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True West
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Alfred Molina stars in Sam Shepard's dark comedy

Bought by KMUN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 24
The Apple Seed - The Dragon and the Monkey's Heart
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Maybe you've heard the fairytale "Snow White and Rose Red", well on this episode of The Apple Seed, just for fun we'll bring you a fractured fairyt...

Bought by KSJE, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WVPE, and KTXK


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
National Writers Series: Benjamin Percy
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author Benjamin Percy talks about his writing and his novel "Red Moon" with friend and fellow writer Jeremy Chamberlin.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
128: Kid Perfectionists
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A tribute to kids everywhere who have no desire to live an A-Minus Life. Tales of teenage perfectionists. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member o...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 21:48
Drunk Christmas by James McLindon
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Elizabeth Ashley
Starring Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley, DRUNK CHRISTMAS tells the tale of a teenage runaway and a swerving mother crashing into each other on Christ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 20:48
WSU Theatre Presents: A Dog's House
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to the cast of A Dogs House, presented by the the Dept of Theatre and Dance at Winona State University. A Dog’...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 18:20
The Prick Of Noon: Talking About Romeo & Juliet
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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We have two guests with us tonight to discuss the play both as production or performance and as text; the deed and the word. As Harold Goddard said...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
Rapunzel
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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KUER's RadioWest and Salt Lake City's Plan B Theatre Company present Rapunzel, adapted for radio from the Grimm Fairy Tale.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 21:52
Little Snow-White
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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KUER's RadioWest and Salt Lake City's Plan B Theatre Company present Little Snow-White, adapted for radio from the Grimm Fairy Tale.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 22:33
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall
From: Amy Rapp
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...

Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Joe Frank 6: Reality Check
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Radio storyteller Joe Frank examines the very nature of reality...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KFCF FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Joe Frank 5: A Hollywood True Story
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Joe Frank returns with an improbable story that begins in Hollywood and inexplicably ends at Auschwitz.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, KSFR, KFCF FM, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
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
On A Passing Frontier
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A program containing 3 short stories of the old west by Frank Bird Linderman in which the rough dry humor of the cowpuncher is evident.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:11
Taking Mom to the Movies
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Dave White
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
A Scary Home Companion
From: Doug Gordon
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What happens when you create a monster mash-up of "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Radiolab"? Here's the answer.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
Dandelion
From: Lisa Tuininga
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When I was growing up, my mom went through a phase where she got rid of several of my pets without asking me.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:55
My Funeral, Your Trial
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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Unreasonable demands from BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Bought by WCBE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
How I Learned To Tell Time
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Notes From the Huntley Project
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The inability to tell time has forced six-year-old Jaybird to become an outlaw and to face a darkness that did not exist to him before now.

Bought by KMXT, KUT, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 3
Certain Death Cola
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What if all the bad stuff about drinking cola were spelled out on the label under the image of a skull?

  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 14:50
Jack And The Bad Stock
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a satire on the scandals of a few years ago when there was a lot of fiction on the books of corporations. It is based on Jack And The Beans...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Kelly's Bones
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Wednesday's African Child: Goth Tales of My Black People
Caption: Imakhu, from her show, "Wednesday's African Child"
Storyteller Imakhu's popular African American version of this classic comical folktale about a hateful man who will not die. From Imakhu's one-woma...

Bought by KUT and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
Jokes Have I Known
From: Matt Gajewski
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A priest, a minister, and a rabbi step into a bar . . .

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 45:39
Existence as having to Listen to Twenty Million Bottles of Beer on the Wall
From: Joel Brussell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Isn't this what life is

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
The Trap
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rumination on mouse eradication.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2