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The Civic Standard
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Actors from Developed to Death, a mystery dinner theater show from the Civic Standard in Hardwick Vermont. The mission of the Civic is to give neighbors excuses to get together, even if someone had to die before the salad course. , Credit: photo by Terry J. Allen.
"The Civic Standard" chronicles the making of a unique theater production in Hardwick, Vermont. "Developed to Death" is a play about Hardwick and w...

Bought by KWGS, Prairie Public, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Pandemic ER: Notes from a Nurse in Queens
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Artwork by Carla Kihlstedt, Credit: https://carlakihlstedt.com/
War correspondents are charged with reporting from the frontlines. Putting themselves in risky situations, documenting, and sharing what they see f...

Bought by WFAE, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KWMR, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Our Show
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
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When COVID-19 struck, Producer Erica Heilman was looking for a way to be useful. She wasn't needed to make school lunches or volunteer at the hosp...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WBEZ, KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Derek Looks Twice, AKA Slim Mayne
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I think hip hop can speak to anybody who listens to it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Ninety Three Men
From: Scott Christy
Caption: Research Vessel Atlantis
An American scientific research ship responds to a sinking boat full of refugees in the Mediterranean.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Jimmy Cox, Banjo Maker
From: Keith Ludden
Caption: Jimmy Cox in his shop in Topsham, ME , Credit: Keith Ludden
Profile of banjo maker Jimmy Cox, from Topsham, ME. Cox was born in Williamsburg, KY and makes world class banjos in his shop there. This profile i...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:20
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
The Practice of Living and Dying
From: Karen van Vuuren
Caption: Scott Eberle - Hospice physician and wilderness guide
The School of Lost Borders organizes solo wilderness retreats that often involve a symbolic death and rebirth experience. Hospice physician Scott...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 28:52
Someone Worth Finding: The Unlikely Journey of John Bruna
From: The Tibet Connection
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A homeless addict becomes a high school teacher...and a monk

  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 13:01
Don't Look Down
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Join Dan Newell as he scales a high-rise for another day of window washing.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Visions at (New) Scotland Yard; "The "Black" Museum / '999' / Dickie Dill"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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Visions visits (New) Scotland Yard's "Black" Museum

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party
From: Aaron Henkin
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This story answers the burning question "What's it like to hang out with a bunch of guys at a fourteen-hour video game marathon?"

Bought by WZBC, Audible, Public Radio East, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2004
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 4