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This week on State of the Human we’re investigating how people use joking to create new realities for themselves and the people around them.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:18
- Purchases: 2
What’s love got to do with the law? Then again, what’s the law got to do with falling in love? From coast to coast, Life of the Law occasionally ta...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 17:26
- Purchases: 1
It’s odd to think cannibals, cannabis-growers, Vietnam War protesters, and prison escapees all have something in common. But they do: the necessity...
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 21:04
- Purchases: 2
Dan Lawton talks of his first assignment as a crime reporter in the 7th Ward of New Orleans.
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 04:27
Elna Baker, Michele Carlo, Christine, Steve Spatucci and Scott Whitehair share true tales of the Yuletide.
Bought by Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, KUNM and more
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 51:56
- Purchases: 17
Two stay-at-home dads don't find friendship, but they do learn the opposite of lonliness.
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 10:14
Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 02:39
Our second-annual Shakespeare in the South, with stories by writers Jay Jennings and Hope Coulter.
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 29:00
A young activist has a strange (and possibly illegal) run-in with the fuzz; A detailed account of surgery as told by a very young patient; Two BFFs...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 2
A college student on a dinner date gets a shocking surprise; An unplanned hitchhiking adventure on the California coast reveals the best of the hum...
Bought by KMUD
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A family fond of random exploration embarks upon a disappointing excursion on Beaver Island; A lover of beautiful places realizes that a picturesqu...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Hooligans build a gun that shoots potatoes at high velocity; A newlywed is thrilled to share the story of her hubby's romantic proposal; A storytel...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 28:57
Pals from a high school with a strange mascot stumble across each other twenty years later; A woman on a spiritual quest discovers the profound tru...
- Added: Jun 08, 2013
- Length: 29:09
Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 29:03
A woman finds refuge at a shelter for big cats; It's tough being a very tall person in a very small world; A chance encounter proves serendipitous ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 22:21
A basketball fan experiences a shocking loss off the court; High school seniors torment a freshman for no good reason; Mmmmmmm….sprinkler beer.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 21:18
Frantic grocery shopping ends in a case of mistaken identity; Warning to the folks in the first three rows - you WILL get wet…or stabbed; Americans...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 29:15
- Purchases: 1
In prison, a good sense of humor is helpful; An accident victim defies doctors' orders and finds true love; A racquetball player fears she will rep...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 28:35
- Purchases: 1
A veteran nearly killed in Vietnam returns to seek closure; A performance art show unfurls into a strange burlesque exhibition; A Boy Scout at summ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 28:40
A quest for laundry coinage leads to a lascivious encounter; Caution! Active Volcano!; Hitchhikers on a desert highway harbor a secret; A lost dog ...
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 29:11
When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:06
Dive into the dirty diary of a teenager on All Hallow's Eve; High school best friends read their rambling frenetic diaries tag-team style; High sch...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 29:07
A teen busted for shoplifting continues to make bad choices; A graffiti artist escapes the fuzz atop a train; A young woman fearing for her safety...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 1
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 25:00
Richard faces the uncertainty of college life and its requirements. And his heavy New York accent marks him as an outsider at the College of Wooster.
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 19:47
