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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 11:17
Let’s make equations musical. Instead of visualizing equations on a graph, let’s listen to them on the piano, merging all our math and music knowl...
- Added: Dec 29, 2020
- Length: 49:30
Veronica Tosetti takes us on a journey around the Spomeniks - a trail of statues commemorating former Yugoslavia, and the people who died in conflict.
- Added: Aug 30, 2020
- Length: 06:13
Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 07:54
An appropriate new hourlong episode for these interesting times we are cursed to live in. With guest Erik Davis, bestselling author of High Weirdne...
- Added: Apr 03, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
A collection of stories about stuff that happens in the great outdoors.
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 52:41
A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 57:54
The California Innocence Project relies on interns to go through thousands of requests for assistance. In this episode, interns share some of their...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
An innocent woman discusses re-entering her world outside of prison. She addresses the painful time spent away from her children and new possibilit...
- Added: Jan 04, 2018
- Length: 04:56
In this episode we hear from Saleem Haddad, author of Guapa. Saleem explores his Palestinian identity through storytelling and discusses shaming, g...
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 33:30
This Veterans Day, Americans will be marking one hundred years since the end of World War One, but there will be no veterans of that war present to...
Bought by Prairie Public, KENW, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 5
When Thanksgiving arrived in 2008, Robert found himself struggling with a tangled mess of emotions. The economic crisis in the U.S., big changes at...
- Added: Dec 05, 2015
- Length: 31:20
This contemporary poem gets into the mind of a wide receiver in the middle of a play.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 24, 2015
- Length: 01:23
- Purchases: 1
Pat Zakaib's bitter-sweet memory of friendship lost and found spans decades as she shares a frustrating tale of her travels from Paris to Athens.
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 05:01
Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 25, 2015
- Length: 17:08
- Purchases: 1
Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble.
Today...stories of failure.
Host Steven Chua on why...
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 16:19
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
Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 03:27
Sometimes it's a blessing to have noisy neighbours.
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 3
In May 2012, over 8000 people took part in the Great Limerick Run in south west Ireland. Alison Turner ran the 6 mile race to raise funds for char...
- Added: Jul 20, 2012
- Length: 13:31
A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.
- Added: Apr 29, 2012
- Length: 04:58
For over a century, U.S. farmers have strived for quantity of food. Quality, though, is at least as important.
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 05:26
Sleeping in a cave along Australia's West coast, I could hear, but not join, an ancient corroboree.
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 05:28
- Added: Oct 14, 2009
- Length: 03:59
