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A Vietnam veteran recalls watching his tour buddy and a prisoner of war die at each other's hands; A young man drafted in the Korean War makes the ...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 28:27
A storyteller watching an author read his work is distracted by what's going on outside on the street; A struggling college student finds comfort i...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:19
- Purchases: 1
A chaplain-in-training consoles the grieving at a busy urban hospital; A master storyteller is hunted by "patriots" for his refusal to support a po...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:02
- Purchases: 1
The tenement windowsill is the instrument of social interaction between neighbors and the social control of children on the street. The front wind...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Feb 03, 2013
- Length: 16:11
- Purchases: 1
Steve Downing shares the story of his unique placement of his Christmas tree and the added benefits it provides his home. Downing also dives into s...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 04:38
Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digit...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 08:33
- Purchases: 1
On December 24th BARNEY MARTIN became our 38th island castaway. Barney is someone who leads a life in duality with one foot in the white collar wor...
- Added: Jan 09, 2013
- Length: 01:26:23
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 1
War is hell on the holidays; A G-Man home for the holidays takes his fiancee to the Big Apple; A family departs from the Biblical script in a live ...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 28:55
A young man discovers his sexuality and is disappointed; Americans traveling in Europe try to escape an odiferous stalker; An unusual cat doesn't r...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 28:47
- Purchases: 1
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 1
Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf talks about the band's EP "Forward/Return."
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 04:17
When he first came to America, Professor Nicholas Jenkins rented a car and set out on a leisurely drive through the hills of California. But then, ...
- Added: Dec 08, 2012
- Length: 07:58
- Purchases: 2
An essay on how to unplug and gain balance during the holiday season by watching classic holiday films.
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 12:26
Ceci attends the Austin Music Awards with her band Schmillion and she sees one of her favorite artists of all time. While she is staring her mom in...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 01:21
18-year old Sam manages to land his first date, with a girl whose name is also Sam. Porn and ice cream are involved, and things gets messy (not li...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 19:41
An adopted son shares a final holiday dinner with the man he calls father; A doting dad carefully screens a suitor of his teenage daughter; Simple ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 28:52
- Purchases: 1
An aspiring rollergirl digs deep to qualify for tournament play; An avid backpacker communes with nature in Death Canyon; A wrong turn during a tri...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 1
A young lover sneaks inside a girl's bedroom and narrowly escapes parental discovery; A young woman braces for the worst when she tells her conserv...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 28:37
"Bees and Cheer" is a rollicking good time. It's a huge folk concert that happens twice yearly at Yale University, and the show features the underg...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 05:23
Warm and fuzzy anecdotes of growing up on an Indiana farm in the Fifties; A young woman debunks a family ancestry originating in the wrath of Natur...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 28:45
A woman who has come to terms with herself reads embarrassing obscenity-laden entries from her teenage diary; Bloomington's first female firefighte...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
A dog with wolf blood reverts to its primordial nature; A troubled young man meets a troubled young woman during their darkest of days; A teenager ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 29:14
An author tells the tale of her family's embarrassing surname; An accident-prone woman recalls her many unintended demonstrations of slapstick humor.
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 29:14
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Amend The Constitution!" Meet James Christophersen, a conse...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 04:23
