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A Woman Named Johnnie
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Recounting a difficult life.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
Someone To Watch Over Me
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Merritt Wever
Two short plays, with multiple Tony and Emmy winners Deborah Monk, Julie Halston, Merritt Wever, and others. In WEST OF STUPID, a teacher, vacation...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WVPE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dearly Departed, Two Comedies
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Peter Sagal
Two short plays. In MILTON BRADLEY by "Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me" host Peter Sagal, a flummoxed Rabbi has to eulogize a mother whose son has only te...

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Marcel Jolley, author of PRIORS
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marcel Jolley talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about first-person narrators in his story collection, PRIORS, and about re...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Two Holidays and a Blizzard
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
Three short plays. THE BLIZZARD, a chilly thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg as a snowed-in screenwriter facing unexpected guests. In THE MIRACLE O...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLRH, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WRKF, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
Jess Walter, author of 'Beautiful Ruins'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Jess Walter talks about and reads from his latest novel, 'Beautiful Ruins.' He also defines the mosaic novel and talks about p...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Kevin McColley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Praying To A Laughing God" by Kevin McColley
In this Real Good Words interview Maggie Montgomery and Robert Saxton were joined in the studios of Northern Community Radio by northern Minnesota ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Ghost Dancer by Judy Merritt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Ghost Dancer by Judy Merritt
Judy Merritt, author from the Nevis area of northern Minnesota, joins Heidi Holtan for a Real Good Words interview. Her new book titled "Ghost Danc...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 15:42
  • Purchases: 2
Jonathan Evison, author of 'West of Here'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Janathan Evison talks about and reads from his epic novel 'West of Here' with TWQ producer Chérie Newman. Their conversation al...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Door Belle
From: Ryan Scammell
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The alternate title for this was going to be the Isaac Hayes-esque "Girl, I Wanna Get You Into My Belly Button T-Shirt Hole" but the mp3 title fiel...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:38
Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight In Odessa
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Janet Skeslin Charles talks about, and reads from 'Moonlight In Odessa', a darkly humorous novel about eastern European women ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Food for Thought
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A radio drama/semi-romance built on sound gathered during a field trip to southwestern India. Two American travelers, brought by chance to a tiny I...

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 22:19
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
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 4
I Think You Should Shut Up
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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A grumpy & annoyed person person speaks into a microphone for one minute and fifty seconds.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
Leelee Sobieski
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actress talks about her role in In The Name Of The King, A Dungeon Siege Tale plus her other roles including Joan Of Arc and Eyes Wide Shut.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 35:16
A Welcome Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a Maine foster mother who's taken in dozens of kids over the years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • 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
RN Documentary: A Conversation with James Meek
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A conversation with novelist and journalist James Meek about his latest novel, ?A People?s Act of Love.?

  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
Honest, triumphant...and pornographic
From: Susan Johnston
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When is literature pornography, and pornography also literature?

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 13:29
Love For Sale
From: Anthony Mascorro
Caption: PRX default Piece image
People talk about trouble in their romantic relationships.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 54:20
A Cook's Notebook: Fraud Pie
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
and she thought it was homemade...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Runaway Clowns
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elia Kirby explores the pit falls and prat falls of theatre life and wonders whether it is the best life for his daughters.

Bought by WTIP and KUSP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
Homeless Bird
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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A young Indian woman tries to find her own life and fulfill her dreams, despite the traditions that keep her from them.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
Living Room
From: Ed Kliman
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The back-story of two people on a midnight drive to Texas is illuminated by the inclusion of the song Living Room. in this audiodrama short story

  • Added: Sep 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:21