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@SEXYBABEWET
From: Emma Lehman
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Written by Savannah Spatafora Produced by Emma Lehman

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 03:03
Ep. 5 2019 Was Not A Good Year For Me
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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Although 2019 was not a good year for Haley, this episode actually features one of her strongest allies throughout bad years and good ones. A frien...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
Ep. 4 My S-town
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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All of these episodes, the past 8 years, are set behind the backdrop of the town Haley has been working in: a midsize, rustbelt community that brin...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
Ep. 1 We’ve Been Here Before
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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In April of 2022, Haley took a bold step and decided to quit her job; a job as a public radio host and a job she loved. As she tried to make sense ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
kaMAla, Kamala
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
154: Soap Operas Are My Life pt2
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A soap opera helps a girl come out to her mom. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Support independent artists by donat...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 17:40
Crying Dry Tears
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: These eyes won't cry., Credit: Damian FitzPatrick
An homage to crying, originally aired on Radiotonic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
VoxPod #1 - Leaps of Faith
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
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Today's show features two stories about fitting into religious communities.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Beverly's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back." -Beverly, 72,...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer
From: Kara Janeczko
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
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
Gail's Red Hair
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: Radio Essays
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The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:11
Stuff
From: Gail Isaacson
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We all have too much stuff, right? It overflows from our houses, our garages, and our cars, and is the reason the storage locker business is the g...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 03:51
Whatever Happened To Peshtigo Court?
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: Radio Essays
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The story of how the River East area of Chicago has changed from the land of greasy spoons and parking lots, into one of the most fashionable areas...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:50
Schmattas
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: Radio Essays
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Gail describes her adventures shopping for clothes. It starts out fun, and then...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Women in Sports
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Guido on women in sports.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
Finding the Muse - essay version
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Jazz Fest 2011
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A personal essay about one producer's introduction to the Muses, an all female Mardi Gras Krewe from New Orleans (features ambient sound, interview...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:13
Proud to be a Nerd
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
On the frontlines of the non-profit world
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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Taking a first job at an inner city non-profit can be horrifying. But there's a lot of perks too ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Some people
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Some people...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Of Lobsters & Beer
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Another adventure in the life of our hairnet lady, who is this week trapped at Publix between surly lobsters and manly beers.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:03
Sex Worker at Play?
From: Merle Kessler
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New York Times takes a look at a prostitute's MySpace page so we don't have to.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
Foul Hook: My Fishing Lesson
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Short fishing tale from my stream behind the strip mall, a lesson not so much about fish

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:10