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When do gooders are done wrong
From: Judy Goldberg
Series: Back Roads Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hear what happens when good intentions are met with unanticipated outcomes, if not down right lessons in what not to do the next time. This show fe...

Bought by KRZA and KVNF


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Friendly Rabid Squirrel
From: JP Davidson
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When I was 9 years old, a rabid squirrel bit me.

Bought by WJCT, KBRP Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
A Dog's Life
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
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What Fred Flaxman learned about life from his childhood dog, Buster.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Runners "Hi"
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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A ten year old summer camper runs and loses the race of his life. To hear Doc's show, click on the INTRO and 2 MIN links below. It takes a couple...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Billy Luther
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Billy Luther
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with award winning filmmaker Billy Luther.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 21:06
Tales from the South 067: Shakespeare in the South
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Bestselling Author Trenton Lee Stewart, Credit: Arkansas Shakespeare Theater
Three well-known Southern writers tell stories of tragedy and comedy in their own personal lives, and see Shakespeare in themselves, others, and ev...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps NTI: Al Siedlecki and Lee Buono
From: StoryCorps
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Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Jim and MaryAnn Fletcher
From: StoryCorps
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Jim Fletcher remembers meeting his wife, MaryAnn, in first grade.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Tapestry - HOPE
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A "non-saccharin", "non pie-in-the-sky" exploration of the power of Hope.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio and WLRN


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 2
Mucho Car
From: Dick Meister
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After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
StoryCorps: Gweneviere Mann and Yasir Salem
From: StoryCorps
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Gweneviere Mann talks to her boyfriend, Yasir Salem, about living without a short-term memory. Her condition results from a stroke she suffered dur...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 2
"That's My Song" by Leslie Wise
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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"That's My Song" is a way to introduce new Youth Spinners to our listenership as well as create an atmosphere that includes writing, peer review, e...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Galen Green discussing The Outsiders
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, written and performed for The Bushwick Book Club Seattle's mont...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
JazzStories: Henry Threadgill
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Wynton Marsalis
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Earl and Ashley Reynolds
From: StoryCorps
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Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 4
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Talk
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Destry Hall talks about the importance of jazz music and teaching with his high school music teacher and mentor.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
Ozzy Osbourne: Looking Back
From: Joyride Media
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Ozzy Osbourne reflects on his first solo albums and working with pioneering guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WCWP, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
StoryCorps Griot: Andrea and Jay McKnight
From: StoryCorps
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Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Howell Graham and Nan Graham
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Howell Graham, one of the longest-surviving double-lung transplant patients, tells his mother, Nan, about the days after his surgery.

Bought by WHQR, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGLT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 5
JazzStories: Roy Haynes
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Roy Haynes
“I got these small 20 inch bass drums. One of the first 20 inch bass drums…So when Lester Young saw these small little drums, right away he nicknam...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, KTRL, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 6
The Cycle of Cyberbullying
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
Caption: Self-portrait painted by Thien To
Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberb...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Peer Mediation with a Pencil
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
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Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3

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