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The Wood Maiden
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about things that might seem trivial, or even annoying, but that always reveal something deeper and beautiful underneath.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:10
Alicia and the Monster Under the Bed
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about adventures that arise at the end of the day.

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 1
Wilde Roses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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We place some focus on some stories that are inspired by famous literature.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
In Defense of Captain Hook
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Erik Bergmann as Captain Hook, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Peter Pan is not supposed to grow up, but he has grown from a symbol of immaturity to an iconic inner-child. Either way Captain Hook got a raw deal...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 22:27
  • Purchases: 3
The Golem and The Jinni
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: My interpretation of Chava, the Golem.
I talk with Helene Wecker, author of "The Golem and The Jinni," a novel about Jewish and Arabic mythological characters meeting in New York.

Bought by WABE and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:02
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 3: "The Irresistible Force"
From: Gavain U'Prichard
Series: The World's Wake Pre-Show
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The sheriff speaks on the crisis in Colorado, Fakir Emily and the Natural Defense Engineers return, and demons break our hearts in the third instal...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: "In Light of Violence"
From: Gavain U'Prichard
Series: The World's Wake Pre-Show
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Storms approach, and there's a show-down in Eastern Colorado, as the second installment explores the themes of violence and nonviolence, decency, t...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: "The Illusion of Separation"
From: Gavain U'Prichard
Series: The World's Wake Pre-Show
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The Tower Guard, a radical Satyagraha force organized on a national scale, seeks to bring about the collapse of all illusion, and reveal What Must ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 57:06
  • Purchases: 1
01 - Brain Traps
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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Your brain is a wonderfully complex piece of organic equipment that's supposed to tell you the truth about the world around you.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
#775-Earth movers, crooks, dawdlers, spinners and more
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Ok so Host Marc Cuniberti is on a run of off the wall news pieces. Another "not so normal" news piece. Once again its not about the stock markets b...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
Life of the Law #96: Live Law San Quentin: Hope
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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In the fact of the fear, confusing and despair many Americans feel after the election, one group of individuals joined together to share stories of...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Honesty
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: the narrator, looking out of place at a dance ceremony in Farende, Togo
A West African folktale in which dishonesty is revealed through a dance competition.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Facts About Fiction
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Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Joseph Kanon and "Leaving Berlin"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Christmas Stories
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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For the next hour we’ve got three Christmas stories. From A Christmas Carol on Wheels, which is performed in 20 minutes, to an event called No Roo...

Bought by WLRN


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 1
Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
Caption: Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
Two tales of terror from the Icebox Radio Theater. It's an hour filled to the brim with the true 'spirit' of Halloween.

Bought by 'The Sea', KMUN, WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 5
The Golden Lions - The Battle of the Bulge (Sample Reading)
From: John Messmer
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My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
The Ghosts of Candy
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A Minneapolis High School student versifies a fanciful account about the revenge of Hallowe'en candy.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Stories
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: No Room At The Inn, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Three Christmas stories. In the first story family nativities build homes in Haiti. The second story is about a man and a machine in Williamsburg, ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WHRV, KWIT, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4
Author Adam Johnson, an American obsessed with North Korea
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “The Orphan Master’s Son,” this Stanford University creative writing teacher introduces us to the people of modern-day North Korea. Johnson spe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Author Robert Hicks and a Civil War cemetery
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Caption: McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Credit: Gene Korte
This historical novel brings to life the “Widow of the South,” Carrie McGavock. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place on November 30, 18...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
News 35
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show News
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Catch items from today's news that you may have missed!

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
News 32
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show News
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Find out how predicting the news turns out!

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
News 23
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show News
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All the local and international news from the mind of Mikie!

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:52
"Margery Dickerson"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev reads "Margery Dickerson", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short Irish fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bevilacqua. Great for Saint Patrick Day or anytime.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:27