money in a Chinese temple.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:31
