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In West Virginia, people say that in the old days, communities turned into ghost towns when the coal ran out. Now they turn into ghost towns when t...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 2
This one is about my Linux distribution, SadOS. SadOS used to be based on Xubuntu, and now it’s based on Arch, and I talk about all of that. Many t...
- Added: Aug 21, 2013
- Length: 13:45
Nathan Bergstedt is a writer from Grand Rapids. He is the Art and Education Editor for the Grand Rapids Herald Review. He is also responsible for T...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 1
A story about endings– of the long, drawn-out, painful variety in particular. Also, boat metaphors.
- Added: Oct 30, 2012
- Length: 18:15
Social Damnation is a team piece performed by the poets of Epic Sound, the Kenwood Academy Slam Poetry Team: seniors Kristen Turner, 17, Rachel Smi...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Some thoughts on the Mike Daisey situation from a fellow monologist with approximately one-fortieth the level of fame and notoriety as Mike Daisey.
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 22:23
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
Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."
- Added: Dec 25, 2010
- Length: 53:59
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 01:54
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 29, 2010
- Length: :32
- Purchases: 1
Some of us have built our own units. You can too!
- Added: Jul 08, 2010
- Length: 01:42
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 1
Young people who are not distracted can do most anything.
- Added: Jul 03, 2010
- Length: :35
- Added: Jun 16, 2010
- Length: :50
From i-Pods to i-Phones... You-Tube to chatrooms... writer Andrew Hiller says it seems we do everything we can to avoid actual human contact these ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 01, 2010
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 19, 2010
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 4
It seems like just yesterday that Dick Tracy first used his two way wrist radio.
- Added: Mar 21, 2010
- Length: 01:27
In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...
Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN and more
- Added: Mar 08, 2010
- Length: 06:50
- Purchases: 6
Interview discussing radio broadcasting opportunities at Saint Cloud State University, with KVSC sports director Matt Bishop.
- Added: Feb 02, 2010
- Length: 01:07
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
25 rats trained for a pilot medical project in Africa have identified 300 cases of early-stage TB - infections missed by lab technicians with their...
- Added: Dec 30, 2009
- Length: 01:12
Eric Singley, Yelp’s Product Manager who has been working on Yelp’s iPhone app, walks us through the augmented reality (AR) experience they’re brin...
- Added: Dec 11, 2009
- Length: 10:37
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board discusses controversies at her agency.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 54:00
You heard about the woman who had the wrong embryo implanted. Because a scientist made a mistake it warranted a spot on the national news.
- Added: Sep 21, 2009
- Length: :39
