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Commentary: Baseball's True Believers
From: Dick Meister
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A game it is, but baseball is serious business to many of its young players.

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
A WWII Vet Remembers His German Friend
From: Andrew Witmer
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WWII veteran Ed Goshorn talks about befriending a young German pilot who had earlier tried to kill him.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Disabled But Able
From: Jennifer Neeley
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For the disabled, the weakened economy has lead to layoffs, rejection and difficulty achieving or maintaining independence. Centers like the one in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Not-So-Secret Service
From: Chris Boulton
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A sharply dressed third-grader tries to get an exclusive interview

Bought by Vocalo.org and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wisdom of the Absurd or Panty-Headed Mama
From: Rachel Bonham Carter
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An absurd moment with her earnest, younger self as seen through the objective eyes of middle age.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:02
Luis and Negra
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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A successful Mexican-American writer travels to a garbage dump in Tijuana to meet a woman he knew as a girl there.

Bought by PRX Remix and KPFA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 2
Runaway
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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A single mother and her two teenage daughters tell the harrowing story of the girls' descent into an underworld of drugs and homelessness.

Bought by PRX Remix and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 34:20
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Night Baseball "is Strictly the Bunk"
From: Dick Meister
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Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
Out of Their Hands
From: Teresa Goff
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Four bereaved mothers who first came together to share the pain and the tragic loss of their children tell the story of the 25 year-old organizatio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 34:09
Buckstaff Planetarium
From: Jon Stricklin
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Attempting to learn Astronomy while locked out of the building

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
The Cigarette Bath
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily and her cousin Sarah come up with a novel scheme to save her grandfather from his smoking habit. Rather than being rewarded, their efforts la...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
Morning Stories, Common Ground
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
The Belltown Hustle
From: David Weinberg
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Welcome to the world of the belltown posse...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 11:11
The American Dream and the Minimum Wage
From: WKNO
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Big dreams on a shoe-string budget: American optimism, or pure nonsense? WKNO producer Sarah Ledbetter takes a poke at our myths about the minimum ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 3
Morning Stories, From the Street
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Timber! The Aftermath of the Washington Logging Collapse
From: Jessica Roberts
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What happens after an industry collapses?

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 18:14
Turkey Bowling with Nascar Nation
From: Heather Dune Macadam
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A Yankee learns how to bowl frozen turkeys at Nascar

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Random Access: A look at our Constitution
From: KRFC
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History and explanation of the US Constitution

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KISU


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Hive
From: amara hark-weber
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The story of a new comer to Athens, Greece, and what she finds in her life there.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
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
Anywhere But Now
From: Maria Bartholdi
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The story of a young woman's search for herself, complete with an embarassing visit to a psychic and a dash of a love for Wales.

Bought by Remix Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 3
Los Angeles Through Chandler's Eyes (Abridged)
From: Jacob Adelman
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A newcomer to Los Angeles discovers the city's past -- and future -- through the books of noir master Raymond Chandler.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:28
Reverse Culture Shock
From: WFUV
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A New York essayist returns from a long trip abroad.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Otherwise Ordinary People
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith suits up for a game of roller hockey and brings us stories of ordinary people with extraordinary lives.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 25:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dave Kerpen: Master of Self Promotion
From: Craig LeMoult
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Dave Kerpen keeps creating fame for himself- first as a vendor with an unusual flare, then on TV, and now with an outrageous wedding

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:53

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