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The Return
From: Kate Madara
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Snaking along the perimeter of an apartment complex, amaranth grows to harken to a peculiar sound emanating from the clothesline as a scar heals th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 12:53
The Helpers by Cusi Cram
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jane Alexander
Staring Jane Alexander and Peter Jacobson. In THE HELPERS by Cusi Cram, a former client steps up to help his therapist after seeing her talking to...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:23
The Wonderful Thanksgiving Violet by Max Baker
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Brandon Dirden
In The Wonderful Thanksgiving Violet by Max Baker, two brothers struggle with life’s great fears: death, guilt, and spouses. With Brandon Dirden (A...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
Inside Voice by Kate Robin
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Kate Robin
In Kate Robin's Inside Voice, two parents watching their toddlers having fun in an indoor playground take on the big wide world beyond. Hear an exc...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 33:45
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
Happy by Alan Zweibel
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Scott Adsit
In Alan Zweibel’s short play Happy, a baseball fan (Scott Adsit of “30 Rock” and “Veep”) makes a pilgrimage to the home of a former baseball star w...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
  • Purchases: 1
We'll Be Fine: Three Short Plays by Donald Margulies, Julia Cho, and Max Baker
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Timothee Chalamet
Timothee Chalamet, Zoe Kazan, Ciaran Hinds, Geraldine Hughes star in three humorous shorts in which love trumps panic, insecurity and anxiety! In ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Georgia Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Lending A Hand: Two Short Plays by Cusi Cram and Arlene Hutton
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander, Peter Jacobson, Amy Ryan and Michael Stuhlbarg star in two short, touching and humorous plays about stepping up when you are neede...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, KUNM, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Beyond Your Control: Two short plays by David Auburn and Mike Reiss
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Peter Gallagher
Ed Asner, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Gallagher, Elizabeth Ashley and others star in two shorts about fatherhood, and fathers who don’t always enjoy a s...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WCPN, WHRV, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Pygmalion Festival Lit Crawl: Live from The Esquire Lounge
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Featuring writers from the 2014 Pygmalion Literary Fest LitCrawl, recorded live at The Esquire Lounge in Chapaign, IL. Readers in this episode incl...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 20:07
Poetry Compilation with Adrew Kozma, Kate Mohler, and Susana Lang
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features selections from past issues of Quiddity which include poems read by Andrew Kozma, Kate Mohler, and Susana Lang.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
Poetry and Prose with Kate Asche, Tim Kahl, and Trellan Smith
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features selections from recent issues of Quiddity, including “Sympathy for the Wendigo” by Tim Kahl, two poems from Kate Asche, as well as “A Leg ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 17:24
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
Beating The Odds
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Lynnette Freeman
Three short plays. In TWO JEWISH MEN IN THEIR SEVENTIES, comedians Jerry Stiller and Bob Dishy carry on as they play two old friends visiting a new...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
My Audio Universe Winter 2011
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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In this edition of My Audio Universe we feature four short stories selected from the spectrum of online literary publications and adapted to audio ...

Bought by KMXT and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EDITED language version w/ ID break)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida ( edited language version ) ----- for unedited explicit language version go to ---...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KAAD-LP, WCBE, KMXT, KUNM and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EXPLICIT language version)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida (EXPLICIT language version) --- for edited language version and promos go to --- h...

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Posthumously
From: Billy Senese
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A poem in memory of a true artist.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
hugging birds
From: gavin lapid
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body narrative/dating a bird/short story written on the night shift

  • Added: Oct 09, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
The Fire This Time
From: Christopher Sprinkle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Spoken-word poetry detailing memories of the 1991 Los Angeles Uprising

Bought by WSLR and KSFR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
Dancing On Hurt Feet
From: Christopher Sprinkle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Beautiful spoken-word poem by renowned artist Jaha Zainabu.

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1