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Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Family: In Four Movements
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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...the flights of fancy, the follies, the letdowns, and the soft landings

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepless Nights
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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A day...night, rather, in the life of a high school senior

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Nature of Advertising
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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A short rant about the nature of advertising

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Novice Haunters: Our Type of Shopping
From: Glenn McKnight
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A story of two friends who are amateur home haunters from Michigan

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
Working From Home...what I did today
From: Cooper St. James
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What a normal day is like working from home

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
Sly Crooner Episode #9 The Ring
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly tells the story of some very bad behavior and then redemption.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Sly Crooner Episode #4 Pretty Girls Charming Girls
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly learns an important lesson about how deep beauty goes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
I'm going to Scotneyland!
From: Merle Kessler
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Tourism in Scotland leads Ian to ponder the value of slogans anywhere.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
Television, sliced and diced
From: Merle Kessler
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Sony launches 5 minute versions of old tv shows on myspace. Why?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:13
When is a church not a church? Ask the Pope!
From: Merle Kessler
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The Vatican explains what a church is. Predictable outrage. Why?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
The cat that predicts death. Ew.
From: Merle Kessler
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The cat that predicts death kind of creeps Ian out.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
The joys of bad motels.
From: Merle Kessler
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What Ian looks for in a cheap motel.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
Porn again
From: Merle Kessler
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New study reveals Christians are into porn. Ian has doubts.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 1
Importing Chicken Eggs from Key West...to Alaska
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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Taking a chicken obsession to new heights...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:56
Alternadad
From: Merle Kessler
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Hipster Dads, and why we should shun them.

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
Who R U?
From: Merle Kessler
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Who is the "You" in YouTube? You? Them? Me?

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Rain in Spain
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Richard Tanner compresses an entire Spanish vacation into just over four minutes!

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Miss Marsha Rides The Elephant
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Dan Farren tells of unexpected lessons learned under the big top.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
My First Funeral
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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David Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here Gre...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:15
The Ambience of Ambien
From: Merle Kessler
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Can all our current woes be laid at the feet of Ambien? Ian wonders.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
The Terrorist Biz
From: Merle Kessler
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How the "insurgents" are branding themselves.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
The New New Las Vegas
From: Merle Kessler
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Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
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Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54