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UnFictional: My So Called Guru
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

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


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Baring It All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort
From: Chion Wolf
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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: Why I Ride the Bus
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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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
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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
Bransonland - David Thomas
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. As a child, David visits the home of British millionaire Richard Branson. Which happens to be on an island. Despi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode... two surprising, funny and spellbinding stories on the subject of prison.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Lost in the Mail
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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It's a dreamlike visit to the U.S. Postal Service mail recovery center. Producer Samara Freemark finds her way there after she loses a package in t...

Bought by WCNY, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:06
  • Purchases: 3
Don't Hate the Player
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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A charity basketball game pitting a team of little people against a team of law enforcement officers goes very wrong.

Bought by WCNY and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 15:24
  • Purchases: 2
Gap Year - Ailin Conant
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Ailin takes a year in Europe and becomes a matador. Kind of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Love Boat
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
Caption: Gigi at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 2
Escape from Burton Island
From: David Maxon
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On a late summer camping trip, a couple finds that a little seclusion can sometimes go a long way.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the Glore
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: A Tranquilizer Chair inside the Glore
An otherworldly visit to one of America's most bizarre museums, the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 6