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At Home In The Circus
From: Matt Miller
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After accidentally joining a traveling circus, writer Jonathan Argyle recounts his discovery of the meaning of the word "home" from the point of vi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 11:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Nepal Earthquake and An American Mothers Day Dime
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Not long before the earthquake in Nepal, I drove by yet another SUV with the bumper sticker “No child left a dime.” Then, as now, I am reminded ag...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:55
A Citizen's Guide to the Surgical Inoperability of Self-interest from the Political Body
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Arizona’s 2000 law which created an Independent Commission to determine Congressional Re-d...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
GUEST: Bernie Krause (Great Animal Orchestra) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 2)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
It's Been Six Dates
From: Israel Story
Caption: The infamous staircase., Credit: Mishy Harman
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 2
#3 Keeping Me Humble podcast -- A premier violinist loses his tune but finds his peace.
From: Steven Chua
Series: Keeping Me Humble
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Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble. Today...stories of disappointment. Violinist Andrew...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 16:19
#2 Keeping Me Humble podcast -- What to do when your love rejects you
From: Steven Chua
Series: Keeping Me Humble
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Tales of failed love and rejection with comic Ivan Decker and life coach Edel Walsh. Host Steven Chua asks an old flame to critique his romancing s...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:20
Show #4: Catching Your Reflection
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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For Bryce Jacobson and DaeDae Williams, reflection comes naturally. But both have a complicated relationship with their quiet time. On today's show...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: What's Wrong With Targeting Individuals?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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In many parts of the world, torture, harassment and persecution are used to target individuals who criticize , believe, have secrets or religion...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
The Ethics of Facebook
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The ethical challenge for Facebook has been to re-create the ethics of community where there are real consequences for using information in a destr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:49
On the same wavelength
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WORT, and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 3
Cut the cheese
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
A Shanghaied Thanksgiving
From: Michael Kelly
Caption: Well after the (wild) turkey
Michael Kelly's humorous look back at childhood Thanksgiving celebrations from long ago and the first turkey day he will spend far and away in Shan...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WTIP, WHRV, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 5
Nitty gritty
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
From: Michael Kelly
Caption: Alex chows down on a Bento box in Kyoto
An American father and young son spend a year living as expats in Asia, where they soon discover just the simple act of eating provides daily chal...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 14:29
Dead at 30
From: Devin Katayama
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Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
Market Basket Brand Soap...Opera
From: Perry Persoff
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Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
Sonnet for Gorbachev
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The vision of Gorbachev now is destroyed by Vladimir Putin. A sonnet will remind us of what Gorbachev made possible and what is now lost by Putin's...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
Space Craft
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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A cold-water, slap on the face, static-electric jolt reminder of just how powerfully spaces can affect the way we think and act.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Seeing Ourselves
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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Today on our show, four stories of people who tried to see themselves clearly

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Seeing in the Dark
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, stories of people whose vision changed, first throwing them in the dark, then revealing something new.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:24
  • Purchases: 3
Behind the Badge
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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From patrolling the streets of Sunset Boulevard to infiltrating prostitution rings, this female police officer has seen it all. Patty Corso’s persp...

  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
Indian politicians forced out of the closet
From: KALW
Caption: Pride festivities in New Delhi, Credit: Sandip Roy
For the first time ever gay issues are part of the election debate in India.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Grieving the Pies I've Never Eaten
From: WWNO
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Sadly, the historic Hubig's Pie factory in New Orleans burned down, and its neighbor Laura McKnight slept through it...almost.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
Who Rules The World and Why It Matters
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Boys' State is an experiment in Democracy that a select group of high school boys attend in Maine this week. We can hope they will learn about the...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:00

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