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How To Know When He's Serious --- A Parent's Guide to Suitors
From: The humble Farmer
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On the coast of Maine there is a sure-fire way to tell if he's serious

  • Added: Apr 04, 2008
  • Length: 01:15
Lucy and the Bike Girl
From: Hillary Frank
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Lucy can never meet her best friend in person because it might cut her life expectancy in half.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 5
Thanksgiving in Athens
From: amara hark-weber
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This is a narrative piece about living in a foreign country during Thanksgiving.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Bashing Back!
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2002
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Stories of gay folks who stood up to their oppressors and kicked butt.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, North State Public Radio, KZYX, and KWCW


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
Why Am I Still Single/Why Am I Still Married?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Will gay people reinvent the institution of marriage, or will the institution reinvent gay relationships?

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Crossing Over
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Transformations and Spiritual Journeys

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 1
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Patrick's Loyalties

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Missing Sylvie
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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How do divorced moms keep their sanity when their children are visiting the other parent? Sometimes not so well...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Best Baseball Season Ever
From: Dick Meister
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Major League Baseball is OK, but I prefer baseball as it was played by me and others in baseball-crazy Boonville and the other small towns in the M...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
Don't Drive Like My Brother
From: Jonathan Menjivar
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The story of one man in desperate need of a job.

Bought by WJCT, PRX Remix, The Neighborhood, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 5
Lesbian Couple Moving To Canada
From: Jim Williams
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A California lesbian couple has decided to leave the U.S. to try to find acceptance.

Bought by WGDR, KRCB 104.9, WBEZ, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 4
Losing a Best Friend
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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Producer Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Lost in America
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Drug addicts, a prostitute and a blind woman recount their journeys through homelessness to a new life.

Bought by PRX Remix and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
Davy Rothbart, Found Magazine
From: Adam Allington
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1

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