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Sarah Jones on Sex & Making an “Unorthodoc”
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning performer and comedian, is making a different kind of documentary. She calls it an ‘unorthodoc’ about sex, power, r...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Myeshia Oates and Derek Bart at their StoryCorps interview in Santa Clarita, CA on August 23, 2021.
Nearly 30 years after surviving a house fire as a kid, Myeshia Oates reunites with the Los Angeles County firefighter who saved her life, Derek Bart.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Doreen Bazile: Rodents With Wings
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Doreen Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Birds - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fam...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:25
A perpetrator priest speaks out — in dialogue with a survivor
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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As a young priest, he sexually abused boys in his parish. In high school, she was sexually abused by her Catholic teacher, a former nun. Today, the...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:43
  • Purchases: 1
A survivor and her perpetrator find justice
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What does it sound like for a perpetrator to take responsibility for sexual abuse? What does it sound like for a survivor to get her needs met? Hea...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 56:15
Amor Towles, Author of "A Gentleman in Moscow"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Hear Bob Kustra talk with Amor Towles about his novel "A Gentleman in Moscow"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Closing Costs by Arlene Hutton
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Michael Stuhlbarg, Credit: Daniel Bergeron
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name) and Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby, Gone). In Closing Costs by Arlene Hutton, a real estate broker hits thr...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 23:17
The Press Conference by Jessica Dickey
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jay O. Sanders
In The Press Conference by Jessica Dickey, everyone reveals a bit more of their true selves when a Sheriff's public press conference about a myster...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Mandela Effect by Max Baker
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Geraldine Hughes
In The Mandela Effect, written and directed by Max Baker, an actress is convinced that the present is no longer in sync with the past and she has a...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 71: A Bump in the Night
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Amber Dawn was 20 when she moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Enumclaw, Washington. On her very first night, she began to notice strange sounds....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 17:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of Sam Pandolfo's Pan Motors on early St. Cloud through the play The Wizard of Progress at the Pioneer Place Theater
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes a journey back to the formative years of St. C...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 30:08
Doug Scholz-Carlson on All Things Theatre...and "As You Like It"!
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Say hello to Audrey, a goatherd. Played by Stephanie Lambourn., Credit: Benjamin Boucvalt
On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with a jack of all trade in the theatre world. This individual fills us in on the many different roles he pla...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 19:15
Courting the Muse
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
Caption: Bride of the Wind, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Henry Schvey discusses the inspiration for his play on the life of painter Oskar Kokoschka,

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:16
Remembering George Kennedy
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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In an interview from our archives, host Bob Kustra talks with the Oscasr-winning actor about his memoir. Kennedy died Feb. 28, 2016.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL -- Bel Powley and Marielle Heller
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bel Powley & Marielle Heller, San Francisco, CA 8/3/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marielle Heller and Bel Powley talk hormones, patriarchy, and the importance of bangs.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Teaming Up: Two Short Comedies by Kim Merrill and Lanford Wilson
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (4 time Academy Award nominee) and Steven Boyer (Tony nominee for HAND TO GOD and regular on TV's "Trial and Error") star in TASHA WA...

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


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
The 2014 Winona Christmas Radio Show
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This years radio show is written and directed by Winonan Paul Sannerud. Guest writer and former Winonan Steve Anderson brings us a special new epis...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Sound Design with Matthew Tibbs
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat, we learn about sound design and all that goes into your ears! As an audience member, you might not give all that goes into creat...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 26:10
  • Purchases: 3
Angels in the Trees: Rockwell Kent in Winona
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we learn how theatre and history collide in Theatre du Mississippi's Production of Angels in the Trees: Rockwell Kent ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 34:12
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation about Edgar Allan Poe with Laura Lippman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Mystery writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe and his classic short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher"...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMXT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
LOOPER -- Rian Johnson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Rian Johnson talks whimsy, unintended consequences, and the illusion of quick fixes.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:47
UnFictional: The Couple in 303
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Boston Irish mob boss "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend spent 15 years hiding out in Santa Monica. Residents say the most wanted man in America wa...

Bought by KMUZ, WFMU, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Peter and Jacqueline Headen
From: StoryCorps
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Peter Headen and his wife, Jacqueline, tell the story of their 40-year courtship.

Bought by WEZU, KBBI Alaska, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Linda Murray of Solas Nua
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Linda Murray talks about her organization Solas Nua, the only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to contemporary Irish arts.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bollywood Cinema
From: War News Radio
Caption: Bollywood posters for sale in Afghani store., Credit: AP
From "Bollywood Across Borders" 9/10/2010: War News Radio reports on the Afghans' love for Bollywood cinema.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:47