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Boats on a River
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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An American expatriate and his British colleague work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 17
Scary and Fun
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Can something be fun and scary at the same time? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we have a special Halloween show of fun and scary music with song...

Bought by WRTI, WQCS, GCR (Global Community Radio), Interlochen Public Radio, KMFA and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 167: 48 Hours
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“I think it was around 3:00 a.m., and that’s when I heard a strange man’s voice waking me from sleep.” This is part one of a two-part episode. Lis...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 52:27
Episode 163: The Ghoul of Grays Harbor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer in the early 20th century. Bodies were floating to the surface of the Chehalis a...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 32:13
Episode 151: The Many Lives of Michael Malloy
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1932, a group of men in a speakeasy in New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named Michael Malloy, and make his d...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
Doreen Bazile: Rodents With Wings
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Doreen Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Birds - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fam...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:25
S2 E1 The Lazarus Effect
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
Caption: The Lazarus Effect, Credit: Lindsay Mound
Emergency medicine physician Joe Sills panics when the patient he has just pronounced dead regains a pulse.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 33:51
Lucid Dreams
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Do you, by chance, remember any of your recent dreams? Wind & Rhythm explores music inspired by dreams. Hear “Dream Dancer” by Michael Colgrass, “L...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 92: Dementia Americana
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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This episode picks up where Episode 91 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. The early 20th century’s biggest murder trial, and a part...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 21:05
Episode 91: The "It" Girl
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The story behind the face of New York’s Gilded Age, Evelyn Nesbit.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 27:24
Episode 66: Bully
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the ’70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and int...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:10
After Evan
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Original text message sent to "Evan"
Instant messages meant for a stranger began appearing on my dad’s cell phone early one morning in 2004. They trickled in for years, even after thei...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 30: The Agreement
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2005, Danny Egipciaco had the opportunity to participate in a robbery of a drug supplier’s stash house. He was told he’d take home between $100K...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 19:35
Episode 10: Dear Sheila
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Working as a reporter for a TV station in New Hampshire, Kevin Flynn was covering the capture and arrest of a female serial killer named Sheila LaB...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 15:47
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: Call Your Mom
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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There are plenty of things we don’t share with our mothers. Dark, sad things. Unless of course, you’re both in the business of death.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, 90.5 WESA, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 4
Into Eternity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Into Eternity director Michael Madsen
The nation of Finland is building an underground cave, to hold thousands of tones of nuclear waste, for at least 100 thousand years. We hear excer...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Changing on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 2
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
Lambs to the Slaughter - Radcliffe Royds
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
Sun, Stone, and Shadows: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 4
That one halloween
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scary music for halloween

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:13
Fighting IEDs
From: War News Radio
Caption: An IED next to an American tank in Iraq, Credit: Associated Press
From "The Invisible Threat" (7-9-2010): War News Radio reports on Improvised explosive devices that have been the biggest cause of US casualties in...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
Virtuoso Voices - Alexander Kobrin (Brahms' Paganini Demon)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Without question, the beauty and craftsmanship within Brahms "Variations on a Theme by Paganini" are substantial. 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competiti...

Bought by WITF, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
The Arrangements
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sister reminds her accusing brother who held the household together when the mother was abusive and alcoholic in their growing-up years. The sco...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Blizzard
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother explodes at the dinner table. But she's in a surreal world where her explosion means nothing: "It's ok, Mom, you're not nearly as crazy ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1