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UnFictional: Why I Ride the Bus
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
UnFictional : The Angel of Death
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
"For Father's Day: On Being an Adoptive Dad (June 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Happy Father's Day! I'm an adoptive dad....28 years now and counting. And as a lifelong journalist, this program attempts to show...through narrat...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 57:09
Twist Tale Underground
From: Jason Samilski
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Weird story; more "how" than "about"

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode... two surprising, funny and spellbinding stories on the subject of prison.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
TFTS-065 Tin Roof Project #14 Featuring Vic Fleming
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
WALE
From: Jason Samilski
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A short, fervent summation of strange realities and terrible behavior--a visual, narrative journey into the epicenter of madness, and exploration o...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
My Mom Signs
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Livia Perry presents a slice of daily life with her hearing-impaired mother.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:03
The Performer
From: jeff resnick
Series: Stories in Sound
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I am a documentarian, chronicling the lives of performing musicians. As a writer, I am obligated to put their words to paper. As a story-teller, I ...

  • Added: May 08, 2011
  • Length: 41:49
Trumpet Man
From: jeff resnick
Series: Stories in Sound
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I am a documentarian, chronicling the lives of performing musicians. As a writer, I am obligated to put their words to paper. As a story-teller, I ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 42:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Food of Love: Marriage and Cooking for Happy Couples
From: Rosemary Langford
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This fully-produced 2:40 personal essay wonders if a woman's place really IS in the kitchen. If not, what then? It might be sub-titled, "How to lea...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
Why 'The Devil Came Down To Georgia' Is a Stupid Song
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
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In which the author contemplates the many things about the classic Charlie Daniel's song that make no sense whatsoever.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
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
"Monesticism"
From: WHJE
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Religion vs Money

Bought by Vocalo.org and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
All Hallows Eve
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Halloween, Samhain, or "All Hallows Eve" marks the end of the Celtic year, and the beginning of a new cycle.

Bought by WPSU, WTIP, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 4
La Tanda -- A Grassroots Savings Scheme
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A newshole ready first-person piece about "La Tanda", a tradition of many immigrant communities of pooling their money, and sharing the benefits.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
373 E-Coli First Person Essay
From: Vince Workman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A descriptive first-hand account of what a severe case of E-Coli is like.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
Too Early For Late Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: Sapir's Hotel - 3 Generations
This piece is part of a quartet series called HiPapa Days. DAD DAYS ARE EVERGREENS- Any day the nature of the piece fits the news of the day or ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:30
Cannibal Theme Park
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Fredy and his wall of postcards
Met any cannibals lately? Producer Carla Seidl has, and tells the tale in this engaging sound-rich documentary/personal narrative related to her an...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Zack the Retriever
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Zack loves the feeling of hurling through space :)

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
From Boston to Berlin with college radio host Chance Dorland
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
Caption: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
Ten´s of thousands of students from the States and Europe take part in exchange programmes every year. In this show, Radijojo's American intern a...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 18:44
Scared
From: John Biewen
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A (very) short story of love and anxiety. A child grows to age 13 in three minutes while a father muses on parental fears.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 16
Movie Critics: Endangered Species?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mainstream media movie critics are being laid off. Consequences?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:01