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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00:00
She didn't start with her name or with me. We trace the pure bred mutt's story back to the beginning, or as best we can.
Bought by North State Public Radio
- Added: May 14, 2015
- Length: 14:29
- Purchases: 1
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
How do you cope when you find out at the birth - that your baby has Down Syndrome? What are the first steps that you take?
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Does anyone ever believe they could actually be… that one in a million? Twice?
- Added: Dec 10, 2013
- Length: 05:29
Hear stories of how some same-sex couples created marriage traditions in the absence of marriage equality in Washington state prior to November 2012.
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 14:16
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:15
Richard signs up with his roommate to work amidst the lakes and falls and trees in Upstate New York. Richard and Jim preach on Sundays and spend th...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:05
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 24:55
Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMXT, Louisville Public Media, KOSU and more
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 7
A true story told live in London. Rachel heads to New York to find 'her inner Jew', but ends up having a sexual awakening.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 08:10
- Purchases: 1
This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 21:14
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...
Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 24:36
- Purchases: 5
Randy Kearse grew up in the Farragut housing projects in what is now the trendy DUMBO section of Brooklyn, New York. In the late 1980’s crack cocai...
Bought by KUT
- Added: May 19, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...
- Added: Nov 16, 2010
- Length: 02:18
Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...
- Added: Nov 16, 2010
- Length: 02:39
Biloxi, Mississippi, 3 a.m. The attackers advanced from the dark.
The violence was sudden, intense. Forester's cheek, nose and two ribs were brok...
Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: 15:28
- Purchases: 3
This week’s episode discusses the difficulty of being misunderstood when you are dealing with mental health issues, the reasons for pursuing a GED ...
- Added: Dec 25, 2009
- Length: 10:11
