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This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Richard signs up with his roommate to work amidst the lakes and falls and trees in Upstate New York. Richard and Jim preach on Sundays and spend th...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:05
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. In "Christmas In A Swamp" Sinykin recounts...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 05:32
- Purchases: 1
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 04:23
Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 01:56
Retired educator, Lorie Yourd, shares her insightful, reflective poem "After Hearing About the Rain."
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:08
My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 11:06
In our first outdoor show, we go to the Bernice Garden in downtown Little Rock for stories about Local Food and Gardening. Sponsored by the Arkansa...
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 29:00
In our second compilation, we bring together voices from the Leopold Leadership Program to investigate the changing nature and changing goals of co...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 23:16
In this week's show, our storytellers are all lost in the woods, and it takes more than a map to find their way back. Stories by Trey Moore, Russel...
- Added: Oct 21, 2012
- Length: 29:00
If the Caribbean’s balmy turquoise charms are doubled by wintry weather at home, the argument could be made they’re halved in close succession to a...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 2
I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 14:44
Audio postcard with Keith Kirkland, an avid river geek, tells about an eerie night on the Ghost River.
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 02:46
A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 11:05
- Purchases: 1
Report Drunk Drivers, On Sale Now
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 05:50
This week our writers all experience the incredible power of Mother Nature, from crashing waves to lightning strikes to shooting stars. Stories by ...
- Added: Apr 07, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week our writers go up against the elements of water, fire, and earth-- and live to tell the tale. Stories by David Prud'homme, Holly Patton, ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Bemidji area resident Susan Carol Hauser's most recent book is a nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day journey down the Mississippi. Susan joins Maggie...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 10, 2012
- Length: 18:25
- Purchases: 1
The New Year came riding in on a wind storm, killing old and young trees.
The crew comes in to work their music and magic
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KWMR
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 09:11
- Purchases: 2
When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you'll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it's good to be merciless in the mid-summer ga...
- Added: Aug 08, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
Roadtrip! Pat Callaway unknowingly rides into a dry county, Joy Rockenbach heads to funeral in Greenville, Mississippi via a Lake Village must-see,...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 04, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Fishing expert Jerry McKinnis on a special edition of Tales from the South. The owner of B.A.S.S. and host of ESPN's "The Fishin' Hole" tells of a ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck. Learn a no-nonsense approach for ridding your landscape of woodchuck...
- Added: Jul 06, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.)
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has predicted that most businesses will recover from the BP oil spill b...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 06:44
Award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier returns to his childhood hometown only to find it has changed as much as he has. Southern-style storytelling ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 29:00
