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Caption: Hope Davis
Two passengers of very different statures meet on a plane and take off! A Very Very Short Play by Jacquelyn Reingold features Tony nominee Hope Dav...

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 13:37
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Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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Groundhog Day fully explored...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:27:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Zach Appelman
In Christmas Breaks by Patrick Gabridge, a young man surprises his girlfriend with some curve ball gifts. Featuring Zach Appleman (War Horse and "S...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 15:57
Caption: CURE FOR GRAVITY, Credit: CURE FOR GRAVITY
Today it’s the return of the much-loved feature INTO AN INTERVIEW where we’ll hear from JOE MARKERT of the wonderful BERKELEY band CURE FOR GRAVITY...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 35:45
Caption: Kelly Hutchinson
Two short plays by the master of the form, David Ives (Venus In Fur, All in the Timing). In David Ives’ ITS ALL GOOD, a Chicago native visits his h...

Bought by WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: MIKE AND BENITA, Credit: MIKE MATTHEWS
Today it’s the return of a segment that we have not had in OVER A YEAR! It’s called the CASSETTE CUBBYHOLE where I’ll be playing back a MATTHEWS IN...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 22:37
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Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes travel to Stoke Moran to investigate the death of Helen Stoner’s sister… and to try and prevent history from repeati...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 27:21
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Join us for the perfect bedtime story full of kings, queens, princes, princesses, fairies, merfolk, giant eagles, trained cats, magic, and lessons ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
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This alternate theme to "The Time Tunnel" has been used on a couple of THE TIME TRAVELER Mondays Late Night Radio Shows, as its end title.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
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You might not expect this to result from the best laid plans, nonetheless... (Rob plays with F/X and the opening theme to "The Time Tunnel")

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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The dystopian novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four" describes a future society martialed by constant surveillance, tyranny, and torture...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:20:44
Caption: Seal of the State of Jefferson, Credit: wikipedia.com
"Keep It California" and the people who want to live in the "State of Jefferson" battled it out at the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meetin...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:21:46
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A Studs Terkel "Working" interview for a smartphone society.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
Caption: Peter Jacobson
SECTION 310, ROW D, SEATS 5 & 6 is a short entertaining play from Tony winner Warren Leight about three buddies who bond over their shared passion ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
Caption: Tonya Pinkins
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried Veterans Administration Hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giv...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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We have two guests with us tonight to discuss the play both as production or performance and as text; the deed and the word. As Harold Goddard said...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
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African-American author LaShonda Katrice Barnett, interviewed recently on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday (2/8/15), reads here from her heralded new n...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Delaney Mazen echoes the tongue-in-cheek and audacious tone of the 1940’s Radio Mystery. To hear actual old time radio, listen to The Inner Sanctum...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:50
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In this public reading entitled "Love Letters to Generations," Angela Jackson shares some of her work, including a reading from her first novel, th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The primaries are over and Governor Hoffman is in Chicago for the Democratic Convention. Everyone is where they should be except for Senator Craig ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 23:01
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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
Caption: A classic OTR from the voice of Yogi Bear!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A classic old time radio play by Daws Butler.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMXT, KRPS, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 4
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Adhémar (a small lion) and Jacobi (a little monkey) travel from the jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Europe to recover a vintage mode...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
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A group of soccer fans set out to watch the final match of their local club, LAFC.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 20:46