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Caption: Steve and Vicki Farrell
Tin Roof Project #25 featuring comic duo Steve and Vicki Farrell. The Tin Roof Project is once a month and features well-known Southerners bringing...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The only known image of Mad Genius
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Amend The Constitution!" Meet James Christophersen, a conse...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
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This week, our stories are all about the power of friendship. Stories by George McLeod, Pat Gillum, and Susan Elder. True stories told by the South...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This story was first told on July 10, 2012, and later produced for radio broadcast by Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. The theme of that eve...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 33:19
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In this week's show, our stories are all about lending a helping hand. Stories by Warren Kuhn, Jr., Nancy Louise Baxter, and Renie Prentice Rule. T...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Bestselling Author Laura Parker Castoro
This week it's our monthly series The Tin Roof Project, where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to life. This month's Tin Roofer ...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's show is all about the powerful pull of memories. Stories by Tina Bodiak, Sara Etkin-Baker, and Janet Smith Post. True stories told by t...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's stories are all about the tensions that exist within families. Stories by Randi Romo, JB Hogan, and George Smith. True stories told by ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our writers grapple with the colors that separate, whether black, brown, or white. Stories by Tyler Thompson, Leslie Epps, and Jennifer M...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Designer Tobi Faireley
This week it's our monthly Tin Roof Project, featuring award-winning designer Tobi Fairley. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jacorey Monterio, Credit: Portland Press Herald
From the outside, Jacorey looks like the party guy - he's 16, has his own apartment and seems to be living large. But Jacorey's private desire for ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
Caption: Clark Blaise
Tin Roof Project featuring acclaimed writer Clark Blaise reading his story "The Bridge" about his childhood in the South. In collaboration with the...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our writers show us the not-so-pretty world of bullies and those being bullied. Stories by Angela Gattin, Wyatt Jones, and J.W. Taylor. T...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, our storytellers spill the beans on some very interesting family secrets. Stories by Anne Nieto, Robbin Ridgell, and Arthur Paul Bowen. ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we hear stories from two North Little Rock mayors: former mayor Terry Hartwick, and current Mayor Patrick Hays. True stories told by the...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: White House Executive Gardner Mike Lawn
Tin Roof Project #21, featuring former White House Executive Mike Lawn. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Our 6th Annual Fathers' Show, celebrating the many different facets of fatherhood. Stories by James Seawel, Sandra Spotts Hamilton, and Phillip Tay...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Chef Miles James
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...

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  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A selective survey of how protest songs have changed from anthems to personal statements...told thru narration, music and soundbites..from Paul Fis...

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00