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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 11:12
From: Blake Cooper
Koga the gorilla made an international splash after this week's escape attempt from the Buffalo Zoo. Could this be the unlikely path to prosperity ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 03:23
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
It's a dreamlike visit to the U.S. Postal Service mail recovery center. Producer Samara Freemark finds her way there after she loses a package in t...
Bought by WCNY, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 14:06
- Purchases: 3
A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 14:41
A charity basketball game pitting a team of little people against a team of law enforcement officers goes very wrong.
Bought by WCNY and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 15:24
- Purchases: 2
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 10:49
- Purchases: 3
Have you noticed? No matter what else is going on in the world...the cable news channels and the network evening news broadcasts always have time f...
- Added: Mar 10, 2012
- Length: 56:05
In which I write an break-up letter to improv comedy.
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 19:49
Hear what happens when good intentions are met with unanticipated outcomes, if not down right lessons in what not to do the next time. This show fe...
- Added: Feb 28, 2012
- Length: 28:18
- Purchases: 2
What Fred Flaxman learned about life from his childhood dog, Buster.
- Added: Feb 25, 2012
- Length: 03:00
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
Once upon a time, Sam and Gerrit were flipping through a booklet of incoming college freshmen when they happened upon an unlikely superhero named C...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 18:51
One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 17:54
Between You and Me is our weekly mix of conversation and music.
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 04:14
A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 13:42
- Purchases: 1
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
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 14:30
- Purchases: 1
One time, Sam almost killed Jon Stewart with his cab. An excerpt from the live version of "The Taxi Tapes," performed at The PIT (www.thepit-nyc.co...
- Added: Dec 12, 2011
- Length: 07:18
After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 05:47
Holiday Traditions abound on this segment from Arctic Entries. David Onofrychuck tells us how his family celebrated Christmas.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 08:49
- Purchases: 1
Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
The alternate title for this was going to be the Isaac Hayes-esque "Girl, I Wanna Get You Into My Belly Button T-Shirt Hole" but the mp3 title fiel...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 04:38
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
