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Melvin's Where I'm From Poem

From: Jesse Chanin
Series: My Choice My Voice

Melvin talks about what it's like being from New Orleans.

Added: Jul 12, 2013
Length: 01:20

Joe Frank 1: Dreamers

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

A story from legendary radio storyteller, Joe Frank

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., PRX Remix, Radio Catskill, KFCF FM and more

Added: May 17, 2013
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 6

In Theory

From: Helena de Groot
Series: We're All Strangers

When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?

Added: Feb 28, 2013
Length: 02:06

Bob Boxley

From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.

Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...

Bought by XRAY.fm

Added: Feb 08, 2013
Length: 07:12
Purchases: 1

Shadows in Gold

From: Will Rogers

When he first came to America, Professor Nicholas Jenkins rented a car and set out on a leisurely drive through the hills of California. But then, ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT

Added: Dec 08, 2012
Length: 07:58
Purchases: 2

Psychological Antidotes

From: Mikhail Tank

2013 Lead Show track from Mikhail Tank's Darksoul Theatre Written, performed and produced by Mikhail Tank Published by Prince of Darkness, BMI Stu...

Added: Dec 04, 2012
Length: 04:23

Love Bombed

From: Bring Your Own
Series: Bring Your Own

Caption: Amy Allison Shipley Pictured with Dahn Yoga members

This story was the was voted the winner at Bring Your Own on June 6th, 2012. The theme that night was Undercover, where storytellers told of their...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Nov 15, 2012
Length: 06:16
Purchases: 1

The Lil Boy by Juwan Wooten

From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus

Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

Added: Nov 12, 2012
Length: 01:47

Lonely Night

From: Helena de Groot

A girl is walking down the street late at night when a car stops right next to her...

Added: Oct 28, 2012
Length: 01:58

Aubry Edwards Versus Jay Thunderbolt

From: Jamie Dell'Apa

Professional photographer, Aubry Edwards goes on the photo shoot from hell when Jay Thunderbolt locks her into the "private strip club" in his Detr...

Added: Sep 13, 2012
Length: 06:22

Taking Mom to the Movies

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

Added: Mar 13, 2012
Length: 10:49
Purchases: 3

Hard Time - Shaun Atwood

From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories

A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...

Added: Jan 09, 2012
Length: 09:50

Lambs to the Slaughter - Radcliffe Royds

From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories

A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jan 09, 2012
Length: 13:42
Purchases: 1

Bloody Mary

From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio

Everyone is afraid of something. Here is what happens when one girl finally decides to confront "Bloody Mary."

Bought by KUT

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 08:25
Purchases: 1

A view from inside California's most-isolated prison cell

From: KALW

Caption: Hallway in the SHU at Pelican Bay State Prison. , Credit: Rina Palta

When Rafael Losno was growing up, he attended Catholic school in Oakland. He spoke three languages. He played sports and had a girlfriend. And he f...

Added: Oct 31, 2011
Length: 01:40

Tales from the South 053: Scaredy Tales

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Fall Season

True GHOST stories told by the Southerners who lived them. From a haunted night in a hotel, to a stage ghost calling people by name, to a ghostly c...

Bought by WMPG and KUT

Added: Oct 25, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Transforming the Trauma: Soldiers Stories

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Sep 28, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 10

Tales from the South 38: Summer Season 2011 Kickoff

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011

This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX

Added: Jul 01, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Tales from the South 014

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season

Encounter strange characters with Ann Bittick, Mary Beck, and Sheila Keever. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

Added: Apr 29, 2011
Length: 28:58

Bearing Witness

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad

The events that occurred in Japan last weeks are a reflection of nature's work. The woodland and lagoon activities along the roadsides, reflect ano...

Added: Mar 15, 2011
Length: 07:24

Carapace: The Mad Years

From: Joyce Mitchell

This true gothic story was told by author Randy Osborne in which he recounts life with his eccentric grandmother, her 35 cats, and a retribution th...

Added: Dec 23, 2010
Length: 10:24

Funny Thing, Being Mugged

From: 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

Jack And The Bad Stock

From: Roy Trumbull

This is a satire on the scandals of a few years ago when there was a lot of fiction on the books of corporations. It is based on Jack And The Beans...

Bought by KZYX