PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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Caption: Man on tracks, Credit: Stan Smith
A pastor in West Virginia tries to help a homeless encampment.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
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Synanon and the Tunnel Back to the Human Race.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 44:34
Caption: Boddhisaatva Vow
A Buddhist teacher talking about Compassion told the story of the leader ripping open his vein to feed a starving stranger. Bodily acts coming out...

  • Added: May 18, 2019
  • Length: 08:09
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Payam Feili could have gone on speaking tours, received standing ovations at AIPAC, and become a symbol of all that is good about the Jewish State....

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Within the historic walls of Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore, Maryland, you’re just as likely to hear a rousing polka band as sacred organ music....

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 11, 2019
  • Length: 23:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Honoring those who have died, as we witness in the display of remembrance of Senator McCain and Aretha Franklin and, near me, a young Buddhist, inc...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:10
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An Ultra-Orthodox couple seems to have a fairy-tale love until one of them begins studies at a secular university. Exposure to the outside world st...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 22:17
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I searched for a Santeria priest to get answers about spirtual possessions, animal sacrifices, and secret rituals.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 42:35
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“Between A Rock And A Holy Place” Ryan Haupt had a lot of questions about his faith. When he started looking for answers, he unearthed them in une...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Adam Smidi, a volunteer and one of the organizers of Unified Eid - an initiative to b...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
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"Go Tell It In The Desert" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Arik was burning to share his faith with the world. But the people h...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"In The Beginning, God Created The Heavens And The Earth And The Allosaurus" and "It's All Downwind From Here" A special edition of HumaNature for...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Communism ended in failure, capitalism corrupted Russia’s soul. Now Russians are looking inward. Our story follows the grandson of a once forgotten...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 1
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This is the first episode in a three-part summer series, called Science Camp, where we’re exploring the human side of science. Ryan Haupt had a lot...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 24:03
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When we don't recognize the unkindness of entitled hatred, we may be quietly consuming more of it than we realize. That may be a way in which a lin...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 07:52
Caption: Kaity Kasper, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Kaity Kasper does not wear her heart on her sleeve. But her right arm tells a tale. From wrist to shoulder, this appendage bears a polychromatic na...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 27:28
Caption: Kaity Kasper, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Kaity Kasper vdoes not wear her heart on her sleeve. But her right arm tells a tale. From wrist to shoulder, this appendage bears a polychromatic n...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 27:11
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Arik was burning to share his faith with the world. But the people he thought needed his message the most weren’t interested in what he had to say....

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 20:43
  • Purchases: 2
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The challenges for clergy who are no longer believers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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With a small gesture of good will toward Syrian refugees, one woman incurred the wrath of evangelical Christians on social media. The resulting cha...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 47:05
Caption: Band of Heathens
This is the final part 3 of a series of interviews with Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi from the 'Band of Heathens'. Host executive producer Rich Reardin ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
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When Ryan and Sinehan Lessard first started dating, they discovered they have something strange in common: after they die, they both want to “becom...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 31:12
Caption: Pat Kennedy speaks with a patient, Al Ain. , Credit: Nancy Kennedy
The year is 1959, and one in every two babies are dying in childbirth.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 26:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Penelope DeWitt at Stoney Beach after her recording session, Credit: Jessica Ripka
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Billed as the world's smallest woman, Gloria Rhoden of St. Mary Jamaica understands the nature of true beauty.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 23:02