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Full Moon Hacksaw #1928 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01/11/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The first new releases of the new year are featured, saxophonist Noah Becker and pianist Dave Solazzo go first. Bobby Waston plays a Miles Davis cl...

Bought by KMXT, Raven Radio, KRZA, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
Audacious kids: Stories of courage, conservation, and compassion
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a young DJ who stands up against bullying, a 14-year-old who cleans up litter, and a child who made a memorial s...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
StoryCorps: Hunny Reiken and Elliot Reiken
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hunny and Elliot Reiken at StoryCorps in New York City., Credit: StoryCorps
At StoryCorps, Hunny and Elliot Reiken remember when Hunny and her identical twin sister met Elliot and his twin brother, Danny, in the Catskills.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:17
StoryCorps: Phillip Lazowski and Ruth Lazowski
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Philip and Ruth Lazowski on their wedding day, in 1955. , Credit: Courtesy of the Lazowski family.
Rabbi Philip Lazowski tells his wife Ruth about the stranger who saved him from the Nazis as a young boy, and how this fateful encounter would mark...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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
Episode 35: My Penny
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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In October of 2006, a press conference was held at a hospital in Denver. During the press conference, a man asked if anyone watching could tell him...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 32:36
Yankees Fans Reflect on Opening Day
From: Nicole McNulty
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Since February, Yankees Stadium has been used as a sit for Covid vaccinations. Today though, it returns to its former use: baseball. Nicole McNulty...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:09
Episode 152: The Clearwater Monster
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:29
Episode 147: Kids on the Case
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old Jessica g...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:54
Full Moon Hacksaw #1687 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05/30/2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Despite the man’s name, his jazz life was reportedly opposite. So listen to Lucky Thompson’s tenor sax and decide for yourself. What would sound li...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps: Keith Miller and Ellen Hughes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ellen Hughes speaks with Keith Miller, the hospital safety officer who helped her son when he had a violent reaction to a medication.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:34
StoryCorps: Bud Jones and Jackie Jones
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Bud and Jackie Jones are career taxidermists who helped bring a completely different kind of New Year’s Eve celebration to their small town of Tall...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
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
Episode 5: A Private Life
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Nino and Drew kept their relationship a secret for more than 40 years. And then, they decided to do something that forced them into the spotlight.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, PRX Remix, and HowSound


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 22:50
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 70: The Procedure
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to help women quietly break the law and obtain an abortion. The first step was to call a pho...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 23:33
  • Purchases: 1
radio UNLEASHED #1448 - Easter
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 55:56
  • Purchases: 1
Decorating Christmas Trees in the Woods is a Thing People Do in New Hampshire
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: A Christmas Tree in the forest. , Credit: Sean Hurley
Some people get their trees at the supermarket, some at Christmas tree farms. Some cut them down in the National Forest. They take them home and ...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:05
The Live Feed presents "2nd year anniversary party" with Eli Wolfe
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode on the live feed we will cover the 2nd year anniversary party at Wenonah Brewing with Eli Wolfe. Eli Wolfe is a talented guitarist ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:49
Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Len Berk and Joshua Gubitz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joshua Gubitz (L) and Len Berk (R)
Len Berk talks to his friend, Joshua Gubitz, about becoming a salmon slicer after retiring from a 40 year career in accounting.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Love Syndrome
From: Israel Story
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Israel Story's Mother's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching tale you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are now avai...

Bought by WYSO, WVPE, WZEN.org, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WNYC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nonagenarian Duo Shows Rushing To Marry Not Always A Bad Idea
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy is 93. Girl is 90. True story.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Anna Ingalls - "Untitled (Harbor)"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anna Ingalls is a sophomore at Bemidji High School she enjoys writing poetry and especially poetry about the natural world. The Beat is a daily rem...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kenny Thompson, Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dakota Gibson (left), Gary Barber (middle) and their mentor Kenny Thompson.
Kenny Thompson, a volunteer mentor, tells students Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson about discovering that...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rami Aizic and Robin Share
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rami Aizic talks to Robin Share about how they met and decided to start a family.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2