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“Sorry I passed out in the middle of your mother’s funeral. I’m sure it was a lovely service.”
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 10:50
What happens when someone does something to their house that stands out in the neighborhood? Lucia Duncan, from Somerville, Massachusetts, went to ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 05:18
I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 06:16
Sometimes the world's hottest villain calls you on the phone...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 11, 2015
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
Are you ever concerned that your pajamas are not seasonally appropriate? Fret no more. Ellery Stritzinger speaks to a professional about staying cu...
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 01:21
This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 10:13
- Purchases: 1
Pickers and neighbors from the South, Minnesota that is, Pert Near Sandstone.
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Yonder Mountain String Band has always played music by its own set of rules. Bending bluegrass, rock and countless other influences, Yonder has pi...
- Added: Feb 01, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 8
A ten-year-old on deep space, death, and Revolutionary War reenactments.
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- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 1
Off-Ramp contributor Collin Friesen takes a humorour look at the differences between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving.
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 04:38
Amy O'Leary, a former producer for This American Life, is our reader here, contributing author of the book, Should I Go To Grad School: 41 Answers ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
In which the theme of "February" is explored and heightened.
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 17:50
What is librarian Emily's biggest fear? Not being able to finish all the books she is in the middle of.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 1
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
Among the many thousands of mommies in the blog-o-sphere writing about parenting-its troubles and its triumphs, how do you stand out from the rest?
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 05:03
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:02
Beep, beep, beep. Welcome Valued Customer. A college student profiles late-night grocery shopping in a college town, and what she finds is unexpected.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 03:05
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
Episode 2 - 12/4/12 - An investigation into the case of Italian seismologists being convicted of manslaughter, more academic news, and the inside s...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 23:35
Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:41
- Purchases: 1
When activist/educator Erin Wilson loses track of a borrowed computer, she's worried she'll be ridiculed by her fellow organizers for her chronic a...
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 06:00
KAXE contributor, Aaron Brown, reads a piece about trying new things. Brown's aspirations seem high initially before adding a healthy dose of reali...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 03:07
Uncle Jack and Donald
Bought by KUT
- Added: Dec 28, 2012
- Length: 06:05
- Purchases: 1
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
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