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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane
From: Jennifer March
Series: Not Your Mother's Storytime
Caption: The Open Boat, Credit: Robert Quakenbush
Based on Crane's real-life experience while serving as a journalist corresponding from the Cuban War of Independence. The steamship on which he was...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
Monster By My Side
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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My name is Aline Guadalupe Aguilar. This is my first audio fiction piece. It’s about the struggle a person has when it comes to their inner demons.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Dec 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Wanting North by Tanya Barfield
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: April Matthis
The 1840s South. In the thick plantation air, two enslaved sisters spin a poetry of escape. Today’s the day: Field Girl is making her run for freed...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 20:56
Cell by Cassandra Medley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Condola Rashad
Starring Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins and Condola Rashad (“Billions”), CELL tells the riveting story of three African-American women working at ...

Bought by WCPN, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WHRV


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
EPISODE II - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
From: Annex Radio: The Modern Radio Playhouse
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The primaries are over and Governor Hoffman is in Chicago for the Democratic Convention. Everyone is where they should be except for Senator Craig ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 23:01
EPISODE I: PREAMBLE
From: Annex Radio: The Modern Radio Playhouse
Series: Convention
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We introduce Matthew Hoffman, the candidate. The tall, charming man of Massachusetts who is only now reflecting on the man he has become.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:27
Project One Day
From: Poetic Violence
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A brief program synopsis : This is an audio piece describing the life of a typical male in the western world. From womb to tomb. This is my first...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 24:40
The Libor Caper
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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A sneak peek of "Libor," the highly anticipated new thriller from the creators of "The Italian Job" and "Ocean’s Eleven."

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
Raymond Carver Reads What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: Tell Me A Story
Caption: Cover, Times Book Review 11/22/09, Credit: Ruth Gwili
The 2015 Best Picture has drawn from Raymond Carver's WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE, his most famous story; he reads it in his own voi...

Bought by WRGY, KRCB 104.9, KUER, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 8
Virtuoso Voices - Eugene Drucker (Reads from THE SAVIOR)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Eugene Drucker reads an excerpt from his debut novel, THE SAVIOR (reissued in Paperback on July 8, 2008).

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: Sam A. Mowry
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Award winning adaptation of Mary Shelley's Classic, Faithfull and exciting.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KUNM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 12
Mark Twain's The War Prayer
From: Matthew Cowley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mark Twain's dark satire of war.

Bought by Radio Catskill and WMPG


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2