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From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
Hair Rollers, Religion And Growing Up
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Funny Thing, Being Mugged
From: Jake Warga
Caption: My glasses, Credit: Jake Warga
A personal story of being violently mugged

Bought by KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, KCRW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 5
One Last Word: Out
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Commentary on the recent series of videos being uploaded to YouTube in the wake of a round of gay teen suicides.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Sarah Haskins on Pregnancy and the Apocalypse
From: Alison Weiss
Series: The Paper Machete
Caption: Sarah Haskins at The Paper Machete, Ricochet's Tavern, Chicago, 8/14/2010, Credit: Kurt Heintz
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
D'oh a deer or Deer on the Road
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
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Some think of Bambi. Some gardeners call them rats on stilts. Still others view them as little more than obstacles on our roads. Writer Andrew Hill...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:37
53. Dealing with Dental Guilt
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
Why going to the dentist is the opposite of going to a psychiatrist.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
47. The Teen Disease
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
We all recognize the symptoms. Commentator Fred Flaxman comes up with a practical suggestion for what can be done about it!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
Cheap Gas
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
As many prepare for our Summer vacations, commentator Andrew Hiller explains why buying cheap gas is a really bad idea.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 03:44
How Many Catholic Schools Want Lesbian Parents? Nun.
From: Matt Miller
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When Nadine Warner and her life partner, Laurie, adopted a child it never occurred to them that they may one day find the Catholic school system to...

Bought by WBEZ, Vocalo.org, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 3
Judy Becomes Rose
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
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Commentator Andrew Hiller leads a sing-a-long with senior citizens suffering from dimentia, multiple strokes, and alzheimers with surpising results...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:23
Gym
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A humorous commentary about the function of gyms and our resolve.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Bonifant Books
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A sentimental look at the closing of Andrew Hiller's favorite used book store.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Tales From The Uninsured
From: Matt Miller
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On my 21st birthday my father said to me: "Happy birthday, you're not covered on my insurance anymore ... so do me a favor, don't wear a seatbelt. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUOW


  • Added: May 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 3
Really Close To Her Family
From: Matt Miller
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David Stratton knew his wife was close to her family, but he never dreamed that it would one day lead her to infidelity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Proud to be a Nerd
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bus Busker
From: World Vision Report
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Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal’s capital, Katmandu,...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Relearning Trust
From: World Vision Report
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There’s a new form of traveling inexpensively that’s emerged in recent years. Any adventurous tourist can “couch-surf.” It gives travelers the ch...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
A Letter from Haiti #4
From: World Vision Report
Series: Letters from Haiti
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Food shipments may end soon to Haiti where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after January’s earthquake. What happens next depen...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:37
Hamam
From: World Vision Report
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Afghanistan in winter can be brutal. If you really want to get warm, the place to go is the local hamam or bath house. In a country where most ho...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
Guido has The Last Word on Acting Happy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has the Last Word: Ready on the set! Pretend you're having fun...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
MA-141 Jitterbug Spring
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Spring winds scour the land and dance in my soul.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 05:46
The Cult of Luck
From: Ayana Contreras
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Ayana Contreras explores the motivation behind "playing the numbers", or the lottery.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 09:46
The Undreaming
From: Kendra Greene
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A high school valedictorian owes the class on '97 a retraction: Don't follow your dreams. Seriously, it's a terrible idea.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 09:58

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