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Sammy Marques tells stories, one-man-shows that last an hour and more. The stories within the bigger stories are chapters of his life. Because they...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 25:28
Sammy Marques, descended from Portuguese seamen, was expatriated from his native America by his missionary father. When he returned stateside he ma...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:56
Sammy Marques is a raconteur. He frequently draws on personal experience to flesh out stories that seem always to embrace some humorous element. Th...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:30
For three generations, Sammy Marques’ family was stuck in a sort of revolving door of emigration from Europe to the United States and back again. I...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 28:24
Sammy Marques has been a lot of things over the years. He was never a butcher, but he was certainly a baker. Twice. And armed with a wood lathe he ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 26:21
We hear a familiar phrase, “2021 was not a good year for me,” and it’s true. 2021 was not a good year for Haley.
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 07:58
An episode that discusses the “neverendingness” of it all - a phrase spell-check does not recognize, but one you may have experienced if you ever f...
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 08:06
Too hot, too cold, just right. Americans may differ on where to set the dial, but they agree air conditioning is integral to modern life, a phenome...
- Added: May 16, 2022
- Length: 04:34
It's late spring and animals are on the move. Sometimes their paths cross with people. For our last episode of the season, here are two stories…thi...
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 28:57
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 27:53
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 25:55
Muyambi loved biking, so when his friends asked him to plan a cycling trip across his home country of Uganda he was thrilled. But challenges arose ...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 11, 2020
- Length: 13:01
- Purchases: 2
Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 21:51
- Purchases: 3
South Africans Chris Diedericks and Anna Calitz wanted to go on a romantic getaway, but their adventure broke down before it even began.
Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA
- Added: Jul 17, 2020
- Length: 21:41
- Purchases: 3
A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.
- Added: Jul 15, 2020
- Length: 20:30
It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 27:30
- Purchases: 1
According to the USDA, nearly half of all the American adults listening to this story right now will eat a sandwich today. So, how has this simple ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 06:51
A modern-day nativity story that takes place in a garage on Suitcase Alley in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.
- Added: Dec 09, 2019
- Length: 24:24
Jeff Osgood and his friend Anthony just wanted to go on a winter hiking trip in the Adirondack Wilderness in upstate New York. But after a series o...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 21:20
- Purchases: 1
Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 16:28
- Purchases: 2
It’s spring! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are four stories.
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 37:09
Marty Edwards wanted to go on a fun trip with his girlfriend. But Mother Nature had other plans.
- Added: Nov 14, 2018
- Length: 32:00
Animals love each other too.
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 02:30
"Time Bomb"
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Brian Corliss just wanted to quench his thirst. But on a snowmobile outing, he grab...
Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
"Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?" and "Bigfoot"
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting gu...
Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 2
