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Six
From: Chatterbox Audio Theater
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An underground society offers the ultimate thrill: a deadly game of chance. But their world of strict probabilities is shaken by the intrusion of t...

Bought by KUT and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2009
  • Length: 21:36
  • Purchases: 2
TG 0101 The Pilot
From: Matthew Nielson
Series: Troublesome Gap
Caption: Mind the Gap, Credit: Matthew Nielson
In this episode we come face to face with some of the mysteries surrounding Troublesome Gap, and the people trying to figure them out.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 24:25
A Warm Day In Berlin
From: Dick Meister
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It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Chatterbox Audio Theater - Halloween Show 2008
From: Chatterbox Audio Theater
Caption: The Apology, 2008 - Pencil on Paper, Credit: Talia Liccardello
Performed live on Halloween night on 91.1 WKNO FM (Memphis, TN), this chilling anthology show marks Chatterbox's broadcast radio debut.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 04:22:56
When the Spam hit the fan in Nam
From: Rich Halten
Caption: House in Hue where GI broadcasters made their stand
A Veteran's Day flashback to two tales of survival from one historic battle

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 5
Lizzie Borden
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioStPete Florida, 'The Sea', WPSU, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 15
Killer Al
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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A patient seeks revenge on an evil doctor.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Mary Celeste
From: WHRV
Series: Halloween Haunts
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The Mary Celeste ghost ship

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', WPSU, WCBE and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 11
Encounters Sealion
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Go kayaking in a pod of sealions

Bought by KDUR, KMXT, KHNS, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
Listening in the Dark
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
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Ready for some good old-fashioned scares this Halloween? Then the Icebox Radio Theater is ready to deliver with a trio stories designed to chill y...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:45
  • Purchases: 10
Encounters Bear Safety
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Go to an area in Alaska that has one of the highest grizzly bear populations in the world and find out how humans can live near bears safely.

Bought by KCHU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 10
A Pirate Looks At Forty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Julie and the Snails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Julie Keene harvests snails for a living, but she's had to give that up to fight against a major corporation.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 4
"Proofs" read by author Richard Rodriguez
From: Amy Wallen
Series: DimeStories
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Two views of crossing the border

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, The Story, PRX Remix, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 7
"Sleeping" read by author Katharine Weber
From: Amy Wallen
Series: DimeStories
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A young girl never sees the child she's babysitting.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Rocket Ride Books
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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A conversation with founder Anthony Rotolo

  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 24:44
Tanya Ward: A Triumph Over Addiction
From: Lisa Albert
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Blood Oath
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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Blood Oath is a story about eternal love and longing.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 36:38
The Guardian of the Murder House
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Marfa Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 10
Crossing Queens Boulevard
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Malika Kalontarova, Credit: Warren Lehrer, photo ©2003
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Ghosts of Gary
From: Robin Amer
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The story of one abandoned movie theater is the story of this very post-industrial city. People haunt places, and places haunt people.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUT, PRX Remix, and Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser)


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 4
West Frankfort Mine Disaster
From: Chris Yoars
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This documentary tells the story of the 1951 West Frankfort Mine disaster in which 119 men were killed in an explosion on the last shift before the...

Bought by KRZA, KPIK-LP, NPR Illinois, WMMT, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 16:21
  • Purchases: 6
THE BLUE CARBUNCLE (A Christmas Adventure of Sherlock Holmes)
From: Craig Wichman
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During Yuletide, Holmes and Watson face several Dickensian Londoners, a dusty hat, a famous gem - and a goose! (One of Arthur Conan Doyle’s rare co...

Bought by KGOU, KRPS, KTXK, KRPS, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2008
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
Lost and Found, Lost in Thought
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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New views of getting lost

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:14
People Who Get Our Goat
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The characters we tell stories about, our unforgettables

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:07

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