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Halloween: The Northside Witch Hunts
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:55
Smashing Pumpkins: The Gourd That Changed A Town
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In the early '90s Keene, New Hampshire created a pumpkin festival to bring the community together, but after 24 years the quaint festival tore the ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:42
A Modern Thanksgiving
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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While the American mythology of Thanksgiving is about peace, in Shanaya Pudumjee’s house, it’s anything but peaceful. Find out how one woman pulled...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WKSU, KSTK, 'The Sea', WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 7
RDD: Homegrown and Local
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Thanksgiving is on its way, and food is on our mind in the Rough Draft Diaries. In this special holiday episode, you'll meet Chef Joseph Jacobsen, ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
King Stories: (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
From: Dorothy Green Alcorn
Caption: King Poster, Credit: Nicolene DuToit
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond,...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRWG, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:26
  • Purchases: 88
For Valentine's Day: Love on the New York Subway
From: Asa Merritt
Caption: It all went down in the 6th Ave tunnel.
A couple who fell in love during Hurricane Sandy shares how their romance blossomed on the platforms of New York City's subway.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
War on Christmas
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 WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Ho ho ho
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.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
The Asakawa Christmas Party
From: Graham Shelby
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Storyteller Graham Shelby is thinking about the WWII veterans in his family when he serves as guest of honor at an unusual Christmas party - one he...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 12:29
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
When Jesters Have Their Day
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
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Adam Karlin talks about the Boat Parade during Lundi Gras in New Orleans, and how he likes it more than the more traditional parts of Carnival.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
What's the Richest You've Ever Been?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
RISK! True Stories for the Holidays
From: RISK! Storytelling Podcast
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Elna Baker, Michele Carlo, Christine, Steve Spatucci and Scott Whitehair share true tales of the Yuletide.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 17
RISK! True Holiday Story Segment: Taking It To the Man
From: RISK! Storytelling Podcast
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Steve Spatucci tells of his childhood quest to find Santa Claus

Bought by KRZA, KMXT, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Scariest House on the Block
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Holidays often pull families closer– even communities. But Halloween? Can zombies, ghosts, gory vampires and sugary treats bring your crew together?

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:49
MN Church Celebrates Easter in Cabaret After Tragic Fire
From: Radio K
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Between A Rock and a Hard Place - David Dinnell
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
The ROYGBIV Diet
From: Amanda Thieroff
Caption: BLUE DAY
My buddy Sean and I decided to embark on a challenge: the ROYGBIV diet - spending a week eating only one color of food per day, according to the co...

Bought by KUT, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 3
Make Love and Wine
From: Eric Miller
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Please enjoy our special Valentine's Day piece about Love and wine. The interviews with a marriage counselor and a winemaker intertwine as they bot...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Real Meaning of Christmas
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Nostalgic Christmas Story About Your Neighborhood

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
Why Santa Claus Is Richer Than Daddy Warbucks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Their employees have different retirement programs

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Gap Year - Ailin Conant
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Ailin takes a year in Europe and becomes a matador. Kind of.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Elvis is alive on the August anniversary of his death!
From: Jill Marcus
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August, 16, 2010 is the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. "He's Alive!" follows the formative years of a young lady growing up in the...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
This Wonderful Life
From: Scott Huler
Caption: Always an unusual interview process
A gentle parody of the public radio show "This American Life," using the James Stewart Christmas chestnut "It's a Wonderful Life" as a weapon.

Bought by KMXT, KZYX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 12