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This is the story of my first love and the many other firsts that came along with it.
Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser)
- Added: Feb 13, 2012
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 4
Whitney Jones tells his story of losing faith and finding new ways to connect with the world around him.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, HowSound, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 14:10
- Purchases: 5
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
A true story told live in London. Catherine was a a self-confessed 'wild child.' She was eventually caught with cocaine by the police and told this...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 07:48
A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 06:34
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
Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 08:49
An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 07:32
Just as Sam is starting to feel like he's getting the hang of this whole cab driving thing, he becomes ensnared in the nefarious clutches of 31st S...
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 08:35
Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 09:51
A complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 07:35
- Purchases: 1
"I was 19 when my father was kidnapped in Colombia. It was 1999. My mother came to my college campus to deliver the news and I flew to Bogota to be...
Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 23, 2011
- Length: 20:23
- Purchases: 3
YouthCast features a love story in honor of civil unions between same sex couples being recognized in the state of Illinois and the marriages of co...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WGXC
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 07:23
- Purchases: 2
Mariano reflects on his road trips up and down the Alaska Canada Highway in a VW beetle that only he as a mechanic could appreciate.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Aug 06, 2011
- Length: 09:43
- Purchases: 1
This week's stories are about changes that can happen in moments, years, or even lifetimes. Anne Perry is pulled into a bloody predicament, Rod Lor...
Bought by PRX Remix, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
This week is about finding strength and confidence in big moments and in small. Darinda Sharp makes a famous correction, Holly Patton is shown kind...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Freelance writer Jay Jennings, on a special edition of "Tales from the South", takes us along as he sits in the bleachers of an old Little Rock, Ar...
- Added: Jul 20, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Humility and gratitude: Arthur Paul Bowen watches as his uncle must let his aunt go, Joanna Seibert travels to the other side of the world to give ...
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 28:30
Special Breast Cancer Survivors Show: Kristi Moody decides to not take her doctor's advice, Penny Burkhalter is shopping for maternity clothes when...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.)
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has predicted that most businesses will recover from the BP oil spill b...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 06:44
Arriving at her family's storage space in Syracuse, NY, a Brooklyn-based writer and mom is surprised to find the contents far more plentiful and si...
- Added: Jun 23, 2011
- Length: 15:20
- Purchases: 3
In conjunction with the Little Rock Film Festival, our Delta Music Show features Arkansas blues musician Jim Mize, Mississippi native and Ride Reco...
- Added: Jun 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
