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Historical and Current Extremes are Mighty Grim(m). #527
From: Teosson Wells
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Life’s precarious journey—lessons today’s parents often avoid. Rediscover the frightening tales from our collective past.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 11:46
Piano Practice
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A short story about kids and piano practice and parental rage.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Parcel
From: Daniel Wanschura
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A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Strangers (podcast): "Two Men and a Baby"
From: Lea Thau
Series: Strangers
Caption: Steve & Patrick with "Violet", Credit: F Delventhal
On this episode of Strangers...a four-day old baby shows up with a few hours notice at the home of a gay couple. Complications ensue.

Bought by Public Radio for All, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 5
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On The Oscars - "The Oscars, the Year's Spectacle and Pivot Point In the Lives of Americans Without Lives."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Anticipation - "There's No Dishonesty In Reveling In the Anticipation of An Impossibly Ache, Pain, and Problem Free Future."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
Acoustic Stories : Aaron Brown On Jobs : "In the End We Just Want Them To Be Handy, But We'll Settle For Happy."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Siblings - "The Satisfied Melancholy of the Youngest."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
The Beat: Casiana Siegle - "My Family"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Casiana Siegle was adopted by an American family at fourteen months from the country of Kazakhstan. She's now thirteen years old and living in Dulu...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:19
The Paramount Visual Arts Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The Paramount Theater has been the cultural jewel of downtown St. Cloud since the age of vaudeville. However, do you know what takes place in the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 24:36
KERA Commentary: Stay At Home Dads
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary about how some people have yet to adjust the idea of a man as a stay-at-home dad

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Pumpkin Belly
From: Nanci Olesen
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a commentary by Nanci Olesen about Halloween and her pumpkin painted belly

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Home from the Road, a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen recalls a recent trip west with her family: bad coffee and sweet times

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
I'm so embarrassing to my children
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary by Nanci Olesen: I'm so embarrassing!

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 14