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Teenage Diaries Revisited: Josh
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Josh in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
In high school, Josh documented his life with Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal o...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:25
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Passover: Baby Got Backlash + The New Birthday Song
From: WFMU
Series: Radio Free Culture
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Join Andrea and her Grandma Phyllis for Radio Passover. While the two munch matza and bitter herbs, they'll present a selection of stories about th...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
Empty Quarter: Recordings from the Rub' Al Khali desert
From: Soundwalk Collective
Series: Soundwalk Collective 10 Year Anniversary
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Soundwalk Collective went on a 45-day journey through this Desert of deserts, the crossroads of the Arabic civilization, recording hundreds of hour...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9: Frank Piccirillo/Beggar Man Thief - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Frank Piccirillo
Bobby speaks with "Papa" about life and loyalties 60 miles north of New York City, in what some have labeled the “armpit of Connecticut”. A place t...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:25:02
Baring It All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort
From: Chion Wolf
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WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: Why I Ride the Bus
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Exit 31: The Unbearable Amstel Lightness of Being
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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The epic struggle between giants and cowboys. An excerpt from Sam Dingman’s Reasonable Doubt, as performed at the People’s Improv Theater earlier ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 15:41
Taxi Tape
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Taxi Tapes
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Actual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007. There is some freestyle singing.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
My Mom Signs
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Livia Perry presents a slice of daily life with her hearing-impaired mother.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:03
Penny the cat: Her message from beyond
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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The story of a cat named Penny, whose death was not in vain.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Little Nips
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Claws Encounter of the Worst Kind

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:27
Unintended Detours Episode 6: Derailed
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Four interwoven stories of lives derailed by serious illness or accident.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 2
Daddy's Gone
From: Kevin T. Allen
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Girl with tape recorder waxes existential. My baby sister circa 1968.

Bought by WYBC


  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Boston Moon
From: Barrett Wolf
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Biker Poetry from a member of the Highway Poets

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
Spontaneous Spoken Word as Poetry
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Spoken poetry created on the spot.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
4th of July Fireworks
From: Hans Anderson
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A humorous piece about impressing the neighborhood with your fireworks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Raven Radio, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2004
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 45
Katie Becomes a Mom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Katie from the Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) discusses becoming a mother at thirteen.

Bought by Remix Radio, WMPG, KUNM, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4