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StoryCorps: Harvey Sherman
From: StoryCorps
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Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world."

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
Red Sox Nation: Red Sox Fans Frozen Out of Playoffs
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Red Sox fans frozen out of playoffs!
Emotionally What Went Wrong? Chuck Wolfe interviews Dave O’Brien, the radio play by play announcer for the Boston Red Sox in April 2011 after the...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Woody Allen vs. Mean Joe Green
From: Graham Shelby
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A man-sized teenager believes joining the football team will help him feel big on the inside.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Running with Broomsticks
From: Matt Purdy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the burgeoning sport of quidditch, the fictional game adapted to real-life from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Who's Yo Sensei!? Pt. 1
From: Karate Cafe
Series: Karate Cafe
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Martial arts lineage, is it important?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:29:15
Learning & Teaching at Kyu Levels
From: Karate Cafe
Series: Karate Cafe
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Paul & Dan talk about teaching and learning at kyu levels

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 42:41
StoryCorps: Marat and Leon Kogut
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Leon Kogut talks with his son, Marat Kogut, an NBA referee.

Bought by WEZU and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Hot dog! It's the Wiener Nationals
From: KALW
Caption: Flickr photo by Arlette. http://www.flickr.com/photos/arlette/4712343729/
This story has all the excitement of a day at the races: ladies in fancy hats, frazzled handlers, strutting owners, and surly gamblers. But the ani...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Extreme Biking: dangerous, dirty and tons of fun
From: KALW
Caption: Extreme cyclists gather before the race, Credit: Dara Kerr
Cutting your gas bill, your carbon footprint, or your waistline: these are some of the reasons to bike more. And in San Francisco, biking has incre...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sister Vincent Cecire
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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94-year-old Sister Vincent Cecire tells her friend Sister Catherine Garry how she fell in love with baseball.

Bought by WEZU, KZYX, The Story, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 4
George Raymond Wagner, December 26, 1963
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Greeks may have invented wrestling, but it took one man ... Gorgeous George ... to really put the shine on it.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Sidewalk Skater
From: City High Radio
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Teenage boys love skateboarding in downtown Tucson. The only problem is, they love to skate on the sidewalks, where pedestrians sometimes fear for ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
Swashbucklers go public in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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A secret society of swordsmen revealed their talents and charitable aspirations to their home community of Bemidji at the Swashbucklers' Guild Equi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 1
Zach Dundas as THE RENEGADE SPORTSMAN
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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THE RENEGADE SPORTSMAN is one of those books with a beefy sub-title: "Drunken Runners, Bike Polo Superstars, Roller Derby Rebels, Killer Birds, and...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ted Leonsis, Owner of the Washington Capitals
From: National Press Club
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Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and one of the most powerful figures in Washington sports and business, addressed the National Press ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Take Me Out to the Japanese Ballgame
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru uncovers the rules behind Japanese baseball. Accidentally smack the matter with the ball? You better practice your bowing...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Once upon a unicycle
From: Matt Larson
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A group of 4th and 5th graders prove themselves on the basketball court. On unicycles.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 22:46
  • Purchases: 2
This is Hilltop
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The snowboarding season is winding down in Anchorage. So that means the final mountain push has begun.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Science
From: Tom Niemisto
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A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2
Dan Skuta Interview
From: BengalsWorld News Radio
Series: BengalsWorld News Radio
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Interview with Dan Skuta

  • Added: Feb 09, 2010
  • Length: 12:42
BWNR Episode 35
From: BengalsWorld News Radio
Series: BengalsWorld News Radio
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Cincinnati Bengals talk. NFL talk. Sports talk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 41:46
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
TIGER'S CHEATING ON YOU, TOO
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lots of excitement over Tiger Woods' infidelities, but what about him trying to get gullible sports fans to buy goods that he endorses in exchange ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:36
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A Baseball Anthology"
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
No other sport has inspired as much poetry as baseball. Today's anthology features works by former U.S. Poet Laureates and other lovers of the sport.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Extreme Sports
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side goes EXTREME!!!! with stories about sports that you won't find at the Olympics or the X-Games, any time soon.

Bought by WVPE, KMXT, KSFR, KWGS, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 5

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