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What do the restaurants of your childhood say about the place you grew up? In Jack Hitt’s case, the Oysters Mornay and Escargots Bourguignonne of h...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 3
An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 10:26
'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 38:16
- Purchases: 1
Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble.
Today...stories of disappointment.
Violinist Andrew...
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 16:19
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 15:21
- Purchases: 3
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back."
-Beverly, 72,...
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 03:21
"My sense has been that most men ultimately really do want children, and I think many of longer relationships -- that's been part of the end."
-Bet...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 01:53
- Purchases: 1
Nailah Stevenson talks candidly about why she stayed in an abusive relationship. And when she realized it was time to go.
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 08:04
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga.
Something many of them ha...
- Added: Oct 07, 2014
- Length: 04:30
At some point or another we've all known a person that's really into shoes, but have you ever met a "sneakerhead"? Produced at Vocalo (90.7 FM Chic...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 05:18
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jul 20, 2014
- Length: 01:19
It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Sadly, the historic Hubig's Pie factory in New Orleans burned down, and its neighbor Laura McKnight slept through it...almost.
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 04:43
Storyville is a new collaboration between of the University of New Orleans and WWNO. These are true stories about New Orleans written by the studen...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
American reporter Joanne Silberner compares her experience with breast cancer to what happened to a Ugandan woman.
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WRST-FM Oshkosh, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 08:15
- Purchases: 4
Shayla Torres is a senior at Community Academy in Philadelphia and is going to college next year. But first, she’ll have to leave her grandparents ...
- Added: May 20, 2012
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 05:15
Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 04:00
Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...
Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear the story of one Sudanese family who recently took a trip to Darfur to attend an old friend's wedding.
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 05:42
More cultural shorthand from the folks who offer cultural shorthand. We are not shorthanded in that department.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 03:11
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.
- Added: Dec 17, 2008
- Length: 05:07
Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?
Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Sep 01, 2008
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Nov 16, 2007
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
