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Happy 40th Bday. Now it's time for your colonoscopy
From: Wally Nichols
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One Man's Humorous Reconciliation With The Dreaded Mid Life Exam

  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
When I Met Elvis
From: Pam Mandel
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Alaska Traveler Meets Elvis in Skagway

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
Unintended Detours Episode 4: Road/Trip
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Stumbling and stranded, in one way or another, on the road.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Christmas Tree Incident
From: David Maxon
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Story of how a Chirstmas tradition runs up against modern legal realities.

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
Lester and the Art of Mindfulness
From: Ted Magnuson
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A fun encounter with a former Budhist monk

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 10:48
Chicken John, The Other White Mayor
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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Chicken John is running for second place for San Francisco Mayor. He's been laughed at on Fox News, and called a dwarf by The San Francisco Chronic...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
For the Love of Spam
From: Rene Gutel
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A Couple Discovers a Rift over Breakfast

  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:07
I'm Thankful, I'm Thankful!
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Unconventional Wisdom
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Commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing.

Bought by WRTU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Grill Club
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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A few teens in Anchorage, Alaska are grillin' sandwiches right out of their lockers.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
Audio postcard from Costa Rica: The Search for the Red-eyed Tree frog
From: ComRadio
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WPSU student intern David Klatt is in Costa Rica this semester. Recently, he ventured into the rainforest in search of the red-eyed tree-frog . . ....

  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:34
Becoming Interesting
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A first person essay about dealing with illness and middle-age

  • Added: Oct 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:21
Never Judge A Show by It's Pilot: Bionic Woman.
From: Tony Figueroa
Series: Child of Television
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Never Judge A Show by It's Pilot: Bionic Woman.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People and Clues
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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Kind of like the cool songs found on the back side of a vinyl 45, we've dug up stories about people who may seem ordinary at first. But, are any o...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
B-Side: Food and Coping
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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How do you cope with a rough day? Perhaps some comfort food? This is B-Side and we're talking about food?and coping.

Bought by WLRH, WRVO Public Media, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
America's National Pastime: My Love Affair with Baseball
From: Janet Robbins
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This piece describes two memorable baseball games in June 2007

  • Added: Oct 01, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
This I Believe - T. Susan Chang
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Even in the digital age, T. Susan Chang believes in the benefits of an analog, lower-tech lifestyle.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
Taste of Marin
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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From cops chasing speeders to Agricultural celebration

  • Added: Sep 10, 2007
  • Length: 09:52
David Bouchier Essay: Slow Food
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David takes food very seriously.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
Television, sliced and diced
From: Merle Kessler
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Sony launches 5 minute versions of old tv shows on myspace. Why?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:13
Information does not either want to be free.
From: Merle Kessler
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Sad fact, world: if you don't want to pay for it, soon nobody will make it.

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
When is a church not a church? Ask the Pope!
From: Merle Kessler
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The Vatican explains what a church is. Predictable outrage. Why?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
The cat that predicts death. Ew.
From: Merle Kessler
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The cat that predicts death kind of creeps Ian out.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
Islam 2.0
From: Merle Kessler
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A new comic book promotes an infidel-friendly Islam.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:42

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