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Dear Younger Self From Your Older Self
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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1. Embrace Failure: Don’t fear failure; instead, see it as a stepping stone towards growth. Understand that setbacks aren’t roadblocks but opportun...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 03:18
Frozen River Film Fest '22 Guest Curator Sharon Mansur
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we're talking with Sharon Mansur, the first ever guest curator for the Frozen River Film Festival 2022. She shared more about thi...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 26:41
The Lisa Show - Being the Fun Parent
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Can we ever meet our kids expectations?

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 9
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Finding Your Way Home In A Purple Canoe" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Patrick Dobson was stuck in his life, so he decided t...

Bought by KSTK, Prairie Public, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
"Scurrilous and scandalous": subversive humor at the SF Public Library
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Poster for this year's Schmulowitz exhibit
Sometimes the things we write can cause controversy, and even end up being deadly. Early this year two gunmen opened fire in the office of the Fren...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:34
Birthdays
From: Margaret Krauss
Series: What What Why: Stories of Life and Living
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Everyone has a birthday, but the day's meaning changes over time. In this episode, we look at life from 21st and 94th birthdays.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:53
Mascot Boot Camp: Putting the F-U back in FUN
From: Alexis Kenyon
Caption: Dave Raymond watching Fritz the Cat at Mascot Boot Camp, Credit: Alexis Kenyon
Since retiring as the original Philie Phanatic, Dave Raymond makes his living training professional mascot performers and creating new mascot ident...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:31
Cicada Confidential
From: Louisa Jonas
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From the red eyes of a periodical cicada looking out: a bug's first person rendition from emergence til death.

Bought by KSJD, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, Radio Newark, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 8
The Stress Test: Or another piece of my heart now, baby
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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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
Trapped in a Small Space
From: Blake Cooper
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Robert Stover and Valerie Anderson
From: StoryCorps
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Robert Stover tells his daughter, Valerie Anderson about growing up in the 1930's.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #30, Charla
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty, holy mackerel! Thirty is a lot if you’re counting episodes (not so much when counting bacteria but we’re not counting bacteria toda...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.) A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:54
Smells of Grinnell
From: Matthew Zmudka
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kathryn Benson, Grinnell class of 2009, explores the smells of places and events that define her college experience.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
B-Side: Dads
From: B-Side Radio
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Golf is the ultimate sport of dads. So in honor of Father's Day, B-Side's Tamara Keith went golfing with her father, husband and father-in-law. On ...

Bought by KMXT, KGOU, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Buckstaff Planetarium
From: Jon Stricklin
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Attempting to learn Astronomy while locked out of the building

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: No Laughing Matter
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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After the attacks on Sept 11, the world and especially the US created a new subject that was taboo ? the idea of linking the Twin Towers attacks wi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KWCW, and WCOM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Radio8Ball: The Pop Oracle (Re-Broadcast One)
From: Radio8ball
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with guests Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Silverblatt & Anya Marina

  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 58:29
Legacy
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Salon regular and Emmy winning writer Joseph Dougherty discovers an unnoticed gift in a crowded train station.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Stars
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Clay Bravo remembers a simple gift of love from her husband.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:37
School of Iraq
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and Features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Answered Prayers
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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What happens if you're in a bad religion, but your prayers get answered?

  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
The Miracle of Flight
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The forces of capitalism battle the inconvenience of modern travel.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30