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StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW

Added: Jul 13, 2012
Length: 02:12
Purchases: 2

Tales from the South 089: Family Secrets

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season

This week, our storytellers spill the beans on some very interesting family secrets. Stories by Anne Nieto, Robbin Ridgell, and Arthur Paul Bowen. ...

Added: Jul 06, 2012
Length: 29:00

The Spirits of Imaginary Animals

From: Brian Bahouth

The Spirits of Imaginary Animals was written by Simon Jacobs and first published in the literary magazine bluestem. John Fredrick reads this tale ...

Added: Jul 01, 2012
Length: 04:30

National Accordion Awareness Month...music, jokes and more

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

June is National Accordion Awareness Month...who knew? Grand Marais accordionist and singer Leah Thomas stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse June 22 to ...

Added: Jun 27, 2012
Length: 18:55

Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket

From: STephen ASma

Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

Added: Jun 24, 2012
Length: 04:30

A Conversation with William Wegman

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

You may know him as the guy who takes surreal pictures of his Weimaraners; but that's just one strand of William Wegman's long and varied career. [...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE

Added: Jun 11, 2012
Length: 28:56
Purchases: 2

Sounds Familiar #6: Series in Decline

From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar

It's happened again. Your favorite TV show is beginning to lose its appeal. Now the shark has been jumped, and there's no going back. Now what?

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUT

Added: Jun 08, 2012
Length: 10:37
Purchases: 2

Buck, Naked

From: Andrew Norton

Caption: Buck Dietz poses at an afternoon life drawing session at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton

Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...

Bought by HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: May 28, 2012
Length: 04:45
Purchases: 7

The Dental Conversation Restriction Initiative

From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte

Black Paint, Cool Cars and Root Canals

Added: May 25, 2012
Length: 06:31

Space for a Big Sister

From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Teen Sanctuaries

Thien To is a senior at South Philadelphia High. She’s been struggling to hold on to her sanctuary and become the big sister she wants to be.

Bought by WHYY

Added: May 20, 2012
Length: 03:21
Purchases: 1

Common as Crows

From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte

My Favorite Smartest Ordinary

Added: May 01, 2012
Length: 06:20

The Stress Test: Or another piece of my heart now, baby

From: Judah Bruce Leblang

A reflective piece about a middle aged man's visit to the cardiologist for his annual stress test.

Added: Apr 29, 2012
Length: 04:58

I Like Your Mustache, and other Lithuanian Tales

From: Brian Bahouth

I Like Your Mustache, and other Lithuanian Tales features huge plates of fat dumplings smothered in sour cream and minced onion and a distinctly Ba...

Added: Apr 27, 2012
Length: 12:14

Tales from the South 079: The Teen Years

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season

On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

Added: Apr 27, 2012
Length: 29:00

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT

Added: Apr 09, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Pinching Pennies

From: Jessica Gould

A D.C. Couple Pinches Pennies

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 08, 2012
Length: 04:39
Purchases: 1

Becky and Costumes

From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries

Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...

Bought by KUT

Added: Apr 02, 2012
Length: 08:11
Purchases: 1

Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming

From: Astoria Sojourner
Series: Handmade Radio

Caption: Sedona, AZ, Credit: http://thepuffingtonhost.com/arizona-to-issue-licenses-for-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/gorgeous-sedona-arizona-sunset/

This is the premiere episode of Virtually Everything is Handmade Radio. Stori Sojourner shares the inner workings of her being: From SF to Small To...

Bought by KUT

Added: Mar 30, 2012
Length: 07:48
Purchases: 1

From Primate to Prosperity: or, What Koga the Gorilla Can Teach Buffalo About Thinking Outside the Box

From: Blake Cooper

Koga the gorilla made an international splash after this week's escape attempt from the Buffalo Zoo. Could this be the unlikely path to prosperity ...

Added: Mar 22, 2012
Length: 03:23

Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont

From: New Letters on the Air

Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU

Added: Mar 09, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music

From: KALW

In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...

Bought by PRX Remix