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This piece was recorded live on June 5, 2012 at the Pauger House and later produced by Natalie Yahr. The theme of the evening was "Undercover," and...
- Added: Oct 14, 2012
- Length: 05:23
If the Caribbean’s balmy turquoise charms are doubled by wintry weather at home, the argument could be made they’re halved in close succession to a...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 2
Claudia Cruz, a Capital High junior, explores an aspect of immigration that not many discuss: gender.
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 03:15
A Tibetan writer tries to make sense of sex, gender issues and relationships in exile.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 05:08
In the latest installment of The Taxi Tapes, Sam recalls the unexpected consequences of a voyage to the strange environs of Avenue Z in Brooklyn, w...
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 15:07
From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Dec 29, 2011
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Nov 18, 2011
- Length: 08:00
Elementary school teacher, Sarah Baumeister [bomb-mice-stir], tells us of the love that can only exist between a boy and his snake.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 08:44
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 04:18
- Purchases: 1
If Pat could tell his late step-mother, Barbara Jean, one thing, it's that he probably should have listened to her advice.
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 2
Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...
Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
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
Valentine's Day, 1977 was our first together as a young couple. We thought we were soul mates, but how well did we really know each other? The gift...
- Added: Jul 27, 2010
- Length: 05:16
Driving round the bay brings us to a Duck and an oyster farm
- Added: Jun 09, 2010
- Length: 08:49
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
A brief reflection, upon the death of my grandmother, on the ways that food and death are inextricably linked in Southern culture.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: May 14, 2010
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
Vicky was living in a tough situation in Phoenix, AZ. Her mom had told her that her father didn't want anything to do with her. But one day Vicky f...
Bought by WGXC
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 1
"The Elephant Who Liked To Smash Small Cars" enthralled me as a kid. As an adult, trying to track down a copy of the book took me across the country.
- Added: Mar 05, 2010
- Length: 15:00
- Purchases: 2
The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.
- Added: Feb 11, 2010
- Length: 04:00
In Fall 2009, as my wife entered the late stage of pregnancy, I asked several friends of mine who are recent or long-time dads for advice on becomi...
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 13:46
- Purchases: 7
How the passage of time touches every life
- Added: Nov 17, 2009
- Length: 03:59
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 11:20
Andy learns how to play the recorder.
- Added: Jun 21, 2009
- Length: 05:46
Acclaimed writer Amy Tan believes in ghosts and the messages of joy, love and peace they bring her.
Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 7
She's only 12, but Macklin Levine is already old enough to appreciate—and believe in—The Beatles.
Bought by WEZU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 8
