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Caption: Wayne Ball reads "The Secret"
This week it's stories about best laid plans, and how those plans go amiss. Stories by Wayne Ball, Peter O'Connell, and Mark Isbell. All stories ar...

  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: :00
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
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Bad Knees, the Marathon and Dividing by Two

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:14
Caption: Youth Spin Sonic ID
Angelo and Joey took a brave step into the world of Heavy Metal. This is a story from one of their first big interviews with the lead singer from A...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: :56
Caption: Youth Spin Sonic Youth ID
Ceci attends the Austin Music Awards with her band Schmillion and she sees one of her favorite artists of all time. While she is staring her mom in...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:21
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
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The Passive Activist

  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:39
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Original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna remembers the DIY feminist punk scene she catalyzed in 1992 with Bikini Kill. (The band's first EP was re-releas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WORT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis, WABE and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Mike Noland on Tales from the South
This week our writers take us back to one of their most embarrassing moments. Stories by Mike Noland, Anne Perry, and Jimmie Meese Moomaw. True sto...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: setup for TV crews onsite at Union Station
New to California, the narrator experiences his first earthquake drill: online, and at LA's Union Station

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman. In this essay A...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Steve and Vicki Farrell
Tin Roof Project #25 featuring comic duo Steve and Vicki Farrell. The Tin Roof Project is once a month and features well-known Southerners bringing...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Erika Kooda
During the school year she'll be checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. This is the second installment of that series of essays.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
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On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's stories are all about the tensions that exist within families. Stories by Randi Romo, JB Hogan, and George Smith. True stories told by ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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The Not So Very Original Sinner

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Patience Meets the Street

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
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The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, our storytellers spill the beans on some very interesting family secrets. Stories by Anne Nieto, Robbin Ridgell, and Arthur Paul Bowen. ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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And Turn Down Your Schizophonia

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:34
Caption: Struell Wells, near Downpatrick, Co. Down, Credit: Raymond McCullough
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Sandcarvers, The Sweet Colleens, David Nigel Lloyd, Lauren Mary Lo...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:58
Caption: Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, Credit: Raymond McCullough
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Mimi Burns Band, The Irish Experience, Ockham's Razor, Brad Reid, The ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:58
Caption: The Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Jason Bennett, The Irish Wolfhounds, Mel Farrimond, Needfire, Meghan H...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:58