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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
Commentary: Haunted Santa
From: KRCC-FM
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The lure of a mechanical Santa

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Diabetic Halloween
From: Johnny Plough
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what does halloween mean to a diabetic kid - when you take away the candy?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KKWE Niijii Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 11
Dog Park: It's the STUFF, man
From: TL Wagner
Series: Finding The One (paying listener) at the Dog Park
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Finding the one in ten listener who s a member

Bought by WHRV and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 2
World Beard and Moustach Championships
From: Adam Allington
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Beard Clubs from around the world converge on Berlin to see who's got what it takes to be champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Loving You is Easy
From: Laura Kwerel
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An audio goodbye card to my friend Steve

  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:08
THE BFG by Roald Dahl
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Sophie discovers giants are planning to eat the children of England. How do you free the world of guzzle-swallomping, kid-eating giants? You cook u...

Bought by KZYX, KWCW, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 3
Identity Theft
From: Heidi Aspen Rhoades
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The Maze of Calls and Paperwork when your ID has been swiped!

  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 10:51
Roz's Soapbox - Valentine's Day Shopping
From: Roslyn Allen
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Businesses find new and ridiculous ways to cash in at Valentine's Day.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:14
High School Reunion
From: Roslyn Allen
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Columnist Roz Allen suffers high school reunion angst - to go or not to go?

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
Roz's Soapbox - Seasonal Vertigo
From: Roslyn Allen
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Time changes wreak hilarious havoc on our daily lives.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:49
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Commentary: Puppy Love
From: KRCC-FM
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Thoughts about summer flings

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 04:30
Commentary: Spider Traps
From: KRCC-FM
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Commentary on fear

  • Added: Aug 01, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
Bike Riding
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Michael Eddy is excited for summer, because it means biking.

Bought by KSFR, KZSC, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Danny and Annie Perasa
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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OTB clerk Danny Perasa brought his wife Annie to the booth to reminisce about proposing to her on their first date more than 25 years ago.

Bought by WEZU, Troy Public Radio, PRX Remix, WITF, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 10
Sneaker Fiend
From: Dan Epstein
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Compulsion and passion drive one man's singular pursuit of Nike basketball shoes.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 4
Heir Apparent
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Fourteen-year-old Giannine is trapped in a virtual reality game; to escape she must successfully complete the game.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
Thrift Town
From: Youth Radio
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Youth Radio’s Lauryn Silverman spends her shopping days wandering the aisles of Thrift Town, where she can express herself in a unique way.

Bought by KSFR, WXLV-FM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 3
A June Commentary
From: Brian Beatty
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It's one straight guy's decidedly absurdist, decidedly liberal look at Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:49
The St. Patrick's Day Parade, Dublin, 1965
From: Jackson Braider
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The Irish in 1965 felt differently about St. Patrick's Day

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSQM 91.5 FM, Spokane Public Radio, KUT, and WUAL


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Miss Dumpy
From: jessica lockhart
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Recycling taken to the extreme, a beauty pagent at the town dump.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
Love and Hate the T
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A Midwestern transplant adjusts to a low-car lifestyle

  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
Finding my true name
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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One man's journey of discovery

  • Added: Dec 04, 2004
  • Length: 04:57
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
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Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1

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