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B-Side: Summer Fun
From: B-Side Radio
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A cure for the dog days of summer, this edition of B-Side bring you the best of the season of watermelon and warm nights.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KISU, KSJD, KUT, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 23:00
  • Purchases: 10
Dating, Romance, and Heartbreaking Robots
From: Zoe High
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Zoe High interviews three sixth graders about their perceptions of dating, the pressure to start dating early, and how dating will change in the fu...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WGXC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
In Sickness & In Health
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Humor, family

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
The Punkest Punk
From: Katie McGowan
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One girl's quest for coolness despite her hippie father's mortifying behavior.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2008
  • Length: 10:42
Muhoney: Case Number 3604
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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Murder in Chicago, 1919; Prohibition; Gangs; Surprises in Genealogy Research

  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:40
B-Side Radio: Holiday Special
From: B-Side Radio
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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVSC, WITF, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 21
Dogs and Mutts
From: Jim Hoskins
Series: TBubbaTalks!
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Dogs and Mutts

  • Added: Oct 13, 2007
  • Length: 02:07
La Bug
From: KVMR
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A 16 Year Old Girl and her 72 VW Bug

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Corinne Colbert
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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In an age of bigger, faster, better, listener Corinne Colbert believes in settling for what you have.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KISU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
'Til Death Do Us Part
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Husband and wife funeral directors, Judie and Morrell York, prepare a body for burial.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 4
For a Deaf Uncle
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A tribute to my uncle and reflections on losing my own hearing

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:46
Cool Yule
From: WFUV
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One hour holiday special.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, KTSW 89.9, WDSE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 28
Cowboy Story
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A recounting of an imagined classic Western.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
How Whivet Got Her Name
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Keeping pace with the family pet.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
This I Believe - Harold Taw
From: This I Believe
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Seattle attorney and writer Harold Taw believes a unique birthday tradition helps his family prosper.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Don't You Have Some Homework To Do?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Eating toast, watching TV, playing guitar, these are the things David Barber-Callaghan likes to do on the weekend. But his father has a different i...

Bought by PRX Remix, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, and PRX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5
Sad Happy Birthday
From: Pete Mills
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Sad Happy Birthday Voicemail

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: :32
Jeremy & Virginia Twice Wed--Not Your Typical Love Story
From: Sue Mell
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Even after getting married to each other twice, a couple still grapples with commitment.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KUT, KXOT Public Radio, PRX Lovesick Stream, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 15:18
  • Purchases: 5
Around the World in Six Years
From: David Barasoain
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Seattle man travels the world under his own power.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
Phone Message
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Armsted
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An elderly man prepares to take his senile wife to the nursing home, trying inarticulately to express his love.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Funeral Notice
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A man is furious at his siblings making a public show of love for their deceased mother: they never showed their love while she was alive.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Another Baby
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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The wife wants another baby. The man, expressing great enthusiasm, procrastinates.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
My Family
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A mother and daughter offer individual visions of who is "family." To Mom, it's only her daughter; to her daughter, it's the world.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Better off on Welfare
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A young couple worry over their feverish infant, debating the cost of going to the emergency room.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:37